what the fuck man

4/30/2009 10:38:42 PM

this is just surreal

4/30/2009 10:38:57 PM

hahahaha


foul intentionally?

4/30/2009 10:39:18 PM

del negro is blowing this shit

4/30/2009 10:39:39 PM

w

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f

4/30/2009 10:40:05 PM

that final play by the bulls might be the greatest i've ever seen

4/30/2009 10:40:15 PM

b-a-n-a-n-a-s

4/30/2009 10:40:17 PM

GODDAMNIT VINNY, YOU DIDNT EVEN GO TO STATE UNDER SENDEK OR LOWE, WHY DO YOU CHOKE GAMES AWAY

i'm gonna keep whining about watching the rockets game even though it is clearly not working

gg nba, not having a backup channel

4/30/2009 10:41:27 PM

I was hoping Brad Miller would launch a 40 footer and clank it like Carlton when he stole it from Will

4/30/2009 10:41:35 PM

carlton didnt even hit the backboard

4/30/2009 10:48:07 PM

kevin garnett reminds me of the koopa dudes when he's in his suit

4/30/2009 10:50:28 PM

God, Pierce has fucking blown in OTs...

4/30/2009 10:52:48 PM

NOAAAAAAAAAAH

4/30/2009 10:53:12 PM

douche just won the game

4/30/2009 10:53:41 PM

so how do NBA fans cope with the terrible/selective officiating? is it just something you guys have come to expect? like how serfs dealt with cruel oppression from their lords?

4/30/2009 10:54:42 PM

same way college fans deal with it

4/30/2009 10:55:23 PM

Only in the NBA it's offset by superior athleticism and clutch plays...

[Edited on April 30, 2009 at 10:56 PM. Reason : second time they need a 3 and are on the line...]

4/30/2009 10:55:45 PM

fuck this game, someone win already

4/30/2009 10:56:20 PM

^^^

Basketball is by far the hardest sport to officiate. People should give it a try when they want to complain.

4/30/2009 10:57:29 PM

rockets up 52-37

at the half lol

4/30/2009 10:57:43 PM

foul intentionally please

4/30/2009 11:00:38 PM

wow, people actually defend the refs?

[Edited on April 30, 2009 at 11:01 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2009 11:01:00 PM

how many god damn timeouts do they need? i'm seriously trying to watch this but if i was doing nothing but watching the game (read: not on the computer) i'd be bored as shit right now.

4/30/2009 11:01:15 PM

Quote :

"wow, i can't believe there are still this many people stupid enough to defend NBA refs"

Yeah they decide every game just like Donaghy right?

4/30/2009 11:02:01 PM

kirk pwnt

4/30/2009 11:02:34 PM

heinrich pulled some nc state shit

4/30/2009 11:02:54 PM

^^^wait what? you are defending nba refs and bring up donaghy?? nice move!

[Edited on April 30, 2009 at 11:03 PM. Reason : a]

4/30/2009 11:03:27 PM

THAT at least, was not del negro's fault

4/30/2009 11:03:28 PM

that was goal tending

4/30/2009 11:04:05 PM

best. series. ever.

4/30/2009 11:04:36 PM

yea it probably is already the best ever

4/30/2009 11:04:51 PM

Rondo is a sped... seriously, I think he has mental issues.

[Edited on April 30, 2009 at 11:06 PM. Reason : not really, but he had time to pass up there instead of dribbling slowly and hoisting]

4/30/2009 11:05:45 PM

Quote :

