NBA Playoffs

[Mike Barnes]

Dave, Shane Battier's still taking charges(And thinkin he's getting a call on those shits in the NBA too, My man/LOL), Dave's here's you're chance to put it in writing on the board in regards to you stated that you will call you're man Mike Krzyzewski a loser, My man(This will always stand out in my mind, Just like the Kevin

Woodley comments during the 80's at Bentley's, My man/LOL, Dave, That last shot attempt with Kevin Durant and Lebron James was a no-call from where i'm sittin, My man(A ref would have to explain his actions for calling a foul on that play, My man/LOL, Dave, How is you're man doing who is an college ref, My man.

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[DaveR]

Dave, Shane Battier's still taking charges(And thinkin he's getting a call on those shits in the NBA too, My man/LOL), Dave's here's you're chance to put it in writing on the board in regards to you stated that you will call you're man Mike Krzyzewski a loser, My man(This will always stand out in my mind, Just like the Kevin

Woodley comments during the 80's at Bentley's, My man/LOL, Dave, That last shot attempt with Kevin Durant and Lebron James was a no-call from where i'm sittin, My man(A ref would have to explain his actions for calling a foul on that play, My man/LOL, Dave, How is you're man doing who is an college ref, My man.

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

Mike, your obsession with Duke is always comical - and at the same time a bit clinical ... and if you've been watching the games, Battier is getting the charge calls

... simply stated, you seldom hear someone complaning about the refs, after a W ... it's only after they 'lose' (which is why team or not, you can tell who somoene is rooting for)

... nice try though

[DaveR]

... How is you're man doing who is an college ref, My man.

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

he's doing well - thanks for asking, and I'll let you know you asked about him

[DaveR]

I watched the game last night with a bunch of Laker fans, all of whom have jumped on the OKC bandwagon. Ask them about it and it's either "we would prefer to know that we lost to a team of destiny" or "we hate Lebron" (because God forbid anybody but Kobe should make any claim to greatness or express confidence to his own fans that he will win multiple rings). I think they are not seeing the forest for the trees, i.e. the last thing they should want is the team that will dominate the West for the next few years getting the extra confidence that comes with a ring....

If I was an LA fan, I would want OKC - for the simple and only reason that I'd want a team from my division, to so show their strength globally (which should make us both better in the long run)

Hatin' on Lebron, or any one else's success often drives a MFer hypocritically crazy ... we see that daily

[ruse]

If I was an LA fan, I would want OKC - for the simple and only reason that I'd want a team from my division, to so show their strength globally (which should make us both better in the long run)

That wasn't one of the arguments I heard last night, though I got my share of flack for being the only Miami/LBJ supporter in the room

[DaveR]

That wasn't one of the arguments I heard last night, though I got my share of flack for being the only Miami/LBJ supporter in the room

""we would prefer to know that we lost to a team of destiny" or "we hate Lebron""

right, 'cause them fans is clouded by their disappointement in losing ... their choices are about hate and/or them losing, rather them them being positive for the future

[Mike Barnes]

Dave, John Calipari was poppin mad shit about the refs during his post-game comments after Temple vs Masschusetts in 1994(Which was a very good game and Excellent officiated game too, Despite the mad physical play by both crews, My man, Dave, I want you to keep thinking that i have an obession with Duke

(That's why i come hard at you, My man/LOL), Dave, How do you know what i watch and don't watch pertaining to basketball games, My man/LOL, Dave, I just stated that for all of the years that you're man Shane Battier's been in the NBA, Money is still trying to get charging calls(And you took those comments like i don't watch any NBA games that Shane Battier is playing in with Miami, My man(Again, I keep you assuming, My man/LOL)

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

John Calipari post-game comments about the refs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jUpHClybQ

[DaveR]

Dave, John Calipari was poppin mad shit about the refs during his post-game comments after Temple vs Masschusetts in 1994(Which was a very good game and Excellent officiated game too, Despite the mad physical play by both crews, My man, Dave, I want you to keep thinking that i have an obession with Duke

(That's why i come hard at you, My man/LOL), Dave, How do you know what i watch and don't watch pertaining to basketball games, My man/LOL, Dave, I just stated that for all of the years that you're man Shane Battier's been in the NBA, Money is still trying to get charging calls(And you took those comments like i don't watch any NBA games that Shane Battier is playing in with Miami, My man(Again, I keep you assuming, My man/LOL)

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

John Calipari post-game comments about the refs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jUpHClybQ

Dave, Shane Battier's still taking charges(And thinkin he's getting a call on those shits in the NBA too, My man/LOL),

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[DaveR]

Yes, Kevin Durant was fouled — but one call didn’t decide Game 2 of the Finals

WHOLE PIECE - http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2012...es/?xid=cnnbin

...

