Official NBA Thread L: Spurs vs. _______ Finals Edition

[Sektor]

Classic case of Miami getting another favorable call. The NBA can be so corrupt.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

How the f*** was that a foul on LeBron?

I'm not a Heat fan, but they are getting f***ed over massively by the refs in this series.

[OGJB is Slender]

Any talk of a pro-Heat conspiracy can shut the hell up after this game. This can't be said often, but LeBron James got screwed.

[Deleted]

Yes what a great day...Pacers are gonna tie this series up woot woot!

[The Captain]

Ok, after this game I'm going to laugh in the face of anyone who says the refs are in Miami's pockets.

[OGJB is Slender]

This is the longest 35 seconds in basketball history.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

May 28, 2013 22:13:19 GMT -5 OGJB is Slender said:

Any talk of a pro-Heat conspiracy can shut the hell up after this game. This can't be said often, but LeBron James got screwed.

And there's the foul on Wade in game 1 which gave Indiana 3 points, the Pacers shooting 16 more free throws in game 3, the Pacers shooting more free throws in every game, and the missed flagrant on Wade's layup.

Nobody should say there's a pro-Heat conspiracy after this.

[WorkingInAColeMine]

That was an illegal screen, that they basically never call. Also

[kidkamikaze10]

I saw that.

They also didn't call it, but it was hilarious.

[Deleted]

Scary that the Pacers are one Lebron layup from being up 3-1 in this series

[vm88]

Well, the NBA got what they wanted: A Heat Eastern Conference Finals series that's going to go at least 6 games, just like last year.

As for the referees, the calls overall sucked tonight. For both teams.

[Unocal 76]

This isn't about conspiracies. This is about bad officiating.

[The Captain]

It also would've helped the Heat out tremendously if they played much better defense on the boards. They gave up way too many offensive rebounds and easy second chance shots.

[andrew8798]

Reggie Miller couldn't even believe they called that foul

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

May 28, 2013 22:21:23 GMT -5 WorkingInAColeMine said:

That was an illegal screen, that they basically never call. Also

LeBron......really son? You're gonna hack a dude, then flop? What, were you expecting him to react in a way to look like he elbowed you or something?

[stealthamo]

I'm not really surprised that LeBron flopped tonight, considering what he said earlier today about flopping:


espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9317929/2013-nba-playoffs-lebron-james-says-not-flopper-sees-advantage-flopping



About the game, I only watched the end of it, and as much as I dislike the Heat, I have to admit they got hosed tonight. It's weird, I don't know if it's that the refs have gotten worse, or that technology has made it so we can quickly look at a replay to see that the call was wrong, whereas in the past we couldn't. Also surprising to me is that they actually called traveling during a game. I honestly can't think of the last time that happened.

[kingoftheindies]

May 28, 2013 23:26:45 GMT -5 stealthamo said:

I'm not really surprised that LeBron flopped tonight, considering what he said earlier today about flopping:


espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9317929/2013-nba-playoffs-lebron-james-says-not-flopper-sees-advantage-flopping



About the game, I only watched the end of it, and as much as I dislike the Heat, I have to admit they got hosed tonight. It's weird, I don't know if it's that the refs have gotten worse, or that technology has made it so we can quickly look at a replay to see that the call was wrong, whereas in the past we couldn't. Also surprising to me is that they actually called traveling during a game. I honestly can't think of the last time that happened.

It's a bit of both. In some cases the ref isn't in good position and will just see movement from both players that make it look like a foul. But there have been some terrible calls at times going back to the last round (Nate Robinson getting a technical going into a timeout when he wasn't talking to anybody). Throw in Miami's constant flopping (which didn't matter in Game 3 as they were the better team, but it was still blatantly obvious they were flops) and this series has been hard to watch at times and not because of the Pacers' style

[Deleted]

May 28, 2013 22:25:56 GMT -5 slickrickstyles said:

Scary that the Pacers are one Lebron layup from being up 3-1 in this series

Absolutely.

Bad officiating and questionable stuff aside (though Battier did travel), the Pacers proved that they can win against the Heat by sticking to a rigid formula. When they wander away from the formula, they can easily lose, as was the case in Game 3.

For all those who want Miami to advance, pray that the Pacers "experiment" in Game 5, because if Indiana wins Game 5, then you may likely see the Finals match nobody but those in San Antonio and Indianapolis would want.

[Push R Truth]

The Pacer's crowd actually turned me against them last night. That's quit a feat because the last thing I want to see is a repeat champion in any sport.

Bosh's ankle goes sideways, he goes to the lockerroom for 10+ minutes and people are screaming "He's a flopper!"

5 minutes later LeBron's ankle gets all twisted, replay shows it's obvious he twisted it... and the crowd starts a huge "flopper" chant.


Every foul committed by Miami was THE WORST FOUL EVER OMG JUST TOSS HIM ALREADY, and every foul on the Pacers was "FLOP THE REFS SCREW US AGAIN WE HATE YOU DAVID STERN!"


Seriously kids, you took it too far. I'm tempted to say i want to see the Pacers go down in total blowouts because many of their fans don't deserve nice things. I love a rowdy and hostile crowd, but that crowd was acting borderline stupid.

[Red Impact]

May 28, 2013 22:21:23 GMT -5 WorkingInAColeMine said:

That was an illegal screen, that they basically never call. Also

Flop fight!