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[sports_fan]

http://nyc.suntimes.com/new-york-knicks/7/86/217450/knicks-trade-4-pick-ricky-rubio

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[tommyGunZ]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

 

[parasaurolophus]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Just the way Lebron was trying to line up you could tell he was going to do something weird.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Just the way Lebron was trying to line up you could tell he was going to do something weird.

Yep. Ref couldn't even get into the circle to throw the jump ball.

 

[metoo]

I still have the Cavs in 6. LeBron willl not lose to Curry.

I loved the play where Delly was guarding Green in the post and Green tried to back him down further and couldn't move him.

 

[SWC]

I still have the Cavs in 6. LeBron willl not lose to Curry.

I loved the play where Delly was guarding Green in the post and Green tried to back him down further and couldn't move him.

that is why some of us in the know have started calling him delly the tornado from down under the rock of greenbralter dova you have my permission to use it if you want because i like to spread the love take that to the bank bromigo

 

[TobiasFunke]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (That’s not a shot at Iguodala. It’s just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBron’s chest, slow LeBron’s momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials weren’t going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBron’s hands — a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

 

[Sammy3469]

I'm just going to shake my head when the Warriors go small in Game 3 and the refs call an Iggy foul every time LeBron goes to the basket.

I know the natural GS response is to go small, but I'm pretty sure LeBron wants them to do that as well as it allows him to get a running start without having to worry about real rim protection especially if the refs are calling the game even sort of tightly. The Hawks tried this and got physically abused even worse.

 

[Bobcat10]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

I was the first one in here calling out the travel....but that is no reason to not call the hack. Very few that I remember were saying it's a wash or since they didn't call one it was OK not to call the other.

Curry clearly jumped into Smith...so that should have been a no-call? Or a foul on Curry?

 

[tommyGunZ]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (That’s not a shot at Iguodala. It’s just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBron’s chest, slow LeBron’s momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials weren’t going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBron’s hands — a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

Zach Lowe is one of the best NBA writers on the planet. Zach Lowe is occasionally wrong, like here.

I agree that LeBron didn't get the superstar whistles down the stretch.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (That’s not a shot at Iguodala. It’s just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBron’s chest, slow LeBron’s momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials weren’t going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBron’s hands — a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

Zach Lowe is one of the best NBA writers on the planet. Zach Lowe is occasionally wrong, like here.

I agree that LeBron didn't get the superstar whistles down the stretch.

Lowe and the NBA are wrong. TGunz is right.

Makes sense.

 

[Jayrod]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (That’s not a shot at Iguodala. It’s just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBron’s chest, slow LeBron’s momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials weren’t going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBron’s hands — a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

Zach Lowe is one of the best NBA writers on the planet. Zach Lowe is occasionally wrong, like here.

I agree that LeBron didn't get the superstar whistles down the stretch.

Lowe and the NBA are wrong. TGunz is right.

Makes sense.

He knows stuff.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Sure Curry will probably shoot better, but what if Shump, JR Smith, Jones and Dellavedova start shooting better from 3 as well? They are around 30% from three so far in the series.

It more likely that one of the best shooters in the game will shoot better again than 4 streaky shooters to all shoot better.

They don't ALL have to shoot better.

I agree. I was just responding to the "and" that was used.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (Thats not a shot at Iguodala. Its just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBrons chest, slow LeBrons momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials werent going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBrons hands a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

Zach Lowe is one of the best NBA writers on the planet. Zach Lowe is occasionally wrong, like here.I agree that LeBron didn't get the superstar whistles down the stretch.

Lowe and the NBA are wrong. TGunz is right.

Makes sense.

Lowe and TGunz disagree on a lot less than Tobias implied in his post. That's not Gunz's fault; that's on Tobias for mischaracterizing Gunz.

 

[tommyGunZ]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (That’s not a shot at Iguodala. It’s just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBron’s chest, slow LeBron’s momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials weren’t going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBron’s hands — a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

Zach Lowe is one of the best NBA writers on the planet. Zach Lowe is occasionally wrong, like here.

I agree that LeBron didn't get the superstar whistles down the stretch.

Lowe and the NBA are wrong. TGunz is right.

Makes sense.

