2012 NBA Finals - Thunder vs. Heat / Celtics

[Pete]

Pretty cool to see the Finals banners in the airport as soon as I stepped off the plane:

[RadicalModerate]

Lil Wayne was there. . . and we were mean to him!

Here, Mr. Leno . . .
Try this one on for size:

What do you suppose the "Li'l" refers to?
His brain? Or something else......?
It certainly isn't his ego.

[Jon27]

There are simply not that many venues for URBAN, African Americans, let alone, Wealthy African Americans to meet, greet, be seen. Maybe one day by not today. Get Real

Ummmm....ok, so what do you want, and who have you been in contact with to get it? Nothing is stopping you from opening something. I think this is a great idea to explore, and I would welcome it.

[Spartan]

Are you aware that he did play here as a member of the Hornets, and was second in popularity only to CP3? Our NBA fans were almost in panic when he was banned in mid-season for a substance-abuse problem...

I was glad to see birdman go. I didn't like that dude. I thought he looked like a meth head, well it turns out...

[ljbab728]

Well, the Thunder's penchant for getting off to a slow start in the playoff games and making a furious last quarter rally to win did them in this time. I still can't see them dropping three in a row in Miami though.

[Spartan]

I thought the officiating was criminal. You were at least looking at OT had that last no-call on James been called. The Heat are getting a lot of help.

[dcsooner]

thunder will lose this series because you do not know what team will show up. too inconsistent

[adaniel]

Not time to hit the panic button at all, but we MUST play better at the start. That first quarter was probably the sloppiest I've seen the Thunder play in a while. The team has been playing from behind so long, it probably didn't phase them, but you can only rally so much. Maybe it takes a game like this to scare them into playing 4 quarters. If we were down only 10 instead of 16 we would have won this game.

We won't drop 2 in a row, but Miami can probably count on picking up at least 2 games out of three at home. That's getting too close for comfort. At this point OKC will either win or beat themselves. I'll stand by my prediction of Thunder in 7.

[Spartan]

thunder will lose this series because you do not know what team will show up. too inconsistent

After blowing them out in 1 game, and losing another game to criminal officiating? That's not much of a basis for any assumption if you ask me.

[Ginkasa]

After blowing them out in 1 game, and losing another game to criminal officiating? That's not much of a basis for any assumption if you ask me.

They didn't lose the game to "criminal" officiating. That last call was pretty bad, sure, but in the end Miami brought it and the Thunder brought it too late. Even if that call had been better, there's no telling what would have happened at that point - it wasn't like it would have been a guarantee tie or win.

[Spartan]

It wasn't just that call. It's a miracle KD didn't foul out, 2/5 of which were blatantly bad calls, one should have gone on another player if any player at all, the other fabricated out of thin air.

There was also significant contact repeatedly not called on Westbrook, and I'd say Harden as well although with him being one of the better floppers in the game, I'll realistically admit it's hard to legitimately argue a no-call on him.

It was criminal officiating.

[Soonerman]

After blowing them out in 1 game, and losing another game to criminal officiating? That's not much of a basis for any assumption if you ask me.

While I'll agree the officiating was awful, You can't just blame the refs, The Thunder digging a 16 point hole in the 1st quarter and missing free throws down the stretch is what killed them.

[Spartan]

No excuse for that, but it's a testament to the comeback. I thought officiating was less than wonderful in Game 1 as well, but at least then refs were consistent about calling the game conservatively - this time they made a decisive call toward the outcome of the game after a long series of bad whistles from start to close. That is noteworthy.

I noticed one bad call go against the Heat the entire game, up against at least 6 that I can recall that were significant bad calls. That is a noteworthy margin afterall - Ibaka didn't even get away with a single instance of goal-tending like he normally does, but instead I'd bring up the one that he got that they put on Durant instead. lol

[okcpulse]

I won't go so far as to say OKC is racist, sexist, homophobic etc. but I do believe overall, OKC is one of the more intolerant cites in terms of free expression. What I mean is that when KD disclosed he had a tatoo on his back this board spent I dare say days talking about a tatoo, the governors disrespect to the President of the United States. I think it is fairly obvious that OKC would not embrace "the bird" as a player like Denver does or any other player who in the opinion of some were not the clean cut choir boys we expect. OKC will not become a vibrant place until true diversity is, if not embraced, at least allowed for instead of demonized. The Lil Waynes of the world are not my personal cup or tea, but they are for some so I say each to his own and welcome, where others attack him and others who look, act, talk, walk, etc different that us. Grow up OKC, geez. One final thing, why does almost everyone on this forum fail to admit that in comparison to MAJOR cities and even some smaller, OKC is boring! There are simply not that many venues for URBAN, African Americans, let alone, Wealthy African Americans to meet, greet, be seen. Maybe one day by not today. Get Real

So the governor snubbed Obama. Mayor Cornett... of OKC... was there, front and center to meet the Commander in Chief. Obama wasn't heckled in Oklahoma like he was in Ohio. Barkley was welcomed. The entire city loves Durant, Harden and company.

