**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

[whitemamba27]

houston is the obviously worse team so they need that barrage of 3 balls to come in if they want to win. morey and d'antoni just gambling that these guys get hot 4/7 times.

 

[moe200069]

the **** is this dude gobert even talkin about? with the exception of royce, his guys weren't even trying to defend harden on the perimeter.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

I think it's more telling that a Rockets hater/rival is making that statement in the first place. And one who complained to the refs and NBA in the fixed Rox-Mavs series that altered that series' outcome.

I mean he can be a rival and still be wrong. That don't make him some honest dude. Complaining that the refs are against the Rockets is comical.

 

[degenerate423]

really a sucka. So you going to call every athlete who says something on twitter or people on here a sucka. Stop trying to be all hard.

I’m glad you called him out. He watches a lot of WWF and thinks he’s the s*** .

 

[buschfan04]

Yes, it is a sucka move.

It has nothing to do with being HARD.

I am talking about being a damn competitor.

At what point does it simply become, "We/My team has to play better" instead of all of this direct/indirect excuse making.

Rudy Gobert sounds like a sucka crying on Twitter about calls AFTER his team got smoked.

it’s not a sucka move. You just trying to act hard. It changes the way you play the game the way you can defend. But hey I guess I’m a sucka.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I’m glad you called him out. He watches a lot of WWF and thinks he’s the s*** .

Time and place.

please be respectful

 

[junglejim]

Serious question, why is it fine for harden to push off like that before the shot but the defender having to close extra space due to the push isnt ok?

I get giving people space to land, but he is creating extra space on a lot of these threes with that forearm

 

[shotsrangout]

this man @wavycrocket doing his liking of posts tour after a warriors win

why must you turn that knife in my back when the wound is still fresh

 

[DCAllAfrican]

it’s not a sucka move. You just trying to act hard. It changes the way you play the game the way you can defend. But hey I guess I’m a sucka.

You are missing the point.

Move on man

 

[smedroc]

Horford shoots like he’s got a 30lb nutsack...

 

[art vandelay]

Harden is a sucka.
Mark Cuban is a sucka.
CP3 is a sucka.
Rudy Gobert is a sucka.
Raul Neto is a sucka.

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[Korofi]

Even Mark Cuban sees that Houston got cheated

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Remember when rockets fans were posting advanced stats and free throw rates about how harden still gets the same calls in the playoffs?

 

[junglejim]

The nerve of this guy

 

[air jsarg]

**** Mark Cuban. Why is he worried about the 2 minute report?

Because he and everyone else knows it's stupid and just enrages fanbases further, it's also a lowkey middle finger to the refs and basically says that they didn't do their job correctly.

 

[art vandelay]

Even Mark Cuban sees that Houston got cheated

Yeah, if Cuban thinks they got cheated then they must’ve been cheated. Because we all know Cubes is the moral compass. **** him.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Lol

Make shots James Harden

Even Mark Cuban sees that Houston got cheated

 

[art vandelay]

They called it like they were supposed to, why isn’t HE living with it, with his gimmicky ***.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Serious question, why is it fine for harden to push off like that before the shot but the defender having to close extra space due to the push isnt ok?

I get giving people space to land, but he is creating extra space on a lot of these threes with that forearm

Ballhandlers have been getting away with this for years. If you can execute the push off w/o extending a limb...the ref usually swallows the whistle.

 

[buschfan04]

You are missing the point.

Move on man

haha and what’s your point? People are sucka for telling the truth. Every player does it. Call the game consistent. Just because it’s the next round you don’t change the way you officiate. Or at least send a memo. Take your L.

 

[second2nonee]

I mean he can be a rival and still be wrong. That don't make him some honest dude. Complaining that the refs are against the Rockets is comical.

First off, f Cuban. Second off, huh? The whole point of that is to you show that there's no biasness that people are implying. There are neutral parties and even rivals saying that the officiating is suspect. That's the point.

 

[moe200069]

The nerve of this guy

man shot 14 FTs talkin about "i want the game to be called fairly"

 

[second2nonee]

Serious question, why is it fine for harden to push off like that before the shot but the defender having to close extra space due to the push isnt ok?

I get giving people space to land, but he is creating extra space on a lot of these threes with that forearm

Forearm shiver without full extension is hardly ever called

 

[junglejim]

Ballhandlers have been getting away with this for years. If you can execute the push off w/o extending a limb...the ref usually swallows the whistle.

That's the thing though, his wrist is breaking the plane of his elbow so he is extending his arm. He did it on a couple of these threes that people wanted a foul call. Seems like it should go both ways if he gets extra leeway with his arm, the defender should get extra leeway with the closeout

It's hard as hell to see in real time, but when you slow it down it become pretty obvious in all of these step backs