Game 2 loss: How's it feel OKC?

[PublicOption]

No matter what, the spurs never took any ones team. dallas didn't even care about the chapparals, plus they were in dallas for 1year....not 41.

you will always ALWAYS have one of these *

[Kidd K]

As much as I dislike the Heat, it felt good seeing the Thunder get a taste of their own medicine. When it comes to ref rigging...what goes around, comes around.

Sadly, the Thunder didn't actually get screwed out of the game, which would've been nice. The refs simply didn't call bogus calls in favor of the Thunder this time. That doesn't mean the game was rigged, it just means it was called properly for the first time in the last 7 Thunder games.

Hopefully at some point they actually do get a taste of their own medicine at some point this postseason and it costs them a couple of games. It just hasn't happened yet. The Thunder got gross favortism at several points in multiple games in the WCF. The most ridiculous were spans of: 8 FTAs in 4 possessions. 13 FTAs and 3 favorable turnover calls against SA in 5 minutes. 3 goaltends that were allowed + a fake turnover call, 2 phantom fouls in their favor and 2 obvious hacking fouls not called against them in a 2 minute span to stop a comeback.

Nothing so egregious has happened yet against OKC against Miami. One can only hope it does, otherwise there's no justice in basketball.

I'd rather the Miami Cheat win than the Chokelahoma ty Bas Children of Stern. OKC. At least Miami actually performs and doesn't entirely rely on the whistle to create offense AND stops during key moments of ballgames.

Get over it.

Only a fairweather Spurs fan wouldn't still be upset about the rigged officiating in favor of the Thunder in the WCF.

You can of course, have your opinion, but don't try to push your fairweather fandom onto other people. That's bogus dude.

[Bill_Brasky]

^Both teams played hard my dude

[thunderfan]

I feel sorry for people who walk through life always feeling victimized and conspired against. Too much hatred and dillusion going on here

[thunderfan]

No matter what, the spurs never took any ones team. dallas didn't even care about the chapparals, plus they were in dallas for 1year....not 41.

you will always ALWAYS have one of these *

Good. Go Plunder!

[PublicOption]

I feel sorry for people who walk through life always feeling victimized and conspired against. Too much hatred and dillusion going on here

you ers stole the sonics. that team will never be yours. thieves.

41 years in Seattle and in 3 years you think that team is yours..... off.

...and the only reason that stern let you guys in so fast was try an erase the memory.....but it ain't gonna happen.


You would think a town that had 168 people killed by a tragic event would know what its like to have its heart ripped out.

YOU SUCK.

[thunderfan]

you ers stole the sonics. that team will never be yours. thieves.

41 years in Seattle and in 3 years you think that team is yours..... off.

...and the only reason that stern let you guys in so fast was try an erase the memory.....but it ain't gonna happen.


You would think a town that had 168 people killed by a tragic event would know what its like to have its heart ripped out.

YOU SUCK.

What?? The Thunders came from Seattle?! I thought we were an expansion team.

[thunderfan]

Listen to you spewing nonsense. Throwing out the federal building bombing and comparing it to basketball. That's lame and low.

[PublicOption]

you thieves deserve it.

[Legacy]

Their crappy ass fans chanting referees suck made me just laugh! Hypocrites!

Seriously?

Haven't watched one game of LeBron vs. KD... but that's some pretty funny right there.

[thunderfan]

Actually, you moron, most of the people on here wouldn't have had any problem with you, had you just had the courage to be candid and admit how bad the officiating was, especially crunch time in game 6.

The fact that your is so small that you are afraid to admit that little fact makes you the that everyone on here has made you look like.

Now, run along to your little inbred board, and pump each other over how awsome the sooners are gonna be this year.

I've stated before that I realize we got calls late in game 6. I'm completely unphased by the rest of your profane statements against me. Enjoy your day.

[GrandeDavid]

As much as I dislike the Heat, it felt good seeing the Thunder get a taste of their own medicine. When it comes to ref rigging...what goes around, comes around.

The Spurs were so ridiculously jobbed in Game 6 that although I'd normally pull for a small market type underdog (in terms of market appeal) like OKC, my enthusiasm is severely hampered. Nice win by Miami. Buuuuut, the Spurs ultimately did get beat in six, so what can you say other than their role players choked and Matt Bonner will lace em up for next year's playoff run as well.

