****OFFICIAL 2012 NBA PLAYOFFS THREAD****

[dirk digler]

Great sports weekend with the draft and now the NBA Playoffs starting today

First Round Matchups Today:

76ers vs Bulls
Knicks vs Heat
Magic vs Pacers
Mavs vs Thunder

Sunday:

Jazz vs Spurs
Celtics vs Hawks
Clippers vs Grizzlies
Nuggets vs Lakers

[Dylan]

Congrats Miami fans - good game

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by SNR

Man, what an explosion the Heat laid down in that Oklahoma City building!

****ing terrorists.

[KC_Connection]

OKC got more than their fair share of calls in this one (particularly the call that kept Durant in the game with three minutes left). There's no room to complain tonight, that's just looking to make excuses for that poor first half that set the Thunder back too far.

[Hammock Parties]

There is no question Lebron fouled Durant at the end. What a rotten piece of shit ref crew.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Seriously? Do you think that was not a foul? Would you have felt the same way had the situation been reversed?

A foul could have been called there. I also think the earlier blocking foul called on Battier should have been a no-call. Often refs will swallow the whistle on last shot plays and even with the contact that was a shot Durant could have made. He didn't and Lebron made the ensuing FT's. Game.

[tredadda]

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Originally Posted by SNR

Man, what an explosion the Heat laid down in that Oklahoma City building!

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

OKC got more than their fair share of calls in this one (particularly the call that kept Durant in the game with three minutes left). There's no room to complain tonight, that's just looking to make excuses for that poor first half that set the Thunder back too far.

It was a poorly officiated game all around.

But when it comes to the last shot, you have to get the call right. Period.

[Hammock Parties]

I'll say one thing for LeFraud James, at least he made all his ****ing free throws this time out.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

A foul could have been called there. I also think the earlier blocking foul called on Battier should have been a no-call. Often refs will swallow the whistle on last shot plays and even with the contact that was a shot Durant could have made. He didn't and Lebron made the ensuing FT's. Game.

I agree, just your icon was petty and that is why I responded the way I did. It was a foul, but I do not hate on the refs for not calling it either.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

It was a poorly officiated game all around.

But when it comes to the last shot, you have to get the call right. Period.

Should have been a foul, but there were a lot of plays tonight that should have been fouls both ways.

Overall, the Heat were the better team tonight and deserved that win. Very impressive performance on the road.

[Hammock Parties]

Clear visual evidence of a foul:

http://t.co/0wfW9K2j

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

OKC got more than their fair share of calls in this one (particularly the call that kept Durant in the game with three minutes left). There's no room to complain tonight, that's just looking to make excuses for that poor first half that set the Thunder back too far.

That wasn't a charge Durant was already in the air and Battier moved into him. Even it if was close that will always be a block .

I also think if the roles were reversed Lebron gets that call on Durant.

With that being said they need to quit getting down big early that is what is really killing them

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Fine Uncut Meat

Clear visual evidence of a foul:

http://t.co/0wfW9K2j

Calm down. Nobody here is doubting that it was a foul.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

That wasn't a charge Durant was already in the air and Battier moved into him. Even it if was close that will always be a block .

I also think if the roles were reversed Lebron gets that call on Durant.

With that being said they need to quit getting down big early that is what is really killing them

Magic on Sports Center just said that Westbrook isn't feeding Durant early. He's trying to get himself going early in the game, and when he doesn't, the Thunder allow the Heat to jump out.

I would agree. Durant only had 13 shot attempts in the first half.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

That wasn't a charge Durant was already in the air and Battier moved into him. Even it if was close that will always be a block .

After watching it again, it should have been a no-call probably. If it was earlier in the game, though, I still maintain the refs call that a charge.

I also think if the roles were reversed Lebron gets that call on Durant.

In OKC, with that intense environment, I doubt that. In Miami, maybe.

With that being said they need to quit getting down big early that is what is really killing them

Agreed.