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poor newb
Profile Joined April 2004
United States1879 Posts
June 12 2009 07:46 GMT
#3441
why would the refs want to rig the game for the lakers, if anything they should be rigging the game for magic to have 7 games = $$$
How do you mine minerals?
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-12 09:02:59
June 12 2009 09:00 GMT
#3442
There were so many bad calls and no calls vs the lakers in the 4th quarter , hell even in overtime after Pau dunked there was a flagrant that should have been called (probably not, because the game was over already anyways). The Kobe elbow was not on purpose and the other Orlando guy just ran into it from behind/side of him.

Lakers would have won without OT if just one of those dumb fouls were called. Like the one where Howard is all over Gasol and then Fisher seeing that nothing being called grabs him and gets called. That was 2 FTs for Magic and 0 for Lakers. Hell if Kobe didn't have his foot on the line on that 3, game would have been over even with all the bad calls.

Let's face it, Orlando sucked balls in FTs even with all the calls.
Lakers are the better team.

PS- I agree with above post, seems like most of the playoff games I've watch the refereeing has been hurting the lakers more than anything.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Monoxide
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada1190 Posts
June 12 2009 09:21 GMT
#3443
On June 12 2009 15:48 XaI)CyRiC wrote:
FTA in 4th Quarter and OT: LAL - 2 (from Pietrus flagrant) ORL - 19

The Magic were being more aggressive in attacking the paint and drawing fouls, but zero FTs for the Lakers after the 3rd (the flagrant FTs by Gasol don't count)? It's a moot point since the Lakers won, but I'd just like to point out that interesting statistic for anyone who thinks the refs were on the Lakers' side in this game.


LOL i belive that stat just proves how stupid those people are.

oh and another thing... if howard could hit a free throw, maybe they would have won.
DN2perfectionGM
Profile Joined August 2004
United States233 Posts
June 12 2009 09:31 GMT
#3444
"I wasn't hurt. I was ready to go. I tried to stay ready. I sat there with about nine heat packs on me, but they all got cold."
JHU
Monoxide
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada1190 Posts
June 12 2009 09:31 GMT
#3445
On June 12 2009 18:31 DN2perfectionGM wrote:
"I wasn't hurt. I was ready to go. I tried to stay ready. I sat there with about nine heat packs on me, but they all got cold."

LOL
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 12 2009 14:42 GMT
#3446
honestly it's fucked up for Rafer. if I was Jameer Nelson I would personally go to SVG and be like "please DO NOT PLAY ME". he needs to be man enough to admit that he's simply not physically read to compete at this stage and that Rafer should be getting the minutes .
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 12 2009 14:46 GMT
#3447
i missed all the retards posting I guess
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HonestTea *
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
5007 Posts
June 12 2009 15:01 GMT
#3448
DWIGHT FREE THROWS WIN CHAMP'NSHIPS
returns upon momentous occasions.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-12 15:28:13
June 12 2009 15:28 GMT
#3449
On June 08 2009 23:30 unknown.sam wrote:
BUT i believe howard will succeed where shaq failed miserably (i.e. FTs)
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
72AND10
Profile Joined January 2009
United States93 Posts
June 12 2009 16:15 GMT
#3450
GG.

Anyone crying about the refs, clearly doesn't understand that Orlando had the game in their hands. It was for them to win or lose. Guess what? They thew it away. Turnovers are the first statistic that catch my eye. Orlando had ten more turnovers than LA. Ouch! And there were also a few critical plays that would have allowed them to widen their lead was it not for bonehead mistakes. But it happens.

Second is the fact is that Orlando played absolutely horrific down the stretch and left the window of opportunity open for the Lakers. The second stat is obviously free throw shooting. When you miss a ton of free throws and allow a team like the Lakers to be within striking distance, don't be surprised when they capitalize on the opportunity. And they did that exactly.

When we consider a team that has the experience of the Lakers, games aren't won by accident. There are plenty of times when a team should have won, but faltered. Good teams find a way to win. I'm not surprised by this outcome at all.
72AND10
Profile Joined January 2009
United States93 Posts
June 12 2009 17:12 GMT
#3451
On June 12 2009 14:07 rei wrote:
Magics didn't give anything away, they played as good as they possibly could, they play good defense on Kobe during the 2nd half too. it was Laker's defense that did the job. Magics got pwned so Bad in the 3rd, they scored like 5 points half way through the 3rd. They didn't choke, they got pwned by better Defense. If you were actually paying attention, you will notice how much harder LA tie up their D, it was ridiculous Paul jumping on every three point attempts, Kobe shutting down Lewis, Rotation rotation rotation, communication was perfect too, on top of that the Refs just let them play and not calling cheap faults, they decided that they are not going to let the game decide by ref calling faults.


If you read my post above, you'll see that I definitely don't blame the refs for the Lakers winning. I agree that the Lakers turned up their energy and defense in the second half; but you can't tell me that Orlando missing free throws down the stretch to ice the game has anything to do with Lakers defense.
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
June 12 2009 17:54 GMT
#3452
ohhh man
BlueRoyaL
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States2493 Posts
June 12 2009 18:20 GMT
#3453
so me and some friends were talking, and they said the lakers would "let" the magic win next game so they could win the series at home. I mean i guess this kinda makes sense that they would wanna celebrate it at home with their fans, but do teams actually ever plan on it and lose a game on purpose? it doesn't seem like they would honestly, that would just risk letting the other team beat them maybe.. -_-

btw, it was actually not w/ friends but i was waiting for a dota game to start and me and some pubs were talking about yesterdays game XD
WHAT'S HAPPENIN
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
June 12 2009 18:50 GMT
#3454
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
triangle
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3803 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-12 19:00:25
June 12 2009 19:00 GMT
#3455
On June 13 2009 03:50 MYM.Testie wrote:
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Also known as waterfall / w4terfall
72AND10
Profile Joined January 2009
United States93 Posts
June 12 2009 19:57 GMT
#3456
On June 13 2009 04:00 triangle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2009 03:50 MYM.Testie wrote:
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

yejin
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
France493 Posts
June 12 2009 20:00 GMT
#3457
On June 13 2009 03:50 MYM.Testie wrote:
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

nospeech
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
June 12 2009 20:10 GMT
#3458
i can't believe three people in the row think that's the dumbest thing testie has ever heard. testie spent a lot of time on east server folks. lots of time in x17. i'm gonna go ahead and disagree and say that's not the dumbest thing testie has ever heard

but it's really dumb
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
June 12 2009 20:26 GMT
#3459
Hyperbole (pronounced /haɪˈpɝːbəli/ hye-PER-buh-lee; "HYE-per-bowl" is a common mispronunciation) comes from ancient Greek "ὑπερβολή" (meaning excess or exaggeration) and is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is rarely meant to be taken literally.
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
June 12