"Q: As we near the two-year anniversary of the Tim Donaghy scandal, is the putrid situation with NBA officiating getting any better? A: Nah, it's as bad as ever. It's really, really bad. It's "I feel dumb loving this league so much" bad. It's "you lied to us when you said you'd fix this after Donaghy" bad. Let's forget about the consistent incompetence for a second -- it's not like we didn't know the playoffs wouldn't make us want to not punch a wall twice a night, and yes, that was a quadruple negative. Here's what bothers me: The league promised us Donaghy was a rogue official, promised to clean things up, hired a new leader (the Sarge, Robert Johnson) and promised to get better. The media accepted the league's "investigation" at face value and moved on. (I blame myself as well.) So how can the following two things happen in Round 1? No. 1: Joey Crawford reffed Game 3 of the Spurs-Mavs series in San Antonio. This guy was suspended for flipping out on Tim Duncan last season. The Spurs are convinced he hates them. Their 2007-08 season ended because of Crawford's non-call on Brent Barry's 3-pointer against the Lakers. There are seven other playoff matchups. How does this guy end up getting assigned to Game 3 in San Antonio? Why even risk it? No. 2. On St. Patrick's Day, Doc Rivers and longtime nemesis Bill Kennedy got into such a staredown/screaming tiff that Doc was fined $25,000 and Kennedy was fined as well. Heading into Game 4, I was texting my Boston buddies, "The league needs this series to go seven, and they will screw us on the officials. You watch." One of your three officials? That's right ... Mr. Bill Kennedy. It was like seeing Ike and Tina get back together. I mean, why even go there? And that's before we mentioned the Boston Herald's report that two of the three members of Kennedy's Game 4 crew live in Chicago and greeted families after the game who were wearing Bulls gear. No, really."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090429&sportCat=nba


and that was def goaltending

[Edited on April 30, 2009 at 11:08 PM. Reason : ron artest: 0 ast, 0 reb, 0 stl, 0 blck, 21 pts]

[Edited on April 30, 2009 at 11:08 PM. Reason : 1 ast now]

4/30/2009 11:05:59 PM

GET DERRICK ROSE INTERVIEW LESSONS




and lol at Matt Devlin calling this second game

4/30/2009 11:08:55 PM

this is the 2nd time rose choked on free throws in a big game in the last year(+a bit), right? he bricked free throws that cost memphis the NC, didnt he?

although he did redeem himself this time.

4/30/2009 11:10:25 PM

^^^thank you, you saved me from posting it

and whether you like simmons or not, that dude is one hard core fan of the NBA

4/30/2009 11:14:49 PM

If the games are fixed, then why do you watch?

4/30/2009 11:16:29 PM

games arent fixed, but i do believe in some conspiracies to help ratings...

such as boston and the lakers getting LOADED with talent to end up with that nba final last year

with salary caps and such there is no way, in my opinion of course, those teams could have afforded that talent unless the nba helped pay the athletes extra behind the scenes...

things like that

4/30/2009 11:23:20 PM

nobody is saying the games are fixed completely, only that they are affected by intentional decisions that seem too persistent to be coincidental

every person has bias and can be affected by crowds, the worst refs just let their bias and the crowds affect their decisions even more

4/30/2009 11:27:46 PM

^^ Other than Gasol, the Lakers seem to have the same players they did a few years back when they were considered "Kobe and like 4 guys from the local YMCA"

They just got a lot better.

5/1/2009 12:44:46 AM

stop injecting facts into the debate, queer

5/1/2009 12:46:00 AM

best series not being watched ever

5/1/2009 2:04:43 AM

Quote :

"If the games are fixed, then why do you watch?"

I don't - but every once and a while, something happens that makes me think I'll give the NBA another chance...like the series between Boston and Chicago. Then I tune in again and see a plethora of terrible calls and non calls and remember why I don't watch.

And fucking Jeff Van Gundy on Mike and Mike this week actually said he thought games should be called differently in the last 4 mins. When people like that are saying shit like that, the entire thing is just fucked.

[Edited on May 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM. Reason : .]

5/1/2009 11:51:49 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090501&sportCat=nba

Great Simmons article on game 6.

5/1/2009 7:34:00 PM

Anyone see Bibby kick and swing at Chalmers? Seemed like a Chris Paul move.

5/1/2009 9:52:55 PM

Been looking forward to this all day long... Rose and BG4 both with great starts...

Should be fun.

5/2/2009 8:15:52 PM

sick block. this is the type of athleticism wall is supposed to have? goddamn

5/2/2009 8:24:15 PM

Yeah, he's going to make Haith or Calipari a very happy coach next year...

How people can say the NBA is "boring" is beyond me... jesus, this is good.

5/2/2009 8:26:32 PM

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aba-games-maq

this stream sucks...anything better? either tv or radio

5/2/2009 9:00:57 PM

http://www.veetle.com/viewChannel.php?cid=49d76b4b9e7ad

5/2/2009 9:05:43 PM