[Spartan]

I embrace humanity, not racial diversity. If you embrace humanity and forget about race, everything else falls into place. We've become so consumed by race that we forget we are all part of the human race. Why continue giving OKC ZERO credit for anything it has accomplished thus far and what is yet to come.

So the governor snubbed Obama. Mayor Cornett... of OKC... was there, front and center to meet the Commander in Chief. Clearly this is not good enough for you. Obama wasn't heckled in Oklahoma like he was in Ohio. Again, not good enough I guess. Barkley was welcomed. Not good enough. The entire city loves Durant, Harden and company. Not good enough.

Clearly, we are not good enough for you, but I think OKC is better that what yesterday's visionaries could have ever imagined.

Some of you guys should let it go or start another thread, I think. There are issues with race in Oklahoma, to deny it is preposterous; likewise, I don't think anyone is being won over by calling OKC a racist city. Implicating people isn't the way to win support for a cause or idea.

Like I said, this discussion should be had... but in another thread.

[SoonerBoy18]

Thunder takes Game 3, Heat takes Game 4, Thunder takes Game 5, Thunder closes it out in 6... Book it. Lol like adaniel said, its no time hit the panic button.

[venture]

Losing can be a good thing. It builds a drive to make them play harder earlier. If the starters can't make it happen early, then they need to mix it up a bit. I'm also approaching this in two ways. 1) I want the home team to win. 2) Look at the last 3 seasons...we've always been knocked off by the team that's won the title. We've also made one more step of progress each year. This year will be no different, unless we win. Which means next year going by this pattern is very good. However, I won't complain if they get it done this year and shut the spoiled children from Miami up.

[Spartan]

I would be interested to see if there's a way Brooks could insert Harden into a starting lineup for once, even though he's never one to toy with the starting lineup, and that would probably slide Westbrook to the bench which I don't like.

[BoulderSooner]

I would be interested to see if there's a way Brooks could insert Harden into a starting lineup for once, even though he's never one to toy with the starting lineup, and that would probably slide Westbrook to the bench which I don't like.

harden and Westbrook don't play the same position ..... clearly you don't know very much about basketball

[Bellaboo]

DCsooner, I said this before, but you need to take a good look at the mirror yourself at times. You've made some pretty outlandish statements yourself. You emphatically implied as if the kkk was going to show up at the end of the runway at Tinker when the president made a brief, politically self inspired showing.

You are so off base it's downright silly.

[bucktalk]

"clearly you don't know very much about basketball"
totally unnecessary comment.

[SoonerBoy18]

I would be interested to see if there's a way Brooks could insert Harden into a starting lineup for once, even though he's never one to toy with the starting lineup, and that would probably slide Westbrook to the bench which I don't like.

Well you can thank Westbrook for starting 0-7 right off the bat. He wanted to get his points first before everybody else and thats why they started in a 18-2 hole. I hate to sound like Skip Bayless but I was dissapointed him that much for the first time in a long time.

[Cocaine]

I would be interested to see if there's a way Brooks could insert Harden into a starting lineup for once, even though he's never one to toy with the starting lineup, and that would probably slide Westbrook to the bench which I don't like.

Brooks has already said he wont change the starting lineup.

[Lord Helmet]

After blowing them out in 1 game, and losing another game to criminal officiating? That's not much of a basis for any assumption if you ask me.

It was a bad call, but playing as poorly as we did in the first half and getting down by 17 points...we deserved that loss.

[BoulderSooner]

Well you can thank Westbrook for starting 0-7 right off the bat. He wanted to get his points first before everybody else and thats why they started in a 18-2 hole. I hate to sound like Skip Bayless but I was dissapointed him that much for the first time in a long time.

first he didn't start 0-7 but the fact that durant wasn't getting open in the first Q had a lot to do with things and you 100% want westbrook attacking the rim