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xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
That play is concrete evidence of why Russ is the MVP

Harden is cool when he's doing cool basketball sucks, but that is bullshit

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Ghost Dog
Aug 17, 2016

i do not get why thats ever a foul in the playoffs, you cant make it illegal to go over a screen what on earth

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
the ref right next to the players didn't blow the whistle. the baseline ref who couldn't even see the actual foul he called because players were blocking his view made the foul call based on harden's selling ffs

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Lmao

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Spacebump posted:

From what old people told me, in the 80s you'd have to beat a guy with a baseball bat to get a flagrant. Would Harden (or other modern players) die if they tried to play in the 80s?

no everything about the modern game is better and players are stronger

i feel like the stars would probably adjust and be fine

3-point specialists would be boned though

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005
The NBA needs enforcers to pound someones face into a paste for pulling bs like that.

ScooterMcTiny
Apr 7, 2004

God I fuckin hate James Harden and his no fun game

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

sorry thats a foul and i hope harden continues to draw those because its the smart play

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Like Russ come on man

Dramatika
Aug 1, 2002

THE BANK IS OPEN
I enjoy watching James Harden play basketball

Ghost Dog
Aug 17, 2016

i hope they do something like with the rip through for that dumb foul call anyway, it was poop in the regular season and its a loving travesty of a call in the playoffs

mistermojo
Jul 3, 2004

ah the Westbrook experience, doing nothing on defense and forcing bad shots

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
It's a foul and until they change the rules you cant swim move over a screen on James Harden and everyone in the NBA knows this

Boosh!
Apr 12, 2002
Oven Wrangler
Ugh!

ex post facho
Oct 25, 2007
thats the harden experience actually, except added flops

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

Fun Shoe
i love me some russ hero ball but gently caress at least pretend to run some plays every once and a while

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Dramatika posted:

I enjoy watching James Harden play basketball

:feelsgood:

Ghost Dog
Aug 17, 2016

EvanTH posted:

It's a foul and until they change the rules you cant swim move over a screen on James Harden and everyone in the NBA knows this

it effectively means you are never allowed to go over a screen at all which is heinously dumb

PrinceRandom
Feb 26, 2013

how is harden struggling if he has a better shooting percentage than russ?

rjmccall
Sep 7, 2007

no worries friend
Fun Shoe
It's a foul, and he gets to shoot anyway because they're in the bonus, so...

I mean sure, I think they should let people fight harder through screens and/or actually call an illegal screen ever, but the fact is they call it this way and they're pretty consistent about it.

Ramadu
Aug 25, 2004

2015 NFL MVP


Just lmao

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003

Harden woulda gotten that call.

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Mmmmmm that's some good moreyball basketball on one side and some trash rear end weak poo poo from the other side

ex post facho
Oct 25, 2007
Good game, good effort thunder

mayb Harden wont get 18 FTA in OKC but lmao who are we kidding this is the nba

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
Well that was also an absolutely by the rules foul in Westbrook's 3 so that's uneven reffing ehh

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
It looked like Westbrook was fouled shooting that 3 on the replay.

fast cars loose anus
Mar 2, 2007

Pillbug
Westbrook fails the Harden move

Boosh!
Apr 12, 2002
Oven Wrangler

EvanTH posted:

It's a foul and until they change the rules you cant swim move over a screen on James Harden and everyone in the NBA knows this

IDK man, people are just trying to go thru screens.

Brogeoisie
Jan 12, 2005

"Look, I'm a private citizen," he said. "One thing that I don't have to do is sit here and open my kimono as it relates to how much money I make or didn't."
Yeah that should have been 3 shots, that was a bad no call on this weak poo poo they've been calling all game

Artic Puma
Jun 22, 2007

Chef Curry with the pot, boy!
Why even call the timeout at this point Billy?

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
ignoring whether that even is a foul or not, the ref that called it was not the ref that could actually see what was happening


also russ should have gotten that call to be consistent

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Lol at Russ just heaving it

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Codependent Poster posted:

Harden woulda gotten that call.

The thing that's craziest about Harden to me is the continuation refs give him vs other players.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
umm russ didn't even drop to the ground like he was shot.

shirts and skins
Jun 25, 2007

Good morning!
Yeeessssssss

Time
Aug 1, 2011

It Was All A Dream

rjmccall posted:

It's a foul, and he gets to shoot anyway because they're in the bonus, so...

I mean sure, I think they should let people fight harder through screens and/or actually call an illegal screen ever, but the fact is they call it this way and they're pretty consistent about it.

yeah its not harden specific at all. if you want the harden specific foul call its the get the defender moving for an iota move and start your shot almost preternaturally. thats the root barrel special

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
OKC could win some games this series but they need to find a way to minimize Kanter's awful defense.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



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leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

Fun Shoe
is Taj injured or something. i don't know why he's at only 20 minutes

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xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
It's sad to see Russ reduced to shameless contact-baiting and not even getting rewarded for it

In the offseason he will devote himself to a Bondsian regimen of embracing the technically legal but morally deplorable exploits of the game, studying how to create contact and get to the line, ruining basketball forever. We are creating a monster

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