Don't blame the refs, blame the Spurs

[tholdren]

Game tied 90-90 with under a minute to play.
Adams trips Green who falls into Durant.
Foul on Green, 2 FTs for Durant.

But yeah don't blame the refs.

Lamarcus Aldridge - how many shots did he miss? 16? had he shot 40% from the floor spurs would have won. Had he rebounded the ball spurs would have won. had he fouled the out of west brooks last shot, spurs would have had the chance to tie. Refs may have missed 2 calls, LMA missed all night long.

[bklynspursfan]

The refs robbed us of an opportunity to tie it up or win on that last play. I blame them for that, and yes they were crap all game.

But this is on the bench and LMA overall

[steeledl]

Refs called a ty game and put us in a bad spot but if we actually blocked out and actually executed some offensive plays to end the game we still would have won.



ing sucks man.

[south side spur]

Did the Spurs play well on offense? No. Did the refs cost them the game? All game long Westbrook gets calls when absolutely no contact was made. Kawhi gets slapped in the face by Westbrook? Nothing as usual. Kawhi has officially replaced Duncan as the most disrespected by the refs. Players are allowed to abuse Kawhi all game long with no concern.

Finally, on a play where Westbrook was actually fouled the refs don't call it? Spurs have no one else to blame because they can't have that mentality. That's why the Clippers will never be . However, I think anyone who's being objective realizes that after all that and with the free throw disparity the refs might as well have come out in blue uniforms tonight.

[Mikeanaro]

Lamarcus Aldridge - how many shots did he miss? 16? had he shot 40% from the floor spurs would have won. Had he rebounded the ball spurs would have won. had he fouled the out of west brooks last shot, spurs would have had the chance to tie. Refs may have missed 2 calls, LMA missed all night long.

It doesnt matter if he was 1/100 you re , the only thing that matters is the game being wrongfully reffed.

[jdelar03]

Sucks because i have a feeling Spurs fold for game 6 and lose by 10+

[tholdren]

Did the Spurs play well on offense? No. Did the refs cost them the game? All game long Westbrook gets calls when absolutely no contact was made. Kawhi gets slapped in the face by Westbrook? Nothing as usual. Kawhi has officially replaced Duncan as the most disrespected by the refs. Players are allowed to abuse Kawhi all game long with no concern.

Finally, on a play where Westbrook was actually fouled the refs don't call it? Spurs have no one else to blame because they can't have that mentality. That's why the Clippers will never be . However, I think anyone who's being objective realizes that after all that and with the free throw disparity the refs might as well have come out in blue uniforms tonight.

spurs 19 fouls -

thunder 22 fouls -

Get over it. Spurs lost because of: effort, rebounding, collapsing when it matters. but who cares? its just basketball.

[Horse]

Outside of Green and Kawhi too much dead weight on the team and bricking open shot after open shot.


Never understood the argument of this being a top 3 or 4 Spur team all time as the league in general is very weak right now. We had our chances and blew it. It sucks but hopefully we can do something for Game 6.


2012 all over again

you last two games absolutely on the refs. Besides the obvious bs putting them in the bonus everytime the Spurs get a decent lead kept them in the game.

[littlecoyotecoin]

Refs were bad, but they weren't completely one sided. Spurs had a ton of chances to close it out, and quite frankly, choked and had poor clutch performance.

It's especially rough to watch as a long time spurs fan, a team that is known to be able to close out extremely well... being ing outdone in the clutch by the Thunder, ouch

This is always the bailout excuse...Spurs still had a chance...no ...if it's rigged, it should ALWAYS look like teams have a chance. That doesn't mean the dice aren't loaded. They can always Lucy the football on you Charlie Brown.

[Mikeanaro]

This is a bad Thunder team (compared to previous playoff seasons) and they have you on the ropes. Just sad

Missing the playoffs for the 7th time is sad...

[spurtech09]

Well what can you do.....like I said its going to be a Warriors vs Lebron James rematch in the finals...that's what the NBA league wants....All about Ratings and money....Greedy and evil...not my cup of tea..

[r0drig0lac]

truth bomb

[DeadlyDynasty]

Missing the playoffs for the 7th time is sad...

doesn't work, nor does it ease the pain of watching Duncan lose his last home game in his career

[Mikeanaro]

you last two games absolutely on the refs. Besides the obvious bs putting them in the bonus everytime the Spurs get a decent lead kept them in the game.

Agreed, too much circus these days even Pop was bored and didnt push the refs.

[KL2]

The league is rigged, stop taking bball seriously guys , always has been, always will be

[Mikeanaro]

doesn't work, nor does it ease the pain of watching Duncan lose his last game ever at home

Who cares? everything must end someday and this was a ref job, not some crippled bald talking 48,5 millions and leaving the team like a mess.

[DeadlyDynasty]

and this was a ref job.

the epitaph of every Spurs season in their eyes

[Big Dog]

I love when DeadlyDynasty acts like an unintentional . Tell em like it is

[Mikeanaro]

the epitaph of every Spurs season in their eyes

Says the Lakerfan used to get the calls and like stealing the Pistons a championship and then Sacramento 02.

[da_suns_fan]

spurs 19 fouls -

thunder 22 fouls -

Get over it. Spurs lost because of: effort, rebounding, collapsing when it matters. but who cares? its just basketball.

And Tony Parker suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks!

[will_spurs]

Lamarcus Aldridge - how many shots did he miss? 16? had he shot 40% from the floor spurs would have won. Had he rebounded the ball spurs would have won. had he fouled the out of west brooks last shot, spurs would have had the chance to tie. Refs may have missed 2 calls, LMA missed all night long.

So you're ok with the Spurs getting an automatic 2 FTs whenever the game is tied from now on, since it apparently doesn't change anything?

[HI-FI]

OKC had a significant FT advantage last game and this one, so their HFA carries over as I've said before. One side is allowed to play ultra physical. ing joke. The league is run by corrupt heads and Pop is too much of a chicken /company man to call them out so I guess it doesn't even matter.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I love when DeadlyDynasty acts like an unintentional . Tell em like it is

Congrats BD, hope your boys finish the job in Game 6. They got heart, more than I can say for the bunch in here. Blaming refs (especially when you're supposed to be the superior team) is such a uterine tactic.

[south side spur]

spurs 19 fouls -

thunder 22 fouls -

Get over it. Spurs lost because of: effort, rebounding, collapsing when it matters. but who cares? its just basketball.

I'm good actually so there's nothing to "get over" for me. I'm just sick and tired of Westbrook having a convulsion going down the lane and getting calls. I agree as far as Aldridge being one of the main reasons why the Spurs lost. That early season vaginitis has flared up again.

[SouthernFried]

You can blame both.

The refs did have something to do with stopping the Spurs when they had a big lead, and kept it close. Spurs also blew many chances. One is not exclusive of the other.