EPTCome on Clippers, let's go Lakers!
NBA Playoffs 2012 - Page 17
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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
Come on Clippers, let's go Lakers! | ||
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Chunhyang
Bangladesh1389 Posts
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
edit: dam I just switched to the replay of the game on TV as it ended  | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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iLoveKT
Philippines3615 Posts
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RowdierBob
Australia13414 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On April 30 2012 15:54 iLoveKT wrote: That was probably the most silent close game I ever saw. lol Well given how the whole crowd was pulling for Memphis the reason for that is fairly obvious. Grizzlies fanbase surprised me the most out of all of them...I knew OKC would be loud but had no idea Memphis fans were that supportive. edit- Still though, based on Game 1 I'd still give the Grizzlies an edge. Take a lesson from this game 1 and dominate the other 40 minutes as hard as they did yesterday and they're golden. I mean, there's no way the Clippers can pull of a comeback like that 3 more times...right? | ||
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wussleeQ
United States3130 Posts
On May 01 2012 00:33 Jerubaal wrote: Wow. I'm watching some clips (no pun intended) from the Memphis-LA game and the Clippers are a team full of floppers. The league is full of floppers imo. | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
On May 01 2012 00:33 Jerubaal wrote: Wow. I'm watching some clips (no pun intended) from the Memphis-LA game and the Clippers are a team full of floppers. The Spurs fan whines without any sense of irony. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On May 01 2012 02:19 slyboogie wrote: The Spurs fan whines without any sense of irony. You're right, I should ignore a whole game of players falling over like bags of broccoli because this one time I saw Manu get a call. | ||
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holy_war
United States3590 Posts
The Clippers should be renamed Flop City though | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
On May 01 2012 02:28 Jerubaal wrote: You're right, I should ignore a whole game of players falling over like bags of broccoli because this one time I saw Manu get a call. I am right. Shut up about officiating stuff, it's a waste of time. If it hurts your well tuned sense of competitive fairness so much, you shouldn't watch the NBA. the game will never be perfectly officiated and players have always gamed the refs. I don't care that Manu does it. I don't care. I don't see why every time the playoffs one around, a trillion randoms inundate this thread with whining. It's like they've never seen a basketball game. Sorry. Nothing personal, you're fine. Just venting. | ||
XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
On May 01 2012 02:28 Jerubaal wrote: You're right, I should ignore a whole game of players falling over like bags of broccoli because this one time I saw Manu get a call. It's not just the Clippers, it's everyone. Also, it's a lot more than just one time that Manu got a call for flopping. Personally, as much as I dislike flopping, I can't blame the players for utilizing it as long as it works for them. Blame the league and the refs for rewarding flopping and not penalizing it. The NBA is filled with competitors who want to win, and will do whatever it takes to do so. It's up to the league to change it so that flopping doesn't provide players with a competitive advantage as it does now. | ||
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Kaesebrot
Germany128 Posts
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ranshaked
United States870 Posts
As for tonight's matchups: Can the Magic pull off two in a row against Indy? Will the Knicks be able to keep the game close enough to challenge lebron to finish? Will the Mavericks roll over or put up a tough fight? I think out of those 3, the Magic have the ability to pull off the upset. I cannot see the knicks beating the Heat, nor can I see the Mavs beating the Thunder. | ||
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rei
United States3594 Posts
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
On May 01 2012 03:27 rei wrote: how do you penalize flopping? review the foul call and if the reaction is exaggerated then call a technical foul on the guy flopping? They players would just adapt by taking some acting lessons and make it harder to tell. It would surely weed out the players who can't act. I don't think it would be unreasonable to penalize the more obvious flops either during games or through reviews after games. You're right that there would still be some borderline or difficult to determine situations, but that's true of a lot of calls made in the NBA right involving regular and technical fouls. Would there be some situations where players would still get away with flopping? Sure. Would there be some situations where a player would be penalized for flopping when they weren't actually flopping? Probably. However, I firmly believe that it'd be a net gain because players would at least have to think twice before flopping and we'd see a lot less flopping in general because most players are not going to be skilled enough to fool refs and post-game reviews. Right now, there is essentially no penalty for flopping. Imposing some penalty, such as a technical foul, fines, suspensions for repeat offenses, etc. would at least create the potential for a player costing himself or his team money or wins by flopping. I don't see any downside to it. | ||
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Daozzt
United States1263 Posts
On May 01 2012 03:37 XaI)CyRiC wrote: I don't think it would be unreasonable to penalize the more obvious flops either during games or through reviews after games. You're right that there would still be some borderline or difficult to determine situations, but that's true of a lot of calls made in the NBA right involving regular and technical fouls. Would there be some situations where players would still get away with flopping? Sure. Would there be some situations where a player would be penalized for flopping when they weren't actually flopping? Probably. However, I firmly believe that it'd be a net gain because players would at least have to think twice before flopping and we'd see a lot less flopping in general because most players are not going to be skilled enough to fool refs and post-game reviews. Right now, there is essentially no penalty for flopping. Imposing some penalty, such as a technical foul, fines, suspensions for repeat offenses, etc. would at least create the potential for a player costing himself or his team money or wins by flopping. I don't see any downside to it. Yep, there was a video where JVG went on a rant and came up with the same conclusion. The league has to review the tapes after the games, and hand out a T and a fine (probably 5-10k) to obvious floppers so they are actually discouraged to flop during the game. | ||
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