2017 Playoffs WCSF Game 2 Thread: Spurs vs Rockets (8:30 PM CT/4:30 AM Riga/TNT)

[Horse]

I knew poopa would make adjustments.

We played like . But....

Not to blame the refs but when the Spurs took away the 3 and we cut to the hole - no fouls were called on all the hacking, mugging in the lane nor the over the back rebounds .

Patty Mills should be fined for that disgraceful flop.

Meanwhile everything was a foul on the other end.

Sorry about Parker - doesn't look good.

No Houston fan or player can ever complain about refs forever. Give me a ing break.

[DMC]

Klay Thompson is a much better offensive player than him though.

Let's see how they match up in the next series.

[rasuo214]

And of course Clutchfans are ing about the refs. Poor Harden didn't get 20 BS FTs.

[DMC]

I have a friend that works for the Spurs medical staff. he saw his medical chart and told me that Aldridge in the post season has been suffering from itis. It's actually very contagious and it's possible he caught it from Gasol.

You showed your hand early.

[Roxsfan]

Yeah, off with your cheesy Harden fouls

FU

[FkLA]

Let's see how they match up in the next series.

You stubborn fat boy.

[Ice009]

I knew poopa would make adjustments.

We played like . But....

Not to blame the refs but when the Spurs took away the 3 and we cut to the hole - no fouls were called on all the hacking, mugging in the lane nor the over the back rebounds .

Patty Mills should be fined for that disgraceful flop.

Meanwhile everything was a foul on the other end.

Sorry about Parker - doesn't look good.

Poor poor sportsmanship complaining about fouls while trying to give a compliment. Spurs have been fouled off the ball all playoffs. I don't want to hear that from a team with one of the biggest BS foul drawers in the entire NBA.

[sasaint]

And of course Clutchfans are ing about the refs. Poor Harden didn't get 20 BS FTs.

He got three that were the least deserved of his foulball career. Still smh over that call against Patty.

[SAGirl]

Tony needs a sauna session with pat morita ( the handwarming technique)and at least two teammates wives. He will come out sweaty and skipping around like nothing ever happened to his knee.

This is a cruel joke but it's still funny.

[Roxsfan]

No Houston fan or player can ever complain about refs forever. Give me a ing break.

Tony Brothers- worst official in NBA history:

Harden grabbed Kawhi in transition, Brothers told the referee to change the (correct) foul on the floor call into a shooting foul call.

Called an egregious Patti Mills flop against Harden.

Called a foul on the floor and let Ginobili talk him into changing it into a shooting foul.

[Ice009]

Leonard says they need tp next game

Kawhi needs to forget about that. Be the Alpha, Kawhi, and lead the Spurs.

[mexicanjunior]

I knew poopa would make adjustments.

We played like . But....

Not to blame the refs but when the Spurs took away the 3 and we cut to the hole - no fouls were called on all the hacking, mugging in the lane nor the over the back rebounds .

Patty Mills should be fined for that disgraceful flop.

Meanwhile everything was a foul on the other end.

Sorry about Parker - doesn't look good.

Are you kidding me complaining about the refs? Harden's flop 3 point heaves are getting rewarded every time someone is within 10 feet of him...

[Roxsfan]

Poor poor sportsmanship complaining about fouls while trying to give a compliment. Spurs have been fouled off the ball all playoffs. I don't want to hear that from a team with one of the biggest BS foul drawers in the entire NBA.

Call it what u want. It's a fact.

Btw- giving a compliment- I told robz4000 yesterday that pop would make adjustments. He said Nah- pop has mailed it in the last few yrs.

[Roxsfan]

Are you kidding me complaining about the refs? Harden's flop 3 point heaves are getting rewarded every time someone is within 10 feet of him...

Patti Mills fouled him so many times I lost count.

[Robz4000]

Tony Brothers- worst official in NBA history:

Harden grabbed Kawhi in transition, Brothers told the referee to change the (correct) foul on the floor call into a shooting foul call.

Called an egregious Patti Mills flop against Harden.

Called a foul on the floor and let Ginobili talk him into changing it into a shooting foul.

Agree on Tony Brothers and that first call. The rest were legitimate calls.

[FkLA]

Tony Brothers- worst official in NBA history:

Harden grabbed Kawhi in transition, Brothers told the referee to change the (correct) foul on the floor call into a shooting foul call.

Called an egregious Patti Mills flop against Harden.

Called a foul on the floor and let Ginobili talk him into changing it into a shooting foul.

How about that 3 shot foul when Paddy had his hands straight up though?

[james evans]

You showed your hand early.

" shut the up"

[ducks]

Harden hurt his hip their coach said

[mexicanjunior]

Patti Mills fouled him so many times I lost count.

I honestly thought the refs were giving this game to the Rockets with all those bull 3 point flops and moving screens to push the defender into Harden. Nene and Capella are getting away with shove screens on almost every possession. On the other side of the court, Beverly and Ariza were slapping arms like crazy...

[bklynspursfan]

Harden got so defensive (no pun intended) when asked what challenges Kawhi presents when he guards him.

His answer: i just missed layups

[Horse]

Tony Brothers- worst official in NBA history:

Harden grabbed Kawhi in transition, Brothers told the referee to change the (correct) foul on the floor call into a shooting foul call.

Called an egregious Patti Mills flop against Harden.

Called a foul on the floor and let Ginobili talk him into changing it into a shooting foul.

How about all of hardons bull . And the fact that he wasn't going for the ball looked like a shoulder tackle.

[Roxsfan]

Agree on Tony Brothers and that first call. The rest were legitimate calls.

Tony is trash.

[SAGirl]

I just re-watched that play a few times. Tony came down on his right leg, and his left leg was hanging funny. He hurt it on the way up. So often when you see a guy go down like that and there's no contact, it's a ligament tear. Looking at where he was rubbing, maybe LCL.

I think the best case scenario is that they announce it as a severe sprain, but even those usually involve some tearing. I don't think Pop will put him back on the floor again any time soon. That's going by what you can see on TV, but that's what I think.

Thanks for sharing that. ... /sigh it sucks.
/double sigh
It's sad to see Spurs again not fully healthy in the postseason: last season Timmy busted his last remaining good knee... 2015, Tony and Tiago were injured. I don't even want to go further back than that.
I am also doubly sad Dijon had gotten that groin/hip injury about 6 weeks before the RS ended and he missed valuable playing time that he needed for moments of this nature.

I suppose Spurs were not going to get past GSW even with healthy TP (what other fans here are convinced of anyways), but I wanted to see that for myself. Now, it's just unfair. Maybe they can get by this matchup even without Tony if others step up more bc KAwhi was already doing so much ballhandling and creating but Tony was providing secondary offense that was necessary. The others are just less experienced... and at some point it may show. Then the GSW match ... /triple sigh.

Is it fair to expect they can still get past the Rockets/ I think they can...

[Roxsfan]

Ok - good points - sorry I can't respond to all of you.

Later.

[Robz4000]

Tony is trash.

Yeah, him and Ken Mauer are the worst refs I've ever seen.