NBA Playoffs

[Overlander]

Much like Smart, he is a great disruptor

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I have said it many times.
I would hate Green if I played against him.
I would want him in my team

As a 3rd or 4th or 5th best player, he's very valuable. He has the rings to prove it.

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[Deleted User 863]

Refs missed a push off on Klay against Smart. Then rewarded Poole for an acting job against Smart.

Smart deserves everything that comes his way flop wise, but those 2 missed calls, plus a quick T against Smart, really just gave this game and likely the series to GS.

Let the players decide the games. Not the whistle.

[pdub]

I don’t like when refs change momentum like that at all.

Pretty bad.

But Celtics had a billion turnovers and Wiggins was a STUD.

[Deleted User 863]

I don’t like when refs change momentum like that at all.

Pretty bad.

They had a couple bad ones and a quick T all in a short time span. It was over after that.

Also gave the celtics coach a quick T earlier in the game which seemed odd because he wasn't all that animated and the warriors players and coaches can pretty much do/say whatever they want.

[pdub]

Draymond Green is jumping up and down on the court like a baby throwing tantrums and nothing happens. Yea.

Maybe in Boston he can get revert back to shitty Green and get T'd up.

[zsn]

Marcus Smart has no one to blame but himself for that no call. If I were a betting man I’ll put the odds at 999:1 against him getting that call in the future. Marcus was lucky he didn’t get a T for flopping

What annoys me is time and again the defending player gets pushed into a screener and they call a foul on the player being pushed. Especially on an off-ball screen when the defender is looking to get underneath the screen. Ridiculous. Happened to Klay at least once in each of the past three games

[Deleted User 863]

Nah, Marcus Smart had a few calls/no calls go against him. He definitely has plenty of flops go his way, but there were a few really bad calls against the Celtics last night. I am generally not someone who critisizes refs because I have refereed basketball and it's tough...but this is the NBA finals.

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[twocoach]

Draymond Green is jumping up and down on the court like a baby throwing tantrums and nothing happens. Yea.

Maybe in Boston he can get revert back to shitty Green and get T'd up.

Green would get ejected from every game he plays in if they applied the same rules to him that are applied to everyone else.

[twocoach]

Refs missed a push off on Klay against Smart. Then rewarded Poole for an acting job against Smart.

Smart deserves everything that comes his way flop wise, but those 2 missed calls, plus a quick T against Smart, really just gave this game and likely the series to GS.

Let the players decide the games. Not the whistle.

Basketball refs suck at every level of the sport. High School, college, NBA, every level. The modern game has passed by the antiquated methods of today's refereeing. They need another ref on the floor and they need to be consistent. You cannot compete on a level playing field in a sport where the rules, and the application of them, are constantly changing.

[MICHHAWK]

have you ever ref'ed a game? any game? at any level?

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

have you ever ref'ed a game? any game? at any level?

Yes. Worst experience was when I was behind home plate.
1 run game, bottom of the 6th (final inning), full count. Perfect pitch down the center of the plate. Before I can say strike 3 the batter is out, the batter starts to run to first as if it was a ball. I knew no matter what I called (ball/strike) I was going to get attacked by one of the teams. It was a no win situation. I called the batter out and several players got in my face. Despite my feeling I was 100% correct with my call.
Decided after that game I will never subject myself to that again - and I haven't.

Point of my sharing that is, imagine being a professional ref/official and your call/non-call (RIGHT OR WRONG) completely fucked a team and their fan base. In this era of social media and the whackos that exist, I say - no thanks. I'll take a hard pass.

[ousdahl]

not to go full Qusdahl, but the NBA sure does love their game 7s.

[japhy]

One more game like last night and does Wiggins get the Finals MVP?

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

One more game like last night and does Wiggins get the Finals MVP?

If Steph has another horrible shooting night, and Wiggs has another game like last night, and he comes up big in the 4th, and they win, - still probably not.

[Cascadia]

not to go full Qusdahl, but the NBA sure does love their game 7s.

NBA has been fixed since the 80’s

[CrimsonNBlue]

One more game like last night and does Wiggins get the Finals MVP?

Would probably need two more big games and the Game 7 win.

Regardless, he's kind of been the story of the Finals so far.


He's been on a dang heater ever since getting the vaccine. Should use that for marketing.

[Cascadia]

One more game like last night and does Wiggins get the Finals MVP?

Would probably need two more big games and the Game 7 win.

Regardless, he's kind of been the story of the Finals so far.


He's been on a dang heater ever since getting the vaccine. Should use that for marketing.

Microchips are amazing!

[CrimsonNBlue]

I just wonder if there is some psychology behind him getting widely criticized for what was the first time in his life--at least to that scale.

A lot has been written about his fit with the Warriors and the culture, and that's all true, but he has been in a peak mindset all season. Throwing dunk posters, playing all-league caliber defense, getting back to how he's capable of rebounding. He's just been a winner.

[Cascadia]

It’s always been about his mindset. When he’s aggressive and focused he’s an absolute beast. I also think he’s better as Robin than a Batman.