Was that the most rigged quarter ever?

[El Coupeacabra]

If they didn't rescind the technical Draymond would've been ejected. That call went in the warriors favor

I'm a W's fan yeah but that was bullshyt either way.

That just further proved that somebody high up the ladder was making calls from the booth.

Which lets me know that all the other bullshyt foul calls are just that...bullshyt.

If the refs call the game tighter to keep it under control, fine. If they lean towards Cleveland becuase they're the home team, fine.

But when you've got somebody who is blatantly overriding the rules of the game to shape the outcome one way or another...that's bullshyt. And I would call bullshyt if I was a Cavs fan too

 

[Dwolf]

This was the first game I noticed that it was blatant

Most be the first game of the NBA you ever seen

 

[Dwolf]

I seen KD fumble the ball to himself and go in for 2pts
Plus that one game where Bron just stopped dribbling at like halfcourt
Or when Curry double dribbled that other game
These refs been fukking blind all year

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I'm still cracking up at the fact that this actually happened in an NBA game

 

[stro]

I seen KD fumble the ball to himself and go in for 2pts
Plus that one game where Bron just stopped dribbling at like halfcourt
Or when Curry double dribbled that over game
These refs been fukking blind all year

Man, dudes double dribble and carry ALL the fukking time. It almost never gets called.

 

[DosCadenaz]

I will fight you. Winner is Wolverine and gets Alessia Cara.

 

[Damnshow]

you muthafukkas want the cavs lose so badly

writing paragraphs and shyt, breaking down every reffing mistake

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Let's go back to reality for a second. I know ya'all have these narratives you want to write in the fukking moment. But look at the facts.

With 5 minutes gone by in the 1st quarter, Cleveland was already up 26-11. That was the same lead they ended the first quarter with.

To that point only THREE fouls had been called the whole game. One on Zaza, one on Kyrie, one on Klay. Cavs were up on free throws 3-2.

Cleveland didn't get a big lead in the 1st from fukking foul calls. They got that lead shooting the lights out first five minutes.


Another 3 minutes go by, Cleveland lead down to 31-20.

Refs have added fouls to Draymond, Curry, Lebron, Durant, Tristan, and Iggy. Still NO ONE in foul trouble, nine minutes gone by in the quarter and not a single player with two fouls. Refs just calling a shytload of fouls. Klay picks up his 2nd foul with 4 minutes left to go in the 1st quarter to be the first guy in "foul trouble", although Klay often sits before the 1st quarter is over anyway.


In the last 2:30 of the quarter, Iggy, Curry, and Draymond pick up their 2nd fouls. Cavs have gone on a 18-13 "run" since the first Warrior got in foul trouble to make it 49-33 at the end of 1.


2nd quarter is played basically even, all the Golden State starters stay in, GS gets more free throws than Cleveland in the 2nd and no one on the Warriors picks up their 3rd foul until Klay gets it with 2 minutes left in the half.

Golden State gets more free throws than the Cavs in the 3rd and 4th quarters, no one on the Warriors is in foul trouble the whole second half, Draymond gets that tech rescinded and Zaza doesn't get shyt called on him, Love gets that flagrant.



By the time the game ends, Golden State has five MORE free throws than Cleveland, all the GS starters play their normal minutes, but the whole "refs gave the game to Cleveland" narrative is based on the fact that Cleveland's free throws were mostly squeezed into the 2nd half of the 1st quarter, when Cleveland already had a big lead anyway that they got without hardly any free throws at all.

Ya'all get caught up in your emotions and narratives because of the pure fact that one team got most of their calls in one spot while the other team had their calls spread out over the whole game. But to say, "the game was rigged because Cavs got their free throws at that point and not this point" is just bytching.

 

[aqualung]

You can't contain a offensive powerhouse like cleaveland for 4 games in case row.

GSW threw the game in the first quarter. They did not want to celebrate in Cleveland. They want to win and celebrate at home.

GSW agreed on this before the game started, and they played from behind the whole time. Such an aberration!

All the Cavs shots were swishing. The 3 pointerz looked gorgeous.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Cavs had 22 FTs in the first quarter, and that basically decided the game. That's what this thread is about.

Of course it fukking did.

You are always so deep in your emotions when GS is involved, you can't get even remotely objective with it.

Tell me how the hell 1st-quarter free throws decided the game. Tell me which of these facts isn't true:


1) Cleveland built a 26-11 lead before hardly any fouls had been called, with only a 3-2 free throw advantage.

2) The lead didn't get any bigger when the fouls started getting called.

3) For the rest of the game, Golden State had MORE free throws than Cleveland, 32 to 26.

4) No one in Golden State got into foul trouble until the last few minutes of the 1st quarter, no one stayed in foul trouble the rest of the game, it didn't meaningfully affect anyone's minutes at all.


You're gonna come back with random bullshyt about the pace and feel of the game. But Golden State kept making their runs all game, they just started missing again before the runs finished off.

