Dubs getting Thunderef'd

[FromWayDowntown]

I think everybody would agree that WB and Durant are very hard to stop, any game at any point. But I think what you're showing here is interesting in how can it be interpreted based on watching the game and comparing teams performances and officiating between quarters.

Say OKC is getting stopped in general, for one half. Come 3rd quarter, they shoot a lot FTs. What changed? Wasn't WB getting cornered or blocked in the paint in the 1st half? When did their misses become fouls? Who changed their performance, OKC, the opposing team, or the refs?

You said it better than I did. I'm not coming at this from the standpoint of saying that the game was called differently in those 3rd quarters -- I don't have the data or the a en to figure that out. But the numbers suggest that something changed -- at least relative to FTA -- once the home teams got up by fairly comfortable margins, and then once the game got tight again, the game reverted back to something more closely resembling the 1st half rather than the 3rd quarter.

[Phenomanul]

You said it better than I did. I'm not coming at this from the standpoint of saying that the game was called differently in those 3rd quarters -- I don't have the data or the a en to figure that out. But the numbers suggest that something changed -- at least relative to FTA -- once the home teams got up by fairly comfortable margins, and then once the game got tight again, the game reverted back to something more closely resembling the 1st half rather than the 3rd quarter.

To me though... the officiating clearly changed in the 3rd Quarter against the Spurs (in Gm 5)... The Spurs were building their lead and got hit with inexplicable, downright frustrating calls... the moving screen foul on Green after the Spurs stole the ball (which could have put them up 15 on the fast break that was stopped by the refs) was particularly dumbfounding. Instead the Thunder managed to squeak two threes in a row to make it a game again. Green now with 4 fouls had to sit out (allowing the Thunder to extend their run). IT WAS ATROCIOUS! The screwed up calls at the end of that game undermine the fact that IF "a fix was in" it mostly happened during the 3rd quarter.

[Sean Cagney]

What if both teams put themselves in a position for a call to hurt them, except one gets a foul or two and wins by making FTs?

I agree that it is not necessarily a conspiracy. I just think it could be incompetence or just bias towards certain stars/teams.

I agree with that statement there 100%.

[Chillen]

If OKC wants a legit shot to dethrone these guys they have to win game 2 and both home games. So it's all up to OKC to get the job done, it's there for the taking right now. Of course with this Warriors team easier said than done, hopefully OKC can do it.