Official Thunderef Meltdown Thread

[Seventyniner]

Can somebody explain the tech on Timmy? I only got to watch the first quarter, but I saw on the stat sheet the Timmy tech. Was he arguing about a call or something?

It was a double tech on Tim and Perkins. The lead TNT announcer was basically being a Thunder cheerleader the whole game and even he thought it should have been a tech only on Perkins.

[RD2191]

The refs had a strong influence on the game last night. Kawhi had Durant at 1-7 before getting ed on a stupid call.

[heyheymymy]

refs are always gonna be bad, just gotta take that into account, spurs pulled the foot off the gas, or probably just ran out of gas, but look at the first half, that's prob how a playoff game would be against okc, plus manu, and a bit more effort and taking it serious.

[Brazil]

One of the issues is that some of our shooters (mostly Green and Beli) are so used to getting WIDE open shots that they kept passing on decent shots, forcing some other players to take horrible shots to beat the shot clock. Green and Beli need to grow a pair and shoot when they get a decent opportunity, because those WIDE open shots aren't coming against such a committed defense, not matter how many extra passes you make.

Mills let it fly and the difference was obvious.

[Dex]

26/30 threads on the front-page about last night's game or the Thunder. And that's NOT counting the Race to the #1 Seed thread.

Over a loss that most of us were expecting in the first place.

Yep, SpursTalk is back to normal, alright.

[HI-FI]

the calls i didn't like:

phantom foul on kawhi setting a screen
the tech on duncan
danny green non shooting foul
and the no call on chimp tripping up patty and getting an easy steal n layup

the refs were not gonna let us win this game, but we looked done in the third anyway. b2b and 5in7 will do that to you.

pretty much this.

OKC was allowed to play beyond physical, barreling through s on steals, and Spurs were getting called for ticky tack bs.
It's a sobering loss but a needed one, Spurs need to realize the intensity and officiating that will occur at OKC.

[313]

pretty much this.

OKC was allowed to play beyond physical, barreling through s on steals, and Spurs were getting called for ticky tack bs.
It's a sobering loss but a needed one, Spurs need to realize the intensity and officiating that will occur at OKC.

It's unfair that we should have to not only worry about the opposing team, but also the refs. Life isn't fair, though. I still believe we can beat them in a 7 game series, with or without home court. As long as we win our games at home, I think we can steal a game in OKC.

[313]

One of the issues is that some of our shooters (mostly Green and Beli) are so used to getting WIDE open shots that they kept passing on decent shots, forcing some other players to take horrible shots to beat the shot clock. Green and Beli need to grow a pair and shoot when they get a decent opportunity, because those WIDE open shots aren't coming against such a committed defense, not matter how many extra passes you make.

Mills let it fly and the difference was obvious.

Pop didn't give a about this game, if he did he would of played Manu and Kawhi would of started the 3rd. Pop saw what he needed to see in the 1st half of the game.

I think it would of been a different game if the spurs had any energy.....spurs just ran out of gas while the thunder was on full gas.....plus you can add that the refs were giving the game away but that's just my opinion....spurs lost one game no biggie ....time to rest up and get back on track

[FromWayDowntown]

Second night of a late-season back-to-back on the road against a motivated opponent isn't so easy.

[Budkin]

Second night of a late-season back-to-back on the road against a motivated opponent isn't so easy.

The sad part is they still get those ing calls on the road.