Yeah Westbrook can play a little out of control at times. The thing is, that is what makes him so dangerous. There is no one faster with the basketball in their hands. Last few games he has been dishing it off a lot more and getting more people involved. I'm a lot more comfortable when he is doing that. Huge pressure on both home teams now. Spurs are going to bring it tonight, should be a great game. I just hope we don't have Joey "You fall and I'll make the call" Crawford on the court.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...tells-miami-heat-good-job-good-093317874.html I noticed this at the end of the game, and my first thought was that not one of the players even attempted to acknowledge that kid. Bunch of spoiled bitches.
I don't know. That kid is last thing I'd want to hear after hard fought game in which they should have won. Even though his heart was in the right place, he was very annoying. I don't blame them at all. I KNEW SA wouldn't be able to keep the pace of the first half, nor could they continue making a high % of 3's. Even down 15 at the half, I knew OKC would come back and win the game.
If Celtics make it...Thunder crushes them. If Heat make it...great series. I don't know who wins....but I know who I WANT to win. THUNDER UP!
Thunder will have a harder time with the Celts than with that rag tag bunch out in Miami. They beat either team though.
I'd also lean towards the Thunder beating either the Celtics or Heat in 6 games, even if Bosh comes back healthy. The Thunder easily pass the eye test and are definitely worthy of being in the Finals. For everyone that hates the NBA and uses Lebron/Kobe as their prime example, the Thunder are refreshing and hopefully will bring back fans that have not cared since the Jordan era. I thought last year's Finals with Dirk and the Mavs vs the villains was a great matchup and hopefully we'll get another good one this year. Most of the Heat/Celtics games have been intensely competitive and down to the wire. I expect a similar game tonight and will go with the Heat winning on the road to force game 7. If the Celtics make it to the Finals, the PG matchup, Pierce/Durant, and the old friends Garnett and Perkins (both that like to bully others on the court) will be fun to watch. As much as I respect the Spurs, I'm just glad they're not in the Finals. They don't have that "it" factor that draws interest.
Man, I've never heard a group crying so much about the officiating. All the talk on the Spurs message boards is how the officials 'let' OKC win this game. They concede that the comeback from down 15 was legit, but are saying when SA was trying to rally in the 4th, the officials took over and gave all the calls to OKC. Nevermind that it was totally opposite in the 1Q, when SA was getting all of the calls. As an impartial observer, I think the game was pretty evenly ref'ed. Of course, there are always going to be one or two questionable calls on each side. One thing I've noticed about the way the NBA refs games, which does lead to a lot of conspiracy talk, is that the road team usually gets all of the calls in the first half, particularly the 1Q, and the home team starts getting them in the 2nd; particularly the 4th. That's how last night's game went, so eventually the calls evened out.
