Western Conference Finals: #1 Warriors vs. #3 Thunder

[VF21]

It hurts to see the hypocrisy on the part of the league. Just feels bad.

It would not make the championship trophy require an asterisk. It would not constitute "the league office deciding a crucial game". Warriors would have had their fair chance to win game 4 without Green and more importantly they had fair chances not to lose two games already.

The decision just plain sucks.

So they've just opened the door. Adams is no Cinderella. If Green or any other Warrior just happens to be in the wrong place when someone flails around trying to draw a foul and there's another incident, how are they going to call it any differently?

There are a lot of things that "just feel bad" in the NBA right now, from the increasing manipulation of the draft by agents to horrific officiating in the damn playoffs. I miss David Stern.

 

[VF21]

Oh good lord. Shoot me now. Isaiah Thomas is one of the pre-game commentators? Seriously? And he's speaking from his vast experience in the playoffs? I have no words...

 

[Big Cuz 15]

bushi+

 

[Big Cuz 15]

send one of the OKC scrubs out to do a bruce lee kick back at one of their guys to make it even.

 

[fansinceday1]

Jeff van gundy: "Do you honestly think if OKC did that same play to curry, they wouldn't have gotten suspended?"
"The NBA has really hurt themselves today in the players eyes. Now they know that the rules do not apply evenly to everyone."

 

[lawlman91]

Jeff van gundy: "Do you honestly think if OKC did that same play to curry, they wouldn't have gotten suspended?"
"The NBA has really hurt themselves today in the players eyes. Now they know that the rules do not apply evenly to everyone."

It'll get interesting if we see some "unintentional" cheese today.

 

[lawlman91]

Kenny Ducey ‏@KennyDucey 30m30 minutes ago
Here's a look at groin hit precedent, via @NBA_Reddit. Green was pretty lucky to avoid suspension.

this is the worst of it, IMO

 

[Henkel]

send one of the OKC scrubs out to do a bruce lee kick back at one of their guys to make it even.

Wouldn't blame OKC or any other team that takes matters into their own hands. If league officials aren't going to protect the leagues integrity it falls to players and coaches. And they only have a few options, retaliation being one of them.

It sounds crazy, but GS needs to slow the pace to win this series. The Thunder are proving to be the more athletic team, and they've also shown that they can struggled at times with their set offense. Playing into OKC hands by going small, which the Thunder proved last game they have no problem matching, and running might ironically be GS undoing.

 

[VF21]

Wouldn't blame OKC or any other team that takes matters into their own hands. If league officials aren't going to protect the leagues integrity it falls to players and coaches. And they only have a few options, retaliation being one of them.

It sounds crazy, but GS needs to slow the pace to win this series. The Thunder are proving to be the more athletic team, and they've also shown that they can struggled at times with their set offense. Playing into OKC hands by going small, which the Thunder proved last game they have no problem matching, and running might ironically be GS undoing.

As long as the officials and good ol' Kiki are going to play favorites, this is a real possibility. If Adam Silver doesn't watch out, he's going to find a very unhappy group of owners at the next annual meeting.

 

[kingsboi]

even Durant is playing goalie now...way too much size for Golden State to handle. Looks like small ball isn't a long term success plan for championships, huh?

 

[miltonap]

rooting for OKC so we can all see the junk small ball bs fascination finally come to an end. Play to your team's strengths, it's not rocket science. Glad that idiot George Karl is gone. Boogie and Joerger will ride us to greatness again

 

[VF21]

I am not going to show my petty vindictiveness by remarking about the possibility of GSW fans having their hearts ripped out in front of them in game 5. Honest I'm not.

 

[Sac.Kings]

The officiating has been so bad that I really wonder if these refs have some money riding on these games. I already knew the NBA plays favorites (we were on the short end of that stick 15 years ago), but this is ridiculous. A grown man kicks another dude below the belt in a clearly intentional motion and doesn't get suspended? Cousins wouldn't see the light of day for a week if he did that to someone. I hate Golden State. I'm loving these beat downs.