[GrandeDavid]

I've stated before that I realize we got calls late in game 6. I'm completely unphased by the rest of your profane statements against me. Enjoy your day.

OKC got series-clinching calls in Game 6 but I'm unwilling to guarantee San Antonio would've won Game 7, not the way KD is playing. And sorry for all the cursing you've encountered. Pretty embarrassing stuff.

[thunderfan]

My stance in a nuts has always been:
SA is a great team. I think all their players are pretty upstanding and respectful.
Yes Harden flops, but let's not blow it out of proportion as every team, SA included, has players that do the same.
Yes, game 6 included fortunate calls for OKC, and it's possible there would have been a game 7, but overall SA was just outplayed.
The only time I've been a smart ass with anyone here is in response to what I feel are ridiculous statements like OKC did not win honorably or that the people that died in the bombing deserved it because we stole Seattles team, but I realize those statements aren't worth responding to.

[TampaDude]

I think the two sweeps in the first two rounds of the playoffs gave the Spurs a false sense of security. The Jazz and the Clippers are not that good. In fact, other than SA and OKC, the West is kind of a mess right now. The Spurs ran into a buzzsaw in the Thunder, and couldn't make the necessary adjustments. They just got outhustled by a younger, more athletic team.

Hopefully, the Spurs will make the right roster moves in the offseason, and they'll be back in the Finals next year.

[4lifecowboy]

My stance in a nuts has always been:
SA is a great team. I think all their players are pretty upstanding and respectful.
Yes Harden flops, but let's not blow it out of proportion as every team, SA included, has players that do the same.
Yes, game 6 included fortunate calls for OKC, and it's possible there would have been a game 7, but overall SA was just outplayed.
The only time I've been a smart ass with anyone here is in response to what I feel are ridiculous statements like OKC did not win honorably or that the people that died in the bombing deserved it because we stole Seattles team, but I realize those statements aren't worth responding to.

OKC is great team, i take nothing from them. My beef is with the league. They are respectful in the sense they have built their franchise the right way, thru the draft. no contest i would be pulling for OKC in the Finals, it still dont negate the fact i believe they haven't fully earned the right to be there yet.

[therealtruth]

I think the two sweeps in the first two rounds of the playoffs gave the Spurs a false sense of security. The Jazz and the Clippers are not that good. In fact, other than SA and OKC, the West is kind of a mess right now. The Spurs ran into a buzzsaw in the Thunder, and couldn't make the necessary adjustments. They just got outhustled by a younger, more athletic team.

Hopefully, the Spurs will make the right roster moves in the offseason, and they'll be back in the Finals next year.

I feel SB made his adjustments and the Spurs couldn't counter adjust. They stopped playing as a team and more as individuals. While the Thunder started playing more as a team and less as individuals.

[Knoxxx]

I will give credit to TF to be in here defending his team in perhaps the most hostile message board there is. I would encourage my fellow Spurs fans to attack the posts (when you disagree), not the poster.

Some Spurs fans still seem to be missing the point of why some of us are unwilling to just "let it go." We were not outplayed in Game 6, we won the game on the court. No team in the NBA could overcome a -10 point officiating advantage at OKC, yet we almost did it which was amazing. This "we just got outplayed" or the Spurs were "too old and just got tired and sloppy" down the stretch is complete BS.

In addition to getting robbed in that game 6, the officiating in game 4-5 was SPOTTY at best, with the main difference maker being the numerous blown Ibaka goaltend calls.

It's been interesting to see now those are now goaltends against Miami, in addition to the aforementioned "aha moment" the officials have finally had with regard to Harden hitting the floor. While I know conspiracy theories abound, I am thinking the league actually went back and reviewed the game, and corrected the refs screw ups, too late for us of course.

This response that the Spurs are a bunch of floppers just like OKC I am just not buying. Parker routinely gets hammered when driving in, and is lucky to get half the fouls called. He drives right into thick of the biggest players on the court, yet it was Westbook I saw falling down a lot for no reason. In fact he fell down without being touched at a crucial juncture, as we all know, and the refs called a completely bogust foul because they had already decided in their minds OKC was better than the Spurs and moving on.