LeBron jumps into Green - it's clear if you watch the replay. Green lands ackwardly falling back a step, and LeBron lands in the paint, across the FT line.

Have no idea what you guys are seeing.

 

[Passenger]

So do you want superstar whistles or not? I can never tell with this group. I do know that Lebron wants superstar whistles. He's the most difficult player to officiate since Shaq and more annoying about it than all the Spurs and Clippers combined (well, maybe not Paul). I don't think the game is better with the superstar calls, but I'm sure the league would like the series to go as long as possible and will take the negative attention and turn it into a positive. It's the same as day one with this garbage. You just have to decide if you're willing to watch it.

 

[coyote5]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.

I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (That’s not a shot at Iguodala. It’s just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBron’s chest, slow LeBron’s momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials weren’t going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBron’s hands — a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

Zach Lowe is one of the best NBA writers on the planet.

Which is weird because his writing is kinda hacky at times. Dude KNOWS hoops, no question, but the way he conveys his thoughts is awkward to read at times.

 

[TobiasFunke]

So do you want superstar whistles or not? I can never tell with this group. I do know that Lebron wants superstar whistles. He's the most difficult player to officiate since Shaq and more annoying about it than all the Spurs and Clippers combined (well, maybe not Paul). I don't think the game is better with the superstar calls, but I'm sure the league would like the series to go as long as possible and will take the negative attention and turn it into a positive. It's the same as day one with this garbage. You just have to decide if you're willing to watch it.

Can't speak for everyone else of course, but I think the entire idea of superstar calls is mostly a product of fan bias. Superstars have the ball in their hands a lot more, and the ability that made them superstars allows them to beat players to spots on the floor and to force defenders into mistakes. Of course they're going to draw more fouls. Also, every time they get the benefit of a dubious call everyone immediately thinks its because they're superstars, but everyone benefits from dubious calls from time to time. If Kobe goes to the line and the replay shows he wasn't touched everyone thinks "superstar call!" and remembers it. If Wesley Johnson goes to the line and the replay shows he wasn't touched everyone forgets about it two minutes later. It's a simple case of confirmation bias.

Maybe they get a call every game or two that a journeyman might not get, but it's nothing more than that I think.

 

[No. 16]

Can't wait for tonight's game.

 

[Bobcat10]

Lebron is a physical freak. He loses out on alot of commonly called fouls because of this. He'll blow through an arm rake that will send a guard to the ground. From his perspecitive, and sometimes from a fans perspective, it is very frustrating. People think he's just a big whiner, well maybe yes sometimes, but when you think about it he just wants his fair share.

 

[thecatch]

NBA deems Iggy non-call and Green non-call as incorrectly not-called.

But then again, maybe they just want to see what they want to see.

Everyone agrees Iggy hammered LeBron on the shot attempt where there was no call. The NBA also deemed the travel proceeding that hack an incorrect non-call, essentially stating exactly what most of us were saying.I've watched the jump ball probably 20 times. NBA got it 100% wrong - LeBron clearly jumps into Green.

Zach Lowe:

The misses included a tricky left-handed layup at the end of regulation, two Draymond Green blocks, and a half-dozen maulings at the hands of Andre Iguodala. LeBron traveled before one such mauling, an especially blatant karate chop, but Iguodala committed uncalled reach-in fouls on almost every LeBron drive in crunch time. (Thats not a shot at Iguodala. Its just a fact. LeBron would make his move left, and Iguodala would stick his forearm into LeBrons chest, slow LeBrons momentum, yank his forearm away, and slide backward stride-for-stride with LeBron. Iguodala discovered that the officials werent going to call those old-school forearm-checks, and he responded with the optimal tactics.

...

Green held LeBron down on a jump ball with 45 seconds left in overtime and somehow got away with it. The referee threw the ball up, no one touched it, and it fell harmlessly into LeBrons hands a violation. I cornered Green in the locker room after the game to see if he might cop to the crime, but he pleaded ignorance.

I'm comfortable on the same side as Lowe in the "did LeBron get screwed out a bunch of calls late?" argument. It's cool though, I'm sure Skip Bayless is on your side, so that evens out.

Zach Lowe is one of the best NBA writers on the planet.

Which is weird because his writing is kinda hacky at times. Dude KNOWS hoops, no question, but the way he conveys his thoughts is awkward to read at times.

