Game Thread: Spurs @ Rockets — Fri. (3/22) - 7:00/C (3:00am Riga Time)

[Slippy]

James Harden has been doing this forever and a day. It's is what it is especially the bs calls and protection refs give. Out of spurs control.

Dema Derozan isn't out of spurs control. Falls on pop to make the adjustment.

[Slippy]

Watching the game now. The moving screens to free up Harden are playground style screens. Wtf they always late or moving.

Rockets made it personal when they outed a ref for bias calls earlier in the season. Refs are human. they all got a massive microscope when playing in a big media market such as Houston. Protecting Harden seems to be the priority.

[tenbeersbold]

Lmfao,glad I didn't waste a few hours watching this WWE level show...Just a cursory glance at the FTA's is enough

[Slippy]

The amount of brush offs and push offs james "royalty" harden is allowed to do is like watching a bumper car on the court. Spurs defenders are getting knocked off, It's almost comical

[NameLess Scrub]

Many here don't get this. Getting points stolen is demoralizing. We had a hand in the loss, but that is just crooked.

Yeah..

They're trying hard to win a game on the road but they can't guard Harden without getting stuck on illegal screens and get a crucial basket taken away by a very bad call? I think they collapsed mentally after that. They shouldn't have, but I'd be angry too.

Anyways, got my hopes up a little bit they would be able to get a win on the road. Was wrong.

[NameLess Scrub]

I think only the best can work their way through something like that. We have been spoilt with manu and TD making on the fly adjustments. And even Manu has done more bad than good like game 6. We see players like AD just settle with 3s when the game is on the line. DD just isn't that type of player that can adjust to such a terrible decision. He just took a normal basketball shot. Not terribly aggressive. He made the shot and got called for an offensive foul. His next shot was soft. He back off. Took a semi open shot and missed. When the game is on the line and you get penalised for making a normal play, there are few players that can overcome that.

James Harden has been doing this forever and a day. It's is what it is especially the bs calls and protection refs give. Out of spurs control.

Dema Derozan isn't out of spurs control. Falls on pop to make the adjustment.

Can't disagree. DeRozan just can't handle being disrespected and beaten by the refs. He needs some serious help on that and the Spurs need to take the ball off his hands if they need to.

But then again with that said, I imagine it can pile up on players to be against the terribles call or non calls time and time again, specially in close games when they have to work so hard only to have their effort wasted by a bad call.

[boutons_deux]

LMA and DDR are both losers, not winners, not champions.

5th or 8th seed, Spurs won't sniff the second round.