Now the shoe is on the other foot and I am simply enjoying it. The tide has turned on the officiating and the OKC fans are aghast. Collison draws a legitimate charge, and the officials have over corrected and call the and 1 against OKC. That's justice right there. I can't fault the officials either, since the OKC team has shown a team-wide flopping propensity, how could one sort out the legitimate fouls from flops? The fix is assume every time an OKC falls he flopped, but not a Miami player.

So now OKC is paying the price for what it did against us, and I am going to enjoy every minute of OKC fans anguish.

I am not a fan of all this flopping, I think some combination of instant replays and technical fouls will be needed to eliminate it.

I will reiterate that Harden has taken it to a level never seen, a disease that has caught on to a degree throughout the OKC team, and is an embarrassment to basketball.

I hope OKC cleans it up and starts to play real BB now that the jig appears to be up on it.

[thunderfan]

Harden flops. I don't think SA is a Big flopping team, but they have guys that do it. I'll just leave it at that. Every team does. I'm not a fan of it either. I don't think anything is rigged. Stars get calls, refs can be persuaded by situations, but I strongly disagree that there's any conspiracy. Fans of opposing teams will forever disagree. That's all there is to it. I might think some opIniOns I read are completely re ed but that's just the way it is. I dOnt hold hatred for someOne who disagrees with me. In the grand scheme of things, it is jut basketball we are talking about here. You have to draw a line somewhere.

[DMC]

Only a fairweather Spurs fan wouldn't still be upset about the rigged officiating in favor of the Thunder in the WCF.

You can of course, have your opinion, but don't try to push your fairweather fandom onto other people. That's bogus dude.

Your avatar says you love sucking . I don't think I need your opinion on fandom tbh.

[Knoxxx]

Your avatar says you love sucking . I don't think I need your opinion on fandom tbh.

Some of us need to vent a bit more before "moving on" is the point. Given the cir stances, it is understandable IMO. The officiating has unfortunately been a big part of this playoffs stretch run, and venting over it on an Internet message board is the right of anyone who feels the need to do it. No need to get into arguments with Spurs fans who have an easier time putting it behind them. The "get over it" posts we can do without, though, since that is like salt on the wound.

TF if you can admit the following it would be helpful:

1) Harden took the flopping too far which is unfortunate, since that is taking the focus away from his considerable ability.

2) Spurs were not just "old and sloppy", but rather made many impressive plays down the stretch of Game 6, cutting it to two late at OKC, and played well enough to beat a very solid OKC team that was playing lights out, in an evenly called game.

3) An evenly called game would have resulted in a game 7, with the Spurs as slight favorites, in a game that obviously could have gone either way.

Thanks for your consideration of those issues, TF.

[PublicOption]

I'll give plunderscam credit. To want to root for a stolen team and defend it here takes a certain resolve.

but a thief is a thief and OKC is full of thieves as far as I am concerned. those s even stole our riverwalk.......so Off.

[thunderfan]

I think any flopping is going too far, so yes Harden is taking too far - as are a huge number of other players. Not sure I ever said "old and sloppy", but I did use the word sloppy. The Spurs did play sloppy for significant stretches in the series. Partly maybe a mental lapse, part of that could probably be credited to good defense on OKC's part. I did not have much confidence that OKC could beat SA to begin with and that was reinforced after games 1 and 2, but then the tides turned and I feel as though OKC was just too physical and quick, forcing SA into some sloppy play. Ive not once denied that OKC got some fortunate calls late in game 6. I've only said that those calls went both ways during the series. SA got their share as well. Sure, it's possible SA could have won game 6 with calls being made differently. You can't ever say for sure though. One call made different infinitely changes the game from that point forward. I would have given SA the advantage in game 7 being on their home floor. Calls can change things. I just don't think SA played well enough to win the series. They were outplayed. And I take that same stance with OKC. Miami got some calls in game 2. But it's hard for me to sit around and about it too much because when you start out a game in a 2-18 hole...well you just suck, so maybe you shouldn't deserve to win the game.

[thunderfan]

I'll give plunderscam credit. To want to root for a stolen team and defend it here takes a certain resolve.

but a thief is a thief and OKC is full of thieves as far as I am concerned. those s even stole our riverwalk.......so Off.

Well whoever those " s" were that went down to SA to steal the River Walk idea didn't take very good notes. Have you visited our River Walk?

[Legacy]

Your avatar says you love sucking . I don't think I need your opinion on fandom tbh.