"The most obvious was the blocking call on Shane Battier with 3:20 remaining. That play easily could have been Durant’s sixth foul. And even that is a brutally difficult call, as I’ve written before. The rule book says the foul should be on Battier if he moves into Durant’s path after Durant “has started his upward motion with the ball in an to attempt a field-goal or pass.” Good luck judging even in slow motion if that is the case here. Battier also appears to turn his torso slightly while Durant is in the air, a small movement that a lot of people incorrectly believe to be against the rules.

Look, the no-call on Durant’s shot in the closing seconds was bad. It influenced the game. So did the blocking call on Battier. So did the illegal moving pick Haslem set on Harden. Ditto for a ton of micro-level decisions that officials have to make throughout the full 48 minutes. The officiating is never going to be perfect, and over the course of a game, the questionable calls generally even out. I’m not sure Thunder fans really want an in-depth examination of every Perkins screen, and if the league does do something about flopping, Harden is going to have to change his game considerably. There is no conspiracy against your favorite team.

If you’re going to declare that one no-call “cost Oklahoma City the game” or some such, you need to go review the rest of the game, get out your calculator and decide how many foul shots that the officials really owe each team, how many baskets each got off illegal picks, etc. This is not to excuse the refs on the James/Durant play. They blew the call. It was obvious in real time. And they might have blown it because of some belief that the players should “decide the game” — or some fear of deciding the game themselves, which is of course what referees do when they make the choice not to blow the whistle.

That’s the issue here — that a foul needs to be a foul, regardless of which player commits it and when. The NBA still has work to do there, especially on illegal screens. There will never be perfect game-to-game consistency, or even in-game consistency. But there is always room for improvement."

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

Yeah yeah yeah...we get it Dave...there are countless calls that refs miss and we can't blame it on one blown call...you and everyone says this shit. Sure. Dr. Filbert, DDS has to fill tens of thousands of cavities. Sure, he's gonna miss a few. Fireman Friendly has to fight thousands of fires. Sure he can't stop them all from burning. No one expects that.

We don't expect refs to get all the calls right.

Just the ones that matter.

There's no excuse.

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

It's game 2 of a finals series, on the underdog's home court, and the ref blows the call because he didn't have his ass in position. A blown call on a play where a finals series goes 2-0 if they make it. A blown call to tie up IN THE FINAL SECONDS a DECISIVE game 2. A blown call that determines home court advantage ongoing. We're just supposed to accept this MONUMENTALLY INEPT blown call?

Oh, come the fuck on, y'all. For really-o!

"Hey. It happens."

Not in the Finals it isn't supposed to happen. No effin' excuse.

[DaveR]

... Dr. Filbert, DDS ... Fireman Friendly ...

[DaveR]

It's game 2 of a finals series, on the underdog's home court, and the ref blows the call because he didn't have his ass in position. A blown call on a play where a finals series goes 2-0 if they make it. A blown call to tie up IN THE FINAL SECONDS a DECISIVE game 2. A blown call that determines home court advantage ongoing. We're just supposed to accept this MONUMENTALLY INEPT blown call?

Oh, come the fuck on, y'all. For really-o!

"Hey. It happens."

Not in the Finals it isn't supposed to happen. No effin' excuse.

and the non-6th foul call on Durant? - folks seem to accept that

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

TechnoViking wouldn't have missed that call.

[DaveR]

TechnoViking wouldn't have missed that call.

that's what I'm sayin'

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

and the non-6th foul call on Durant? - you seem to accept that

A missed call during the course of play is balanced out over the course of play. We all get that.

