Official 2012 NBA Finals Thread

[Hurricane Season]

Every team has stretches like that in every game. It's awful convenient for people to point it out, remember, as a way to act like the refs being horrible is OK. It just isn't. The NBA needs to fix this shit. It's not fair and basketball fans across the country see it.

Sefalosha just got fouled on that layup, too. Jesus fucking Christ, can we get a whistle on the Thunder end, please?

I'm not ignoring the officiating, I'm pretty sure I mentioned that in my two previous posts.

Teams do go through cold spells in every game, but not often do you see one player single-handedly blow a double digit lead.

 

[elcheato]

Now that Westbrook missed that 3, people can ignore the Durant brick on the play earlier.

 

[BwareDWare94]

Oh my God this is just unfair. No team should have to play 5 on 8 in the Finals. Come the fuck on. This is supposed to be fair and unbiased from the officials' standpoint, but it just isn't.

Miami isn't earning these games. They're having them handed to them. I don't care if they win the Finals if they earn it, but they didn't earn the Boston series win and they aren't earning their games here, either.

 

[MR.ballin]

Gameover.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

James Harden is a fucking idiot.

 

[BwareDWare94]

I'm not ignoring the officiating, I'm pretty sure I mentioned that in my two previous posts.

Teams do go through cold spells in every game, but not often do you see one player single-handedly blow a double digit lead.

I didn't mean to imply that I thought you didn't mention it. I was agreeing with you.

I don't care how good Russell Westbrook is, but I've never seen a single player who's struggles could effect his entire team.

I love how Magic ignores the phantom fouls that took Durant out of the game in the third quarter. All of the analysts are ignoring that.

 

[ZigZag]

That was an awful foul call on Harden.

Honestly, I try so hard to watch each game without bias but the calls heavily favored the Heat this game. Not saying every call favored the Heat but most questionable calls or no-call went to Miami.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

That was an awful foul call on Harden.

Honestly, I try so hard to watch each game without bias but the calls heavily favored the Heat this game. Not saying every call favored the Heat but most questionable calls or no-call went to Miami.

I thought the arm extension from Lebron was worse thnan Hardens "blocking" foul.

But you can't call that at that time.

 

[elcheato]

Heat in 4, Durant's a non stop fouling choker.

This is Westbrook's team!

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Heat in 4, Durant's a non stop fouling choker.

This is Westbrook's team!

You're going Steven A. Smith on us now lol.

 

[Mexi]

Now that Westbrook missed that 3, people can ignore the Durant brick on the play earlier.

the kobe system

 

[Mexi]

lebron is getting balder by the minute

 

[MR.ballin]

lebron is getting balder by the minute

Tell us something we already didn't know.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

The Thunder have gone through stretches where they just forget how to play basketball.

I guess that's a mark of a young team though.

 

[Pugz]

The Heat favoritism in this series is getting out of hand.

Both Durant and Westbrook out of the game with foul trouble in the third! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Durant's fourth foul (called by Joey Crawford; Imagine that) was nothing that even resembled a foul, and neither was his third foul. Not to mention these three shot fouls, Ibaka's was legit but Fisher's is an every game "let 'em play" type of play that they never ever ever ever ever whistle. Why is it all of a sudden called now? Hitting the hand long after the shot shouldn't even be a foul, anyway, because it doesn't alter the shot in any way, shape, or form.

Again, Miami gets to the free throw line at will with minor-ass contact whereas only James Harden can seem to get foul calls. I'm still counting free throws that LeBron doesn't deserve.

This is not OK. It's not fair to the Thunder and it's absolutely nothing short of absolute favoristm.

People need to stop acting like the refs aren't fucking the Thunder over in this series. It's no coincidence that the Thunder take off to a lead and all of a sudden they call a phantom foul on Durant

And to top it off the Heat fans are booing every call against Miami. Good friggin' Lord.

Durant got set. Joey Crawford calls that a charge on the other end. I guarantee it. Stern's puppet at work. There's a reason David Stern is getting so agitated when people are throwing words like "conspiracy" around

dude these long ass rant posts wont make any friends. no one reads them.

 

[Elite]

I read them, always get a good chuckle

Saying that Durant got set (I'm assuming he was talking about the LeBron play near the end of the game) is hilarious. I saw it in live motion that he didn't get set, I saw it in the replay that he didn't get set, and JVG and Mike Breen both agreed that he didn't get set.

 

[Elite]

Miami has no shot in this series though, right guys?

 

[buzzy]

The Heat favoritism in this series is getting out of hand.

Both Durant and Westbrook out of the game with foul trouble in the third! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Durant's fourth foul (called by Joey Crawford; Imagine that) was nothing that even resembled a foul, and neither was his third foul. Not to mention these three shot fouls, Ibaka's was legit but Fisher's is an every game "let 'em play" type of play that they never ever ever ever ever whistle. Why is it all of a sudden called now? Hitting the hand long after the shot shouldn't even be a foul, anyway, because it doesn't alter the shot in any way, shape, or form.

Again, Miami gets to the free throw line at will with minor-ass contact whereas only James Harden can seem to get foul calls. I'm still counting free throws that LeBron doesn't deserve.

This is not OK. It's not fair to the Thunder and it's absolutely nothing short of absolute favoristm.

People need to stop acting like the refs aren't fucking the Thunder over in this series. It's no coincidence that the Thunder take off to a lead and all of a sudden they call a phantom foul on Durant

And to top it off the Heat fans are booing every call against Miami. Good friggin' Lord.

Durant got set. Joey Crawford calls that a charge on the other end. I guarantee it. Stern's puppet at work. There's a reason David Stern is getting so agitated when people are throwing words like "conspiracy" around

 

[buzzy]

Seriously though, why would the League benefit from the Heat winning? The LeBron-no ring thing is the best story they have had in a long time. 48 states of your country want to see him fail.

 

[.infamous]

Royce Young @dailythunder

On a Scott Brooks extension: If his price tag is $4-5M a year, OKC might be wondering if they could lure Phil Jackson for that number.

hmm