DarkHawk wrote:Loving the controversy of the Spurs getting shafted last night.
Acting like the Thunder successfully inbounded the ball and ran out the clock.
HELLO! You stole the ball and had an oddman fast break and STILL didn't convert. So you cry that the refs didn't make a call.
I don't know if the foul were called, if they would have gone to the line but I really don't care. Just happy there's something exciting to talk about regarding the playoffs as they've been a total bore so far.
Manu's history of flopping likely cost them that call. Refs see him fall and assume it's just Manu continuing to cheat.
Glad this went against the Spurs for a change.
The fast break did not fully materialize in the end, but the Spurs committed a few mistakes.
A) Since they were only down by one point, they certainly did not need a three-pointer. The left-handed Ginobili, driving into the middle from the right, possessed a chance to shoot a lefty runner in the lane, but instead he kicked the ball out to Patty Mills in the right three-ball corner.
B) Instead of whipping the pass to Mills, Ginobili floated a carnival-style pass to him—you know, the kind that looks cool on highlights yet is actually much less effective. In this case, the floating pass gave Steven Adams time to race out to the corner and contest the Mills shot, which consequently came up well short. Ginobili might have feared that the trailing Russell Westbrook would deflect the pass if it did not have enough air under it, but chances are that Westbrook would not have managed to do so.
C) Again, the Spurs possessed absolutely no need for a three, and Mills is a ball-handling guard who can shoot off the dribble. With the much bigger Adams flying at him, Mills should have faked slightly and then put the ball on the floor, ducking in for a wide-open, one-dribble, two-point jumper from about eighteen feet or so. Instead, he shot a contested three—with his team down by one.
That last mistake constituted the biggest of all.