Typically I'm such a big fan of Lowe that this would offend me on his behalf, but I thought his Love column today was really susceptible to this criticism. He took great pains to show he was a Love apologist, even sort of whitewashing the fact that a lot of observers thought Love was highly overrated in Minny, but also throws some serious shade at him by calling his defense shameful and saying the onus is on Love to show he's not an empty stats loser. Sometimes he just does these stream of consciousness articles that lack a strong point or thesis.

 

[Passenger]

So do you want superstar whistles or not? I can never tell with this group. I do know that Lebron wants superstar whistles. He's the most difficult player to officiate since Shaq and more annoying about it than all the Spurs and Clippers combined (well, maybe not Paul). I don't think the game is better with the superstar calls, but I'm sure the league would like the series to go as long as possible and will take the negative attention and turn it into a positive. It's the same as day one with this garbage. You just have to decide if you're willing to watch it.

Can't speak for everyone else of course, but I think the entire idea of superstar calls is mostly a product of fan bias. Superstars have the ball in their hands a lot more, and the ability that made them superstars allows them to beat players to spots on the floor and to force defenders into mistakes. Of course they're going to draw more fouls. Also, every time they get the benefit of a dubious call everyone immediately thinks its because they're superstars, but everyone benefits from dubious calls from time to time. If Kobe goes to the line and the replay shows he wasn't touched everyone thinks "superstar call!" and remembers it. If Wesley Johnson goes to the line and the replay shows he wasn't touched everyone forgets about it two minutes later. It's a simple case of confirmation bias.

Maybe they get a call every game or two that a journeyman might not get, but it's nothing more than that I think.

I'm sure there's a lot of truth to what you wrote, and it's not the first time I've heard it, but it's not nothing. I suppose if you choose to believe 100% in that line of thinking it helps watch the product and keep it entertainment.

 

[TobiasFunke]

In case you missed it this Jackie McMullan column on the Spurs in the 2014 Finals is a great lunchtime read.

 

[JMon348]

In case you missed it this Jackie McMullan column on the Spurs in the 2014 Finals is a great lunchtime read.

Very good article. To recover from probably the most devastating finals defeat in history was amazing.

 

[Gr00vus]

Lebron is a physical freak. He loses out on alot of commonly called fouls because of this. He'll blow through an arm rake that will send a guard to the ground. From his perspecitive, and sometimes from a fans perspective, it is very frustrating. People think he's just a big whiner, well maybe yes sometimes, but when you think about it he just wants his fair share.

This is true, he also initiates a lot of contact himself which makes it even tougher to call. There have been numerous plays the last two games I've noticed him leading with/throwing his forearm/elbow and making some pretty serious contact to peoples' chests/heads that aren't being called as offensive fouls which possibly could be. It cuts both ways.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Lebron is a physical freak. He loses out on alot of commonly called fouls because of this. He'll blow through an arm rake that will send a guard to the ground. From his perspecitive, and sometimes from a fans perspective, it is very frustrating. People think he's just a big whiner, well maybe yes sometimes, but when you think about it he just wants his fair share.

This is true, he also initiates a lot of contact himself which makes it even tougher to call. There have been numerous plays the last two games I've noticed him leading with/throwing his forearm/elbow and making some pretty serious contact to peoples' chests/heads that aren't being called as offensive fouls which possibly could be. It cuts both ways.

He gets away with a lot of contact away from the ball, too. He's great at selling a push-off as normal movement, and will also use sleight-of-hand techniques like signaling and calling for the ball waving with one arm and yelling while pushing off with the other.

 

[Bobcat10]

Lebron is a physical freak. He loses out on alot of commonly called fouls because of this. He'll blow through an arm rake that will send a guard to the ground. From his perspecitive, and sometimes from a fans perspective, it is very frustrating. People think he's just a big whiner, well maybe yes sometimes, but when you think about it he just wants his fair share.

This is true, he also initiates a lot of contact himself which makes it even tougher to call. There have been numerous plays the last two games I've noticed him leading with/throwing his forearm/elbow and making some pretty serious contact to peoples' chests/heads that aren't being called as offensive fouls which possibly could be. It cuts both ways.

Very true as well. The best players are all good at getting away with things like that and push offs to get open, etc. I get it, there can be a foul on every possession of every game basically. Funny game when you think of it like that.