Both teams got plenty of calls all game. It's just that Cleveland got all their calls in the second half of the 1st quarter, while Golden State's calls were spread over the 2nd-3rd-4th quarters. But this thing about those 5-6 minutes deciding the game, when the lead didn't change, no one's minutes got hurt, and they had 36 more minutes to win still, is just a lot of in-the-moment feelings bullshyt.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Let's go back to reality for a second. I know ya'all have these narratives you want to write in the fukking moment. But look at the facts.

With 5 minutes gone by in the 1st quarter, Cleveland was already up 26-11. That was the same lead they ended the first quarter with.

To that point only THREE fouls had been called the whole game. One on Zaza, one on Kyrie, one on Klay. Cavs were up on free throws 3-2.

Cleveland didn't get a big lead in the 1st from fukking foul calls. They got that lead shooting the lights out first five minutes.


Another 3 minutes go by, Cleveland lead down to 31-20.

Refs have added fouls to Draymond, Curry, Lebron, Durant, Tristan, and Iggy. Still NO ONE in foul trouble, nine minutes gone by in the quarter and not a single player with two fouls. Refs just calling a shytload of fouls. Klay picks up his 2nd foul with 4 minutes left to go in the 1st quarter to be the first guy in "foul trouble", although Klay often sits before the 1st quarter is over anyway.


In the last 2:30 of the quarter, Iggy, Curry, and Draymond pick up their 2nd fouls. Cavs have gone on a 18-13 "run" since the first Warrior got in foul trouble to make it 49-33 at the end of 1.


2nd quarter is played basically even, all the Golden State starters stay in, GS gets more free throws than Cleveland in the 2nd and no one on the Warriors picks up their 3rd foul until Klay gets it with 2 minutes left in the half.

Golden State gets more free throws than the Cavs in the 3rd and 4th quarters, no one on the Warriors is in foul trouble the whole second half, Draymond gets that tech rescinded and Zaza doesn't get shyt called on him, Love gets that flagrant.



By the time the game ends, Golden State has five MORE free throws than Cleveland, all the GS starters play their normal minutes, but the whole "refs gave the game to Cleveland" narrative is based on the fact that Cleveland's free throws were mostly squeezed into the 2nd half of the 1st quarter, when Cleveland already had a big lead anyway that they got without hardly any free throws at all.

Ya'all get caught up in your emotions and narratives because of the pure fact that one team got most of their calls in one spot while the other team had their calls spread out over the whole game. But to say, "the game was rigged because Cavs got their free throws at that point and not this point" is just bytching.

Conveniently leaves out that Cavs are in the bonus very early and parades to the line for the remainder of the quarter.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Conveniently leaves out that Cavs are in the bonus very early and parades to the line for the remainder of the quarter.

Yeah, but that was half a fukking quarter.

And Golden State finished with five MORE free throws than Cleveland did.

I'm still waiting for the explanation as to why getting extra free throws in the 2nd half of the 1st quarter somehow counted for more than getting extra free throws in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters.

 

[Gold]

JVG caping for Khloe made no fukking sense, like she's the mother of Tristan's children or something, that rant was retarded

Exactly she's just a gf.... they aint even married she could be fukking somebody on the warriors next year for all we know.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Yeah, but that was half a fukking quarter.

And Golden State finished with five MORE free throws than Cleveland did.

I'm still waiting for the explanation as to why getting extra free throws in the 2nd half of the 1st quarter somehow counted for more than getting extra free throws in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters.

Wow! Get a consolation prize of 5 FTs after watching the other team get other get gifted a 14 pt head start. Suppose to had been 22 but they missed 8. Don't justify it like it was an earned win. When Warriors got that initial blitz down to single digits, more phantom foul calls.

However, Cavs did have an otherworldly shooting day which isn't likely to be replicated. That won it for them but refs made sure Warriors weren't coming back.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Wow! Get a consolation prize of 5 FTs after watching the other team get other get gifted a 14 pt head start. Suppose to had been 22 but they missed 8. Don't justify it like it was an earned win. When Warriors got that initial blitz down to single digits, more phantom foul calls.

However, Cavs did have an otherworldly shooting day which isn't likely to be replicated. That won it for them but refs made sure Warriors weren't coming back.

Can you not read?

Cavs got their 15-point head start without hardly any free throws at all. They had a 26-11 lead before they had more than 3 free throws.

And it wasn't a "consolation prize of 5 free throws", it was SIXTEEN more free throws for the Warriors over the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters. Which more than canceled out 11 extra free throws for the Cavs in the`1st.

Cleveland won cause they went 24-45 from three-point range and Warriors only went 11-39. THAT is why they won, and it didn't have shyt to do with foul calls.

Ya'all saying a 24-point victory where a team got five FEWER free throws than the other team wasn't earned because a lot of the free throws came in the 1st.