Two more weeks, max, until the long winter of my discontent. So, one last time... who ya got?
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iowamcnabb
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I have to eat some crow on Miami. I couldn't think of a basketball reason for Butler to head to South beach. Their financial spreadsheet didn't look great and they didn't have any true stars yet. Bam has really blossomed and all of their role players have bought in. Now Miami is an even easier sell for the next few years. The beach and weather don't hurt, but Miami has made it even more clear how important having a well run organization is to attracting championship level players.
King Baller
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I put it at Heat in 7. The foul disparity will make it closer than it should be.
Section 101
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No vote for Covid?
The preemptive "rigged" accusation. Heady play.
You act like you don’t know the refs favor certain teams smh
Let's just say that I believed that the league/refs wanted to rig the playoffs, to make sure that the lakers got to the Finals. I don't believe that, but let's just say... They're there, now. The league has gotten the maximum amount of ratings/TV revenue out of the lakers/LeBron that they're going to get, this season. There's literally no further incentive for them to help the lakers win, at this stage.
But, accusing the league/refs of conspiring to make sure that the lakers win is a handy way to ensure that, no matters in the series, you get to be right. Like I said, a heady play.
But, accusing the league/refs of conspiring to make sure that the lakers win is a handy way to ensure that, no matters in the series, you get to be right. Like I said, a heady play.
King Baller
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Free throw disparity currently 8 to 2 Lakers.
King Baller
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Halftime free throw disparity - 10 to 4 Lakers.
What really steams me is that the Lakers don't need the Refs help most nights. But they consistently get it.
What really steams me is that the Lakers don't need the Refs help most nights. But they consistently get it.
I am sorry, I saw the score midway through the first quarter, got excited and turned the game on 
Livinthedream
All-Star
I mean....Lakers have 2 of the best players in the league. Definitely the best players in this series. They're big, fast, athletic and physical. That usually leads to fouls.
chief bromden
Starter
This might be a sweep
Took Bam out the game and now he’s scared to do anything
No selling shoes and being a star leads to fouls. Bam played perfect defense on lebron and was called for a foul
Yup. The fix is in. It's all the refs. That's why the Heat are down thirty. Because of the foul disparity. Sure.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Crooked refs don’t cause thirty point blow outs
No they don’t a team playing well coupled with the opponent missing there second best player does that
SOLOMON HILL IS A ZOMBIE! HOW ELSE COULD HE STILL BE WALKING AROUND, WHEN LARRY BIRD KILLED HIM IN 2016?
King Baller
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As Joshua wrote the Refs took Bam out of the game with early foul calls that should have been non-calls. The Lakers have two of the top 5 players in the NBA. They don't need the Refs help but they do get it.
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If you want to believe that those foul calls made the difference, you go right ahead. My point of view on this is, admittedly, pretty binary: if you are subject to some questionable calls, and you lose by two possessions or less, and you want to blame the refs? Sure, I'll hear you out. If you lose by double-digits, you're just whining.
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