WCQF: P1 | (4) OKC Thunder vs Utah Jazz (5) | Utah wins 4-2

KDBG · Post #5761 » by **KDBG** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

RaptorsLife wrote:LOL

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What??? LOL. You make a life-changing decision based off one game? If he loves the organization, and thinks they can win long-term, he'll stay. Simple as that.

Crooked-I · Post #5762 » by **Crooked-I** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

That was def a foul. Anytime you bite on a pump fake and the defender jumps into you, it’s always a foul even the slightest contact. Hell, I’ve seen Kevin Love do that not even facing the basket and get free throws. Easy foul call.

That being said, can’t say I’m mad at all lol.

shza · Post #5763 » by **shza** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

The Laker Kid wrote:
LAvision wrote:
Sisqo wrote:
Fine be pissed but your a professional, don't be a dick to a random fan

LMAO! A high five?

That guy had a smartphone recording him up in his face, he should of slapped him.

at first I thought he was doing a high five too, but they showed it again in closeup and the guy was shooting a video on Russ. The phone was easy to miss.

Will be a pretty awesome/hilarious video for that dude to pull up on his phone at parties.

Ace_Rockola · Post #5764 » by **Ace_Rockola** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

BeatDaCavs420 wrote:All jokes aside that was a foul and the refs have been terrible for years now...Silver needs to seriously address the issue and refs need to be fined or suspended for bad calls. Might seem extreme but something needs to be done

There would be no refs.

Lovethisgamegr · Post #5765 » by **Lovethisgamegr** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

redbottoms24 wrote:i am shocked at the no call. any other "star" would get that call. this is for certain... nba wanted 2nd round to start asap and nba did not want a game 7 .

that makes no sense.at all.

Osirus89 · Post #5766 » by **Osirus89** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

Cappy_Smurf wrote:As a Jazz fan, I am embarrassed that the Utah crowd chanted "Westbrook Sucks" at one point in this series.

Our crowd has a rep for being awesome in support, but in all honesty, they are a bunch of dicks in a bag. VERY disappointed in our fans.

Having said that, I'm really disappointed in Russ that he couldn't shake hands with Mitchell and Gobert and Ingles. Dude ran for the exit without being a man.

Disgraceful.

The chanting was inappropriate, but they were amped up and into the series. I won't draw too much from that.
Regarding the lack of handshaking from Russell: He pretty much always does that when eliminated in the postseason. He did it against Golden state in 2016. He even did it against Houston last year and he is good friends with Harden. Its just what he does for better or for worse. :dontknow:

NBAFan93 · Post #5767 » by **NBAFan93** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

Ballerhogger wrote:
Asif16 wrote:Westbrook is an amazing player but as a teammate...its gotta be tough playing with such a ball dominant player. Goddamn

So give melo the ball?

Yeah - I’m not sure who he was supposed to give it to, Melos been cold all series and PG shot worse than him tonight... And he was giving it to them anyways - and they missed.

Maury2423 · Post #5768 » by **Maury2423** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:39 am

Idk why this is difficult for ppl to understand...

Gobert didn't jump straight up, he jumped forward but he jumped to PG's side so not into him. PG clearly didn't shoot his normal shot, just look at his feet. If PG goes up for his normal shot then there's no contact whatsoever.

While the no call was a good call, it's consistently called every freaking game. So imo it should've been called.

The refs just really need to enforce that BS that players do. It's annoying af. It's similar to when a player kicks out their leg on a jumper

Steven1562 · Post #5769 » by **Steven1562** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:40 am

OKC should have probably got the call at the end there but they shot themselves in the foot with all the ill advised shots. I'm checking the shot chart on ESPN and Westbrook missed 6 three's from 25-30 foot out. Only 2 shots in the paint.

BloodNinja · Post #5770 » by **BloodNinja** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:40 am

Adam Stern wrote:
Hindenburg wrote:Here another angle:

Read on Twitter

Wow. From that angle it looks like a great no-call.
Gobert tried to avoid the contact as George tried to jump into him and the result was very little contact at all.

Yep I thought it was a foul initially but the alternate angle shows that it was a correct no call.

StepBackCrack · Post #5771 » by **StepBackCrack** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:40 am

This series showed me that even building a team around Gobert is better than building a team around Westbrook (despite Russ being more talented than Gobert).

Lala870 · Post #5772 » by **Lala870** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:40 am

Starboy wrote:
Lala870 wrote:
Adam Stern wrote:
Wow. From that angle it looks like a great no-call.
Gobert tried to avoid the contact as George tried to jump into him and the result was very little contact at all.

check the legs/footwork at very least. would have made contact affecting the shot... he bit on the pump and should have been penalized

BS defense for these refs/NBA.

Nothing in the rulebook says that you can't jump to the left or the right of the offensive player. It doesn't matter that he bit on a pumpfake. He wasn't jumping into the offensive player.

um he kicked his left leg way out almost to the area of his hip. He made contact and it should have been 3 shots.

getrichordie · Post #5773 » by **getrichordie** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:40 am

Did Donovan just provide the nicest criticism of referees in post-game interview history?

TO11 · Post #5774 » by **TO11** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:40 am

What did everyone think about the play before PG got fouled? I honestly thought that Jerami Grant fouled Mitchell on the loose ball by going over his shoulder, but maybe i have my home team goggles on. If that's the case I think it was just a makeup call.

anthony00 · Post #5775 » by **anthony00** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:41 am

Teshima Junta wrote:This series showed me that even building a team around Gobert is better than building a team around Westbrook (despite Russ being more talented than Gobert).

stop

Jkam31 · Post #5776 » by **Jkam31** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:41 am

Look at Coach Snyder when Gobert fouls that scrub George. He knew it was a foul than was like oh ok

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Nate505 · Post #5777 » by **Nate505** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:41 am

Cappy_Smurf wrote:As a Jazz fan, I am embarrassed that the Utah crowd chanted "Westbrook Sucks" at one point in this series.

Our crowd has a rep for being awesome in support, but in all honesty, they are a bunch of dicks in a bag. VERY disappointed in our fans.

Having said that, I'm really disappointed in Russ that he couldn't shake hands with Mitchell and Gobert and Ingles. Dude ran for the exit without being a man.

Disgraceful.

I have no issue whatsoever with the fans chanting that. Westbrook did his best to try to start crap with everyone in Game 4. He deserves no respect.

Sisqo · Post #5778 » by **Sisqo** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:41 am

Son_of_Slam wrote:
Sisqo wrote:
Troubadour wrote:
He just lost a playoff series on a no-call. I'd be pissed, too.

Fine be pissed but your a professional, don't be a dick to a random fan

you mean like larry bird, michael jordan, charles barkley or dennis rodman?

Don’t recall saying no one else has done it before. Doesn’t make it right. If it was his first or second time I might not say anything

Son_of_Slam · Post #5779 » by **Son_of_Slam** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:41 am

if only i could think of a recent three point shot at the end of a playoff game where a player was drifting to the side . . .

Asif16 · Post #5780 » by **Asif16** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:42 am

Catchall wrote:Thunder had possession from 1:08 - 0:18, 50 seconds straight, and they missed 6 straight shots.

lol it summed up their whole season perfectly. I swear everytime I turned on a thunder game on TV, it was a straight up brickfest from OKC.

Ironically though, when they faced my Raps, they couldnt miss a shot. Never understood it lol

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