 

[Boogie_Fever]

Sissy basketball finally being exposed.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

rooting for OKC so we can all see the junk small ball bs fascination finally come to an end. Play to your team's strengths, it's not rocket science. Glad that idiot George Karl is gone. Boogie and Joerger will ride us to greatness again

yep tired of the junk ball. this will give good ol irritant something else to think of this summer. apparently the dubs owner said is team is light years ahead of others. give him some humble pie if his team gets pwned for ther est of the series.

 

[kingsboi]

rooting for OKC so we can all see the junk small ball bs fascination finally come to an end. Play to your team's strengths, it's not rocket science. Glad that idiot George Karl is gone. Boogie and Joerger will ride us to greatness again

this is really the best thing that can happen, not just to us but the entire league. Despite Curry's historic season and his team's to boot, in the end it's not what you do in the regular season, it's what you do in crunch time. Can't take away the Warriors' championship, they deserved it. However, last year a lot of people were saying they didn't play some teams at full health, which was true.

 

[VF21]

The officiating has been so bad that I really wonder if these refs have some money riding on these games. I already knew the NBA plays favorites (we were on the short end of that stick 15 years ago), but this is ridiculous. A grown man kicks another dude below the belt in a clearly intentional motion and doesn't get suspended? Cousins wouldn't see the light of day for a week if he did that to someone. I hate Golden State. I'm loving these beat downs.

Oh come on. Let's be honest.

If DMC would have done that, he would have been taken off the court in handcuffs and immediately tossed in jail.

 

[fansinceday1]

I cannot believe Green gets away with what he does.
He's on the ground and kicks the legs out. And its obvious.
Can the NBA drop a flagrant post game?

 

[fansinceday1]

And now a phantom offensive foul on Durant

 

[Sluggah]

Well this is pretty shocking.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

they've had an answer for the dub's. good work. 1 more to go. rooting for OKC to win it all.

 

[VF21]

I cannot believe Green gets away with what he does.
He's on the ground and kicks the legs out. And its obvious.
Can the NBA drop a flagrant post game?

Can they? Yes.

Will they?

 

[hrdboild]

Congratulations to Spike for being the only person here who picked the Thunder to win. 3-1 is very tough to come back from.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Is there any hope that someone with 1337 photoshop skills could insert Joe Lacob's head into the "Kupchak Zoom" gif?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

yep tired of the junk ball. this will give good ol irritant something else to think of this summer. apparently the dubs owner said is team is light years ahead of others. give him some humble pie if his team gets pwned for ther est of the series.

It's like, in Iron Man 2, when Stark says that the rest of the world is decades away from recreating his technology, and then he's getting his ass handed to him, like, the next week.

 

[Henkel]

Watching Golden State get beat in a track meet is unbelievable. They can't run with the Thunder, just can't match them athletically. I didn't think this Warriors team was unbeatable, but I never thought I'd watch them get run out of the gym.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

The thing that pissed me off most in listening to talk radio the past 2 days was the notion that the NBA shouldn't "decide" this series by suspending the guilty party. Had they suspended the guilty party, as they should have, it would have been the dumbass that committed the the groin kick that possibly decided the series -- not the NBA. People always criticize Boogie Cousins for acting improperly at the worst time and hurting his team -- well, that's exactly what D Green did except that he was allowed to get away with it simply because the Warriors are the darlings of the league. That's just wrong.

As someone else said, had the roles been reversed and Steven Adams kicked Green in the nads, most believe that the outcome would have been different.

Moving on, I'm so very glad that the Warriors got worked over yet again. I'll be more happy if/when the Thunder win one more game and end this nightmare.

 

[VF21]

Congratulations to Spike for being the only person here who picked the Thunder to win. 3-1 is very tough to come back from.

Dude... the series isn't over yet. If the Warriors find a way to pull their heads out of their posterior, I'm going to put ALL of the blame on you.

 

[Double-K]

Either way, this series is just full of excitement and one of the best Playoffs series in recent history. Rooting for the 'underdog' Thunders but mainly just want to see a few more good games.

 

[Merdiesel]

After tonight... just lols.


The bandwagon fans of the NBA's golden boys experiencing a couple of beat downs is enjoyable to say the least. Maybe it's just me, I don't see OKC as being as cocky as GSW in these victories. Either way go.. Toronto?

F all of these teams, Go Kings!