What game were you watching? The officials "corrected" a technical call on Draymond Green where he hit Shumpert in the face to keep him in the game. They assessed a Flagrant 1 to Kevin Love for a block where there was minor incidental contact, but when Green again essentially wrestled Tristan Thompson to the ground they called it a regular foul. And then they refused to assess a foul to Zaza Pachulia after he punched Shumpert in the groin. They also called a completely random technical on Dhantay Jones for talking to Durant. If anything, the refs tried to drag Golden State back into a game that they looked like they didn't want to be in.QBCade said:
OMG what a game! Seriously, that game was an embarrassment to the NBA. So obvious they wanted 5 games. Props to Cleveland for shooting well and feeding off the refs. What a ridiculous laugher
it wasn't even a breakaway, but instead in semi-contested position.C Loves L said:
Not one response in this thread to LeBron's ridiculous off the backboard dunk??
That one needs to be re played at least once a year for the next 25 years
Bunk Moreland said:it wasn't even a breakaway, but instead in semi-contested position.C Loves L said:
Not one response in this thread to LeBron's ridiculous off the backboard dunk??
That one needs to be re played at least once a year for the next 25 years
C Loves L said:
Not one response in this thread to LeBron's ridiculous off the backboard dunk??
That one needs to be re played at least once a year for the next 25 years
Guitarsoup said:
If the Cavs come back and win the series, Durant can always opt out and join the Cavs this summer.
Bunk Moreland said:it wasn't even a breakaway, but instead in semi-contested position.C Loves L said:
Not one response in this thread to LeBron's ridiculous off the backboard dunk??
That one needs to be re played at least once a year for the next 25 years
QBCade said:
Seriously, props to the Cavs. They shot lights out. Their blatant constant holding is weak especially when it's not evenly called. Warriors need to step up their D.
Durant going to Warriors understandably rankled some fans of other NBA teams, but there is also a lot of truth that the Warriors simply got a lot of things right. They built a 'dynasty' level team at a place that had not been even to the Western Conference Finals in decades.Guitarsoup said:
If the Cavs come back and win the series, Durant can always opt out and join the Cavs this summer.
Spokenlike any fan of another team should definitely speak. Totally agree. Every dominant team in every sport has tons of haters because of their dominance. They are still fun to watch though!Saint Pablo said:
F 'em
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And it is not surprising at all that Durant wanted to go play with a team that actually knew how to play a beautiful looking brand of basketball than the caveman ISO heavy 'your turn then my turn' game with Westbrook and a bunch of otherwise offensively challenged dudes at OKC.
Yeah, my impression is that Durant's move rankled people more because it was to the team that had just beaten him in the Western Conference Finals.Deluxe said:Quote:
And it is not surprising at all that Durant wanted to go play with a team that actually knew how to play a beautiful looking brand of basketball than the caveman ISO heavy 'your turn then my turn' game with Westbrook and a bunch of otherwise offensively challenged dudes at OKC.
The same OKC team that would have beaten the Warriors last year if not for a timely Klay Thompson three-point barrage in game 6. Hats of to the Warriors for ultimately winning the series but it was VERY close.
Anyway, no one is questioning whether or not the Warriors made shrewd moves, so I'm not sure how relevant your post is. Up until the end of last year, I suspect many of the Warriors "haters" were of the "I don't like them but I respect them" variety (myself included). Probably not too dissimilar to how "haters" of the Bulls dynasty felt about them.
And I get why KD wanted to try out a different brand of basketball than the one he played OKC. No issues there. But in the eyes of many fans (maybe not you), going to Golden State was a chicken-bleep move given everything that happened a few months earlier. I think that's a much greater source of backlash against the Warriors franchise than jealousy of their shrewd moves.
The Warriors are lucky he had ankle problems leading up to a new contract.Rusty GCS said:
Curry is the 9th highest paid player in the NBA Finals. That's just insane. He should be no lower than #3 if you were paying by performance yearly.
Warriors are very fortunate to have him at a (relative) discount
