2012/2013 NBA season thread

[Drake]

Go figure, the referees handed Princess James and the Heat the win tonight.

[The Big Chill]

Bosh fouled with the body pretty clearly there. 2 calls in the last few seconds cost the Spurs the game.

[Hockey]

Ginobli was fouled, but he took like 5 steps.

[killer_carlson]

Two missed calls in the last ten seconds of OT that both went Miami's way. The ginobli call was worse than the green call.

San antonio missed too many free throws

[Hockey_Ninja]

If Lebron wins finals MVP, it will be so undeserving. He got outplayed by Danny Green for most of the series.

[Senator Clay Davis]

10,000 Heat fans in the arena at :21 left in the 4th, full house at the end. Do their fans wonder why we hate them so much?

[PeteLFan]

NBA is a disgrace.

[Jason14h]

Two missed calls in the last ten seconds of OT that both went Miami's way. The ginobli call was worse than the green call.

As someone 100% against Miami, I have no problem with those not being called when the championship is on the line.

Mr. 8 turnovers putting his head down and running through 3 guys and expecting to get bailed out by a foul, or a very marginal potential foul and a last second shot that was very good D.

The ref's called a lot of weak fouls against Miami in the 2nd half.

S.A. missed 2 FT's and 2 rebounds to win the championship. The refs take no blame in this loss

[SuperMatt18]

Meh the reffing was iffy both ways.

Thought Bosh got ball before body on Green, no issue with that not being called on what was the last plat of the game.

Ginobli and Lebron were likely both fouled on thier fast breaks late so that is a wash. Ginoblis was a travel before the foul regardless so neither was called.

Insteaf of blaming the refs the Spurs need to realize they blew a 5 point lead with 28 seconds left.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Ahh yes, the old its a bigger moment so lets change how the game is supposed to be called argument. San Antonio definitely could have won earlier, just like that was definitely a foul. Circumstance should never change a call. And it wasn't a borderline 50/50 call, that's a foul period.

[PeteLFan]

David j stern will put in the call again for Thursday.

Hopefully lebron doesn't try to throw it away with turnovers and bricking shots at the end of the game.

[D to the iddy]

A very entertaining game! Random Thoughts...
* The 2nd last Spurs play was a foul, and the last play was a "maybe" call. But I agree that both are incredibly hard to call at the end of a game. It's not right but that's how basketball is. Happens in hockey too.
* Spurs missed a lot of important free throws. Leonard, Parker and Ginobili.
* I don't know why Ginobili didn't call a timeout with 10 seconds left. Looked like he was driving towards 3 Heat players.
* Jesus Shuttlesworth is clutch! That takes huge nuts.
* My play of the night was Mike Miller hitting that 3 without a shoe.
* Those who complain about LeBron getting outplayed by Green are forgetting that LeBron has 2 triple doubles in the finals (so far).
*I'm definitely looking forward to Game 7. Hopefully will be equally as entertaining.

[Senator Clay Davis]

NBA Fixed trending on Twitter. Glad to see more and more people realize this is sports entertainment, not sports.

[fundmark19]

So if ginobli scored that basket you all would be ok with it. The guy took 5 steps before he was even approached by a heat player. Who cares if he was fouled it should have been a spurs turnover anyways

[SuperMatt18]

Think the Heat hate is bluring people's vision. Love how people call Lebron a whiner in this thread, then come post on here and whine about a rigged game.

The refs didnt cost the Spurs the game. They blew a 13 point and 5 point lead, the loss is their own doing.

Ginobli may have been fouled but traveled on the same play (wash).

Bosh got a handful of ball before body contact, IMO not a foul.

If the game was rigged why did the Spurs have 28 free throws to the Heats 21.

Lebron probably gets a call on that fast break 99% of the time.

Think the refs would have been better at rigging the game.

[PeteLFan]

Traveling happens on almost every play in the NBA they never call it. Almost every play sees a travel.

[Jason14h]

When a guy has 8 turnover and 5 pts he won't be getting the benefit of the call either, and it did look like a travel.

He was 100 percent going for the bail out call ala Dwayne wade almost every drive

With the way that bozo played tonight I am so happy he did not get the bail out call

[Senator Clay Davis]

Its not a Heat thing. The Lakers, Celtics and any marquee franchise gets these calls. Its a whats best for the NBA (see: ratings). The big boys gotta be playing or the ratings are abysmal. The NHL Finals would have had a chance to outrate the NBA Finals if it was Indiana-San Antonio, which would have easily been the lowest rated NBA Finals ever.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

Traveling happens on almost every play in the NBA they never call it. Almost every play sees a travel.

I feel like they've been calling more these playoffs, though. A step in the right direction, as it were.

It's not rigged if the horrible calls go both ways. Both teams had plenty of chances to win this basketball game. Can't wait for game 7.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

Traveling happens on almost every play in the NBA they never call it. Almost every play sees a travel.

The wrap of the ball while he took 5 steps before running into a crowd of players is not a travel you see on every possession.