Fripper wrote:Anyone is better than Doris
Fixed it.
LOLS!
I get what you're saying, and I don't like Jeff either. A big problem with most EPSN commentators is they tend to talk outside the game. Oftentimes they'll ignore the on court action and go off on a tangent about allstarx and what they are thinking.
I'd really like to have an alternative audio option to switch from the network drivel to
1. the radio feed which is really pretty good OR
2. the on court audio
Dammit. :mad:
Outkast reunited. It's in the stars.
Or the Pacers are a mess.
I saw a writer talking about how they should start West at center or Mahimni. Was Granger the glue that held the locker room together? Did Bynum tear it apart? So confusing that you'd be at a place where serious journalists would suggest a 1 seed start backups.
That Granger trade must have a had a big impact I the locker room.
Was Granger the glue that held the locker room together? Did Bynum tear it apart? So confusing that you'd be at a place where serious journalists would suggest a 1 seed start backups.
I think yes. Trading Granger I think had a much bigger impact than they expected. Kind of like when Boston traded Perkins a few years ago.
No posts so far tonight?
It's the playoffs, so Houstonians can now watch the team. Some of y'all have heard that most Houstonians haven't been able to watch the Rockets during the past two regular season. Comcast bought the rights to their games, as well as the Astros and the Dynamo.
I have U-Verse.
Anyone else notice Robin Lopez makes completely insane faces?
The announcers just said "so they give it to Derel White from behind."
That Houston-Portland game was crazy. My thoughts.
#1 - The officiating was terrible. Not in the "my team got jobbed" way, but in that way where officiating really goes in the toilet. Side note: James Harden's flops on 3s aren't even worth mentioning. He's been doing them his entire career. Although his flop on the screen Aldridge set was kind of amazing.
#2 - Patrick Beverely...
My favorite quote of the night came from a former Portland beat writer regarding Patrick Beverley.
In earlier NBA days, Beverley wouldn’t have lasted 10 minutes in this game. Somebody would have flat taken him out.
He's not wrong. Beverley's the kind of player you love if he's on your team. And if he's on the other team you send in Ed Nealy or Rick Mahorn and make sure those picks count. I am not a Houston fan and I got giddy when he skipped away from the foul by Williams on the breakaway. Gotta love guys that don't flail around like LeBron, but rather bounce up and show some emotion. Basketball is fun. Especially if you have the energy of Rodman and the crazy of Artest.
#3 - Jeremy Lin might be good at basketball. That crazy airball is going to make for an infamous animated gif, but he was nails down the stretch. I love that "Linsanity" passed and he got a chance to just go play basketball somewhere. It's clear he's good at basketball and kind of clutch. Maybe not 30 points a night like the Linsanity run, but he might actually be good at basketball.
#4 - Aldridge was a beast. He committed a really dumb foul on that moving screen at the end. So he almost cost them the game by not being on the floor, but otherwise he kept them in the game. When Aldridge started his career I hated him. Now I love him. I hated him because of his propensity to shoot outside and not take the ball to the hole. Now that he takes the ball to the hole some and hits that jumper of his I've grown to appreciate them. Also he's had quite a few 30/15+ nights this year.
#5 - Lillard is fearless. That 3 at the end was nails.
Also, in a game that was so terribly officiated that both teams had equal grievances my top most egregious calls or non-calls.
- Dwight Howard takes like 10 steps to the hoop and throws the ball up cockeye and draws a foul
- Beverley (who was tenacious tonight) swipes at air (doesn't touch Lillard) and fouls out
- Dwight Howard fouls Aldridge on what should have been his 6th foul and they don't call it. If that's not a foul it's traveling because Aldridge comes back down with the ball without it touching the floor. Instead he steps back and hits a 3. Ridiculous no call
- Later, though, the officials make up for that by calling Howard for a foul because he was held by Joel Freeland...
