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Official 2005 NBA Playoffs thread! Now with 100% less Kobe!
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That was the best block I've ever seen, period. How are they not replaying it a million times? It was literally an INCH from going in the cylinder, and Amare simply would not let it. I don't even know how it was possible.
EDIT- If you're gonna flop all game long, you can't expect the officials to give you borderline offensive fouls in the last minute.
EDIT- If you're gonna flop all game long, you can't expect the officials to give you borderline offensive fouls in the last minute.
Ninja Scooter
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kevm3 said:
dryhumping a player after the whistle has blown is apparently a technical foul. and Parker obviously flopped on that last play.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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What a poor effort against a team in desperate need of a win.
11/23 from the FT line! FUCKING YAY!
11/23 from the FT line! FUCKING YAY!
That's the game right there.BatiGOOOOOOL said:
That block was in-friggin'-credible. Amare's going to enjoy that replay for a long time.
And on Tony's "flop", his feet were planted and he was outside of the RA. Amare clearly pushed him with his forearm. Regardless of Tony's acting, it was a foul that should've been called. Of course that play should not have mattered assuming the Spurs can hit a FT. :lol
The Chosen One
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Amare with the defensive play of the playoffs so far.
Glad the Suns were able to at least get one. It serves the Spurs right for flopping so much in the final minutes. -1 respect for the Spurs.
Glad the Suns were able to at least get one. It serves the Spurs right for flopping so much in the final minutes. -1 respect for the Spurs.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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Flopping? How about Amare's moving screen on Bowen at midcourt? That's a foul. TP got fouled by Amare. Yes, he acted a little bit, but most players in the NBA overdramatize those kind of plays. His feet were firmly planted. And how do you call a double technical when Manu is just holding Amare from behind and he sends him to the floor?
Amare is an amazing player, but he's got the refs hanging from his dong and I don't know why. He's getting more respect than Tim Duncan.
Of course, those are just a few calls that shouldn't have never mattered if TD could hit his FTs and Parker didn't go ice cold in the 2nd half.
Amare is an amazing player, but he's got the refs hanging from his dong and I don't know why. He's getting more respect than Tim Duncan.
Of course, those are just a few calls that shouldn't have never mattered if TD could hit his FTs and Parker didn't go ice cold in the 2nd half.
Glad I was wrong. The Suns played like they wanted it, but more imporantly, Amare with the block of the gods at the end. 
Manu is the biggest flopper since Vlade. Seriously, I thought it was a foul too until they showed the replay and it was apparent that he simply flopped on the play. Hopefully the refs don't give him as many calls in the future. He is a good player, but a major league bitch with the ragdolling.
What's more important is that this series gets one more game. With any luck, it can get three more. PEACE.
Manu is the biggest flopper since Vlade. Seriously, I thought it was a foul too until they showed the replay and it was apparent that he simply flopped on the play. Hopefully the refs don't give him as many calls in the future. He is a good player, but a major league bitch with the ragdolling.What's more important is that this series gets one more game. With any luck, it can get three more.
PEACE.BatiGOOOOOOL said:
Oh God, give me a fucking break. Manu was trying to assfuck (speaking of hanging on someone's dong) Stoudemire and Amare basically just shrugged him off and he went flying like it was a fucking explosion, even the announcers called him a "stuntman." Calling that a tech only on Amare would have basically been endorsing that kind of shit, any other player who doesn't fall down every 1.8 seconds, and isn't conditioned to just dive upon anything bad for his team happening, barely reacts.
Seriously, I'd love to watch Manu just walk across a long street, untouched. How many times would he go just flying like crazy? Watching him is like watching Fight Club where Norton is just flying all over the fucking place without anyone around.
Keep that shit in soccer.
AirBrian said::lol I forgot about that too.
...But the Spurs lost the game at the FT line, not by the ref's whistle. It's all good though. Spurs will beat the Suns in Phoenix and get a little revenge for...
As someone else pointed out, the foul on Bowen was before the pick.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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AstroLad said:
Why the fuck should I care about what you have to say? You only show up when the Suns win, Mr. Fairweather fan.
Batigoool can cry all he wants about alleged referee mistreatment, but the fact remains that if Duncan weren't airballing FREE THROWS on a consistent basis than the Spurs would have had this game in the bag. And I don't know why anyone is shocked or surprised at the amount of acting that takes place during a Spurs game; it's as if Eva herself is teaching these idiots how to dive and take it for the team. Manu, though, by far is the worst offender I've seen since Stockton.
Fuck actor total. I'm surprised he hasn't done dive and roll after a freethrow, jesus h christ.
Fuck actor total. I'm surprised he hasn't done dive and roll after a freethrow, jesus h christ.
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
I already said it was the only game I watched entirely, Senor Dipshit. I already owned you once when you tried to say "OMG ASSSTRO ONLY SHOWS UP WHEN THE SUNS WIN" by showing you I was posting after as many Suns losses as wins and you said "OOPS GUESS I WUZ WRONG," so for you to come back with the same shit again just further proves how much of a fucking retard you are. Go hang on Flop Boy's Dick, moron.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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Oh, I'm sure you haven't been updated when it comes to this series. Poor you. I'll just wait until you disappear once again.
And as I said Incognito, those calls sucked, but the Spurs should've never been in that position if it wasn't for horrible FT shooting. Phoenix played their best game in the series, but the Spurs still let it go away all by themselves.
If TD re-focus for next game, and I'm pretty sure he will, it is over.