I'm sayin' that, in the CLOSING SECONDS of a decisive game, where home court advantage in the Finals is at stake, the guy with the ball could tie it up, or even win, it at the line...and the ref blows the call because he was OUT OF POSITION on the play?!

Not the same thing. Not by a mile. That was the last play of a finals game. That is the abject failure of Quality Control. Of that ref was an auto parts maker and he was out of position testing brake pads, there would be some dead motorists after that shit. Sure, one or two are going to slip through the cracks. And it's all good in the course of doing business, right?

Unless you're driving that particular car on that particular night and you needed to make a decisive stop at a critical moment.

That driver was K. Durant. If I'm the line manager at AAMCO, that ref is off the frickin' line, son.

It ain't the same thing. The biggest call of the game is what they are supposed to be prepared for. Accepting it is fine.

Rationalizing it is bullshit.

[neon]

TechnoViking wouldn't have missed that call.

At first I thought that was a zombie attack.

[DaveR]

... The biggest call of the game is what they are supposed to be prepared for. Accepting it is fine.

Rationalizing it is bullshit.

it's bullshit rationalization to keep all things constant, and assign 1 as a variable (in this instance, the last OKC offensive play) and amplify it, to try and make a point

... it's unfortunate it happened at the end of the game - we all agree on that ... but that didn't cost OKC the game; OKC costed OKC the game (maybe they should try next time, not to go down 18-2 to start a game - which had nothing to do w/ the refs) ... then a non-call at the end of a game, would only be the difference b/t them winning by 16 or 14

... and had they gotten all the calls right, Durant wouldn't have been in the game at the end, for that biggest call

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

that's what I'm sayin'

Always love a Technoviking recall!

[DaveR]

the extended clip

"Pepsi MAX went to a pick-up game in Bloomfield, NJ pretending to shoot a documentary on a basketball player named "Kevin." When his Uncle Drew came into the game, some magical things happened."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DnKOc6FISU

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

the extended clip

"Pepsi MAX went to a pick-up game in Bloomfield, NJ pretending to shoot a documentary on a basketball player named "Kevin." When his Uncle Drew came into the game, some magical things happened."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DnKOc6FISU

Please tell the this went down like it seems. Out there schooling' cats on candid camera!

[bomb cola]

Look for Mario Chalmers to have a big game.

[Mike Barnes]

Danny, Maybe the ref did not make that foul-call against Lebron James because it's the 2nd game in the series(Opposed to game 7, Which gives both crews a very good chance to win, My man), Danny, What's you're thoughts on a ref who loses his life(Boo-Boo Vaughn from Brooklyn/Rip), While reffing a game with big willy money on the table, My man, Boo-Boo Vaughn made a bad call(Or a call that some cats felt was a bad call), That costs cats mad money and Boo-Boo Vaughn his life in a summer league game in

1987 in Jamaica,Queens, My man, Danny, I ask you this question in regards to you're prior comments about the no-call on Lebron James checking Kevin Durant on that last play(I felt they're was a no-call because a ref has to answer to cats for making a call like that in game 2 of what will be a long series, Which we all know will be very financially Profitable to the NBA and David Stern, My man/LOL).

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[Tee Dubb]

to me it's better if there's no-calls near the end of the game. Let em play it out

[DaBownca]

A missed call during the course of play is balanced out over the course of play. We all get that.

I'm sayin' that, in the CLOSING SECONDS of a decisive game, where home court advantage in the Finals is at stake, the guy with the ball could tie it up, or even win, it at the line...and the ref blows the call because he was OUT OF POSITION on the play?!

Not the same thing. Not by a mile. That was the last play of a finals game. That is the abject failure of Quality Control. Of that ref was an auto parts maker and he was out of position testing brake pads, there would be some dead motorists after that shit. Sure, one or two are going to slip through the cracks. And it's all good in the course of doing business, right?

Unless you're driving that particular car on that particular night and you needed to make a decisive stop at a critical moment.

That driver was K. Durant. If I'm the line manager at AAMCO, that ref is off the frickin' line, son.

It ain't the same thing. The biggest call of the game is what they are supposed to be prepared for. Accepting it is fine.

Rationalizing it is bullshit.

Wasn't a missed call Battier was still moving into Durant's path not stationary

anyone got a clip? watch that left shoulder lean in