Was that the most rigged quarter ever?

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Ignore that the Warriors needed SIXTEEN more free throws than the Cavs in order to "go bucket for bucket" in those three quarters.

Apparently extra free throws only "carry" you when there's an opponent you need to bytch about.

Is that all you can contest from my post?

My point still remains, the refs decided the result/tone of the game in the first quarter. Whatever difference they tried equaling out over the rest of the game was futile. The officials were well aware that they had a direct hand in the Cavs building/keeping that lead; the biggest example of this was when they reactively called Draymond for a tech in the second half (on a play which wasn't even a foul - there was FAR worse contact let go all throughout the game). They then realized that ejecting Draymond would've made it all too obvious, so they bullshytted by rescinding his first tech from the first half - the one that he actually deserved.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

It's a cotdamn shame the officials have tried and succeeded letting the Cavs back in the Finals for two years straight with bullshyt like this -

And yet, they can call Curry for bullshyt like that, but can't see him getting mugged on the other end.

 

[WMG the 2nd]

It's a cotdamn shame the officials have tried and succeeded letting the Cavs back in the Finals for two years straight with bullshyt like this -

And yet, they can call Curry for bullshyt like that, but can't see him getting mugged on the other end.

That fifth foul was trifiling

 

[thatrapsfan]

If it's this bad after one win, this board will melt down if it gets to 6.

 

[BucciMane]

Warriors will lose this series. Biggest choke job in history.

LeGOAT with another ring to his legacy.

 

[Remote]

Examples of fouls not called when they built said margin:


- shot clock doesn't reset, forcing Durant to put up a 3-pt shot which he was fouled on

Durant got fouled there?
What is your definition of a foul breh?

 

[James Dean]

If it's this bad after one win, this board will melt down if it gets to 6.

shyt could be something else.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Durant got fouled there?
What is your definition of a foul breh?

LeBron puts his arm on Durant's hip, which affects the shot. You can't touch a player at all when they're in the act of shooting. Just another example of LeBron doing whatever the fukk he wants on defense with no repercussions.

 

[WMG the 2nd]

Durant got fouled there?
What is your definition of a foul breh?

Lebron is clearly invading a shooters space before he even got a shot up. Kyrie got that call twice in this game

 

[NormanConnors]

This is NOT true at all. And even if it was true, if they're pushing off doesn't that suggest they're being grabbed in the first place?

it is true, blatant, the refs never call it but maybe once every blue moon just like their illegal screens. I specifically saw an out of bounds play where Klay straight up shoved Shump, and Shump wasn't grabbing him either. I can understand cats going back and forth but thats not the case here.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

it is true, blatant, the refs never call it but maybe once every blue moon just like their illegal screens. I specifically saw an out of bounds play where Klay straight up shoved Shump, and Shump wasn't grabbing him either. I can understand cats going back and forth but thats not the case here.

SMH.

 

[NormanConnors]

LeBron puts his arm on Durant's hip, which affects the shot. You can't touch a player at all when they're in the act of shooting. Just another example of LeBron doing whatever the fukk he wants on defense with no repercussions.

and you think these cats would give out work in the 90's

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

and you think these cats would give out work in the 90's

Of course they would. I don't think you understand what you're watching.

The point of me bringing up that play up is because the Warriors were getting called for contact like that on the other end. If you're gonna let contact go, you do it for both teams. Not just one. OKC played some of the most physical defense I've seen in a series on the Warriors in the WCF last season and they still managed to win.

 

[acbjr22]

I'm going to pretend TheColi's most splenetic LeBron stan didn't just accuse me of always being "so deep" in my emotions when it concerns a team/player. Especially since I was actually the first one to accuse you of that very thing in the past, and all you're doing is trying to deflect by turning it onto me. There's a reason why the majority of our arguments center around LeBron, and not the Warriors.

I. Here's your first mistake - you're taking the free throw disparity after they went up by double digits in a vacuum, failing to realize that the Cavs were allowed to be physical from the onset. Meaning there were fouls that were NOT called during the process of building that 15-point lead. The refs didn't just heavily favor the Cavs after they built that lead (by sending them to the line), they were favoring them from the very start.

Examples of fouls not called when they built said margin:


- shot clock doesn't reset, forcing Durant to put up a 3-pt shot which he was fouled on


- blocking foul on TT goes uncalled


- TT over the back goes uncalled

And there were a # of times that Cavs got away with bearhugging both Curry and Klay off the ball.

II. The lead didn't get any bigger when the fouls started getting called? You do realize that adds weight to my argument right? If the lead didn't get any bigger when the Cavs were getting all those foul calls, that means the Warriors would've eaten into the margin had they not been called for ticky tack fouls. What makes it worse is that, the Warriors would've not only cut into the margin if they don't get called for those fouls, but if the refs began favoring them instead they would've most probably taken the lead in the first quarter.

And you had instances like this where the Warriors were not only battling the refs on defense, they also weren't getting shooting fouls of their own -


- Curry clearly fouled on the arm on a layup

III. The rest of the game doesn't really matter, because the refs decided the result/tone in the first quarter. They not only gave the Cavs that margin, they not only allowed the Cavs to keep that margin, but they took the sting out of the Warriors defense - which then led to them being passive on that end for the rest of the game; fearing another period where the refs would call them for ticky tack fouls. If a team is awarded 22 FTs in one quarter, it's gonna affect how aggressive they are on defense for the rest of the game.

Funny how if you take away that ref-affected first quarter, there was basically nothing between the two teams:

35-37
28-29
20-22

Even despite the Warriors dialing down their defensive intensity, they still went bucket for bucket with the Cavs.

nikka said that was a blocking foul on TT when Curry turned the ball over . That's great fukkin defense! Shut yo hoe ass up!

On the play you claim there was an over the back by TT, Kevin Love got fouled like 3 different times on that play

A foul on that Durant 3 would have been a bad call. I know you remember when Kyrie tried to shoot one and got bumped resulting in an airball and they didn't call that either. Or do you have amnesia

Only one that was a missed call was the Curry layup. Can point a bunch out on the other end too though

I wish I had time cuz I would document every single bad call made against the Cavs last night (ridiculous flagrants, goaltending, noncalls, all types of shyt) and in game 1 too (Kd palming, KD out of bounds and scoring, Iggy hacking the fukk out Bron, etc.) but I don't cuz I don't act like a gay ass bytch every time my team loses.


In any game the Cavs win muhfukkas are bytching about the refs but have nothing to say when they lose. The refs are perfect in every game the Cavs lose right?

 

[CurrencyChase]

The audacity of these Warriors fans. Zaza hitting dudes in the balls and Draymond hitting dudes in the face twice and no tech was called and somehow ref favoring the cavs when they are on their own home court? Warriors fans are so used to ref favoring them that they are confused when refs actually call a fair call. They probably believe all along that the refs is part of their team. The 6the man. It's like being blown away cause your teammate did something against your team