- That paled in comparison to the zaniness that took place around the time Lopez fouled out. Fouls for retaliating to Howard cheap shots. Robin Lopez going crazy and not getting technicals for things far far worse than what Beverley got T-ed up for
- Also the refs hated picks in this game. So many players got called simply for setting screens. Not moving screens. Just screens. Going both ways. It was awful
All in all it was one of the best playoff games I've seen in a while and the best this year wrapped up in the worst officiating I've seen going both directions. Heck, Houston might have got screwed more. I don't know, honestly. It was that strange of a game. I just wish the officials had gotten it right so it wouldn't have marred an otherwise great game. It should be a good series if the officials can control the flopping and prevent Lopez from going crazy and murdering Howard.
Definitely agree that the officiating was poor both ways. It was terrible that they called Howard for the foul that Freeland was committing against him with only seconds left to go, but you are very right about many of the bad calls that went Houston's way, as well.
Al Jefferson got hurt (plantar fasciitis in his left foot), which makes it 95 percent likely that the Heat will sweep the 'Cats.
That's up from 50 percent or so, but still.
He said he heard something pop. I've had plantar fasciitis before and it's ridiculously painful. I can't imagine playing on that. But did he actual tear something?
So I'd like to talk more about the Houston / Portland game last night as it was scintillating, had two of the finest playoff performances I've seen by a Blazer ever in one night along with a little Linsanity and Patrick Beverley skipping. And really terrible officiating going both ways. I'm desperately trying to find Vines or animated gifs of plays like the one where Patrick Beverely didn't remotely touch Lillard and fouled out. Or the one where Howard should have fouled out and instead Aldridge got away with a travel and then hit a 3.
But I want to ask about the Pacers again. The craziest thing I keep reading is talk about benching Hibbert. Were Hibbert and Granger best friends? Did something else happen as a result of chemistry (bringing in Bynum)? I don't follow Indiana as closely so I don't understand why Hibbert went from a pretty great first half of the season to the guy most people are pointing fingers at, closely followed by Paul George.
He said he heard something pop. I've had plantar fasciitis before and it's ridiculously painful. I can't imagine playing on that. But did he actual tear something?
Bobcats are calling it "strained" and say Big Al isn't risking long-term damage if he plays out the series.
Jefferson, meanwhile, is popping pain meds, sitting out practice and using the ol' walking boot.
As for the Pacers, Grantland dissected 'em a couple of weeks ago. TL, DR: The Pacers were never a great offensive team, but this year they're just not getting very many easy look.s
Could be due to Paul George's leaked nudes or how he allegedly tried to pay a stripper to abort their baby.
Or maybe sports are just very hard to predict like always. Could be that the Pacers weren't as good as they looked during the last postseason and an easy stretch to begin the season.
As expected Ty Corbin is not renewed for the Jazz. One of the top candidates is supposedly Jim Boylen (current assistant coach on the Spurs), who our GM has ties with. Boylen is a former Utah Utes head coach. He did not have the greatest run here. But he did leave behind some nice memories.
It's good that the NBA got to the bottom of the one thing thing officials got wrong in the HOU/POR game.
http://www.nba.com/2014/news/04/21/nba-statement-on-blazers-rockets-foul-call/index.html?rss=true
It's good that the NBA got to the bottom of the one thing thing officials got wrong in the HOU/POR game.
http://www.nba.com/2014/news/04/21/nba-statement-on-blazers-rockets-foul-call/index.html?rss=true
I think I may actually be more insane now that they've admitted this. I can't decide.
DSGamer wrote:It's good that the NBA got to the bottom of the one thing thing officials got wrong in the HOU/POR game.
http://www.nba.com/2014/news/04/21/nba-statement-on-blazers-rockets-foul-call/index.html?rss=true
I think I may actually be more insane now that they've admitted this. I can't decide.
Don't go down that road with them. This is dumb of them because really this? Not the time(s) Harden flopped? Or when Beverely fouled out in spite of not remotely touching Lillard? Or the fact that Howard should have already been out of the game / or Aldridge should have been called for traveling and instead nailed a fallaway 3. Picking out one single call in a game that was this poorly officiated, both ways, is silly. Howard and Asik were in foul trouble in part because they letting guards on both ends (Harden, Matthews, etc.) get away with flopping on every single pick.
What the NBA should have done is said, "the officiating was bad and we're issuing a couple million dollars in flopping fines, please come correct next game."
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