When it comes down to getting the shot up, Lebron has to endure more than just about anyone. When he's in attack mode, and not 20' jumper mode, and he's getting no calls, it's rough. Does that mean I think he deserves more "super star calls" or whatever, not sure...the shot effecting fouls should be called.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Gilbert chimes in

 

[Jack White]

Lebron is a physical freak. He loses out on alot of commonly called fouls because of this. He'll blow through an arm rake that will send a guard to the ground. From his perspecitive, and sometimes from a fans perspective, it is very frustrating. People think he's just a big whiner, well maybe yes sometimes, but when you think about it he just wants his fair share.

This is true, he also initiates a lot of contact himself which makes it even tougher to call. There have been numerous plays the last two games I've noticed him leading with/throwing his forearm/elbow and making some pretty serious contact to peoples' chests/heads that aren't being called as offensive fouls which possibly could be. It cuts both ways.

Just about every time he backs his man down he pushes off with his off forearm . . . and it's never called. Oh well.

Boys, it's time to stop whining about/discussing officiating and just enjoy the games.

The calls even out over time. It's the players who decide the outcome, not the refs.

 

[Bobcat10]

Can't wait for tonight's game.

This should get anyone pumped up...

http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cleveland/2015/06/09/cleveland-orchestra-is-allincle-for-the-cavaliers/28759977/

 

[matuski]

Like I've said all along. Warriors in 5.

 

[Bucky86]

I'm rooting for the Warriors, but made a bet with my employee that the Cavs will win tonight. It's a win,win.

 

[Jack White]

I'm rooting for the Warriors, but made a bet with my employee that the Cavs will win tonight. It's a win,win.

I remember Colin Cowherd used to say this: if you're going to bet on a game involving your team, bet against your team.

This way, you can't lose. Either your team wins, or your money wins.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

TOP 5 NBA PLAYERS OF ALL TIME

according to Stephen A Smith:

1. Jordan

2. Magic

3. Kareem

4. Duncan

5. LeBron

and according to Skip Bayless:

1. Jordan

2. Russell

3. Magic

4. Shaq

5. Kareem

 

[MAC_32]

TOP 5 NBA PLAYERS OF ALL TIME

according to Stephen A Smith:

1. Jordan

2. Magic

3. Kareem

4. Duncan

5. LeBron

and according to Skip Bayless:

1. Jordan

2. Russell

3. Magic

4. Shaq

5. Kareem

pre game pot stirring?

 

[sports_fan]

TOP 5 NBA PLAYERS OF ALL TIME

according to Stephen A Smith:

1. Jordan

2. Magic

3. Kareem

4. Duncan

5. LeBron

and according to Skip Bayless:

1. Jordan

2. Russell

3. Magic

4. Shaq

5. Kareem

I'm not sure who's opinion I care less about. I guess Skip Bayless but it's close.

 

[Leviathan]

As much as I hate to say this, I agree with Bayless.

Freaking thunderstorm just knocked out my directv. I hope it's back up before tipoff!

 

[CurlyNight]

Almost tip off! Got my earplugs ready as the group I'm watching with are as loud as ®Oracle! If you've never been to ®Oracle and you are able to go, it will be an experience never to forget. I went to a couple non playoff games this season and my hearing has never been quite the same since!

Let's get this thing started!

 

[Capella]

These kfc commercials are astonishingly weird.

 

[Bobcat10]

Draymond has his calling card tonight. Rough up Delly. Hard pick followed by an extra shove to start the game.

 

[CurlyNight]

LeB is serious!

 

[Synthesizer]

Good no-calls on the LeBron drives so far.... and then Draymond gets the call on the drive?

 

[Insein]

Shump pulled a groin.

Or his shoulder.

 

[Insein]

Was not a fan of Skyfall but this new Bond movie looks good.

 

[mozzy84]

He got hurt from that?

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Hey, a Cavs injury!

 

[Bobcat10]

Good no-calls on the LeBron drives so far.... and then Draymond gets the call on the drive?

RidicYell at me, Jack

 

[Long Ball Larry]

He got hurt from that?

didn't seem like that bad of a shot to me either.

 

[CurlyNight]

Left shoulder being looked at in the locker room now....

 

[Yenrub]

Good move by Kerr to get Bogut out of there. He was playing too soft. Festus will get physical