And as I said Incognito, those calls sucked, but the Spurs should've never been in that position if it wasn't for horrible FT shooting. Phoenix played their best game in the series, but the Spurs still let it go away all by themselves.
If TD re-focus for next game, and I'm pretty sure he will, it is over.
Ninja Scooter
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Bowser said:
what is Larry Brown doing taking a job when his team is in the middle of a playoff series? What a dumbass.
Astrolad, it's simply an exercise in futility to argue with a Spurs fan after their team has lost. They're simply unreasonable, inoperative and feel as if there is some huge conspiracy theory as to why the fabled Spurs lost. To be sure, the excuse most often used after a loss is the "REFS WEREN'T BEING FAIR TONIGHT!!!! 5 vs 8!!!!!!" garbage. Not even accounting for the fact that the Spurs most likely committed less fouls than the opposing team, shot more free throws and were on the receiving end of more than enough genorous calls concerning Manu and his broadway acts, they'll still yammer on about endlessly.
It's embarrassing. Just repeat the score over, over, over and over and eventually they'll shut the fuck up.
It's embarrassing. Just repeat the score over, over, over and over and eventually they'll shut the fuck up.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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:lol
I know I get riled up after a loss, but at least I don't start calling other people retards and morons. But I get pissed off when I know the team should've done much better if it wasn't for little details that screwed everything up. Plus I haven't complained about the officiating during the whole playoffs. Tonight, I didn't agree with a couple of calls, but I also know when to admit the team shouldn't have been in a position where the calls decided the outcome of the game because of their FT shooting .
I know I get riled up after a loss, but at least I don't start calling other people retards and morons. But I get pissed off when I know the team should've done much better if it wasn't for little details that screwed everything up. Plus I haven't complained about the officiating during the whole playoffs. Tonight, I didn't agree with a couple of calls, but I also know when to admit the team shouldn't have been in a position where the calls decided the outcome of the game because of their FT shooting .
Matlock said:
I've noticed a few posts you've directed at me looking over this thread from the past few days, and I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, and judging by the response you've gotten I don't think anyone else does either. Whatever floats your boat, it doesn't really bother me.
I don't know if it's animosity, a joke, or what, but if you have some sort of a personal problem with me (maybe because of something I did, I honestly have no idea, I really don't put much emotional investment into GA nor do I really hold grudges, I'm talking smack back and forth with Bati as I have before, but come next week I'll probably be agreeing with him on some point and I've agreed with him in gaming threads even while we were talking shit in the NBA thread since obviously a little heated banter in any GA thread is really meaningless in the grand, and even much less grand, scheme of things) but since no one else seems to be reading your posts at this point and they're just targeted at me, I just wanted to let you know that I won't have much time to read GA this summer so if they're really just associated with some other issue you're better off just PMing me.
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
Yes, because calling someone a "retard" or "moron" on the fucking Gaming Age Forums is such a powerful statement. If that's the worst thing that's happened to you all week, heck all day, you must lead a very privileged life.
Incognito said:
Thanks, that's a very good point.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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The little details I refer to in my post are FT shooting and a PG that couldn't sink a ball in a pool, not the refs.
As for the insults, I just shrugged them off. I just find them unnecesary, especially if you believe posting in this forum isn't worth much emotional investment.
As for the insults, I just shrugged them off. I just find them unnecesary, especially if you believe posting in this forum isn't worth much emotional investment.
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
Oh I know, I just find it funny, and respond accordingly, that you would try to say I'm a fair-weather fan when I've already disproven that when you said it during the season, and you admitted as much, and when I've even posted praise during this series for the Spurs and have been critical of the Suns after losses:
"Ah well, crap fourth quarter, the Suns demonstrating yet again that they can't close out the Spurs, hopefully they can figure it out or this will be over fast."
http://forums.gaming-age.com/showpost.php?p=1413932&postcount=2618
"If the Suns had flaked out in the first round or maybe even the second I'd accept some of that shit-talking, but they are in the Western Conference Finals against a team most people think is far and away the best in the league, myself included, even I picked the Spurs to beat the Suns here in the GA Pick 'Em in 6 games before the playoffs (and before Johnson went down) and it has nothing to do with the Suns not being a great team, but with the Spurs being a nearly unstoppable team (though like many teams, they take games off when they can afford to)."
http://forums.gaming-age.com/showpost.php?p=1425750&postcount=2848
In both those threads I gave props to the Spurs and conceded that, hey, the Suns have a hard time closing them out and the Spurs are just a great fucking team and most likely the Suns would not win but imo they're still an excellent team. Gee, what a fucking fair-weather fan I am. That's the same shit I've been saying all season. You know, having actually lived in Phoenix for ten years and having gone to Suns games and cheered for them when they had Sam Cassell and Stephon Marbury running the team, among others, I think I've earned some right to avoid the wrath of the Self-Appointed Commissioner of All True Fans, but really if you want to talk shit I'd be more than happy, it's always good fun.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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:lol
You sure take it seriously for something "not worth the emotional investment".
You sure take it seriously for something "not worth the emotional investment".
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
That's your interpretation I guess but I can assure you it's very far from reality (just as I'm sure your Manu fantasies are). Like I said I just see it as good fun, somebody says "you're not a true fan!" or "Manu doesn't flop more than post-Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner" and let's talk about it, let's even talk shit about it, even better. "Emotional investment," ha.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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Yep, that emotional investment crap sure made me laugh. :lol
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