Final Game Thread: Blazers @ Jazz - 5:00PM CSNW

[Klinky]

Season ends on a terrible no-call, fitting I guess. :|

[EtchenBa]

i'm glad this game didn't matter or else I'd be pissed.

I saw Nolan Smith yelling BULLSH*T to Violet Palmer

[Agenda42]

It's a good thing that game wasn't for a playoff spot or something. I'd be pretty annoyed.

[JustBlaze52]

I wanted Babbitt to shoot it. Matthews never makes clutch shots.

[JustBlaze52]

If we hadn't have let the Jazz get 2 or 3 offensive rebounds we wouldn't have been in that situation. Other than that... Hickson is a beast. We better resign that guy.

[Wizenheimer]

yikes!!...the officials put the frosting on a special season for the Blazers.

the long nightmare is over....unless NJ wins the lottery of course

[Shem]

I wanted Babbitt to shoot it. Matthews never makes clutch shots.

I guess you don't count foul shots.

[EtchenBa]

I wanted Babbitt to shoot it. Matthews never makes clutch shots.

[Shem]

Season ends on a terrible no-call, fitting I guess. :|

It's the 3rd time this season we've been hosed on the last play of the game. Seriously, some officials just need to get fired to send a message that hosing teams just isn't cool.

[Shem]

I wanted Babbitt to shoot it. Matthews never makes clutch shots.

I wanted to find that clip to make that point as well, but I was feeling lazy so I decided to use something you can't argue that is simple instead. Nice job!

[fishnc]

Violet Palmer should have been fired years ago. Luckily for her she's a black woman so she can't be fired.

[Shem]

Violet Palmer should have been fired years ago. Luckily for her she's a black woman so she can't be fired.

Well, the simple fact is there were three officials out there and three of them decided not to blow the whistle. Then there is the offensive foul called on Babbitt that clearly wasn't, and then there was the Nolan Smith shot that was goal tended that wasn't called as well that cost the Blazers points. Meanwhile I see an out of bounds called reversed. It may be the right call, but then why aren't other officials doing the same thing when we get hosed? That's messed up.

It gets f'ing old when we get hosed by the officials. I really wish I was high up employee of the NBA. I would crush their politics or get fired trying.

[deanwoof]

that was a pretty blatant foul. it's great to know that the team went down fighting. at least the kids take pride.

[JustBlaze52]

Yeah, point out the one time out of many that Matthews actually made a clutch shot. So I shouldn't have said "never". The majority of the time he doesn't. Either way, the season is over and I don't care about arguing over an opinion that isn't provable.

[Shem]

Yeah, point out the one time out of many that Matthews actually made a clutch shot. So I shouldn't have said "never". The majority of the time he doesn't. Either way, the season is over and I don't care about arguing over an opinion that isn't provable.

Most clutch players never hit as often as you think. For example, Kobe Bryant is known for being clutch:
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/21 ... Situations

For his postseason career, Bryant is 7-for-25 (28.0 percent) on potential go-ahead or game-tying field goal attempts in the final 24 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime.

Now this was a year ago, but I doubt it much better considering how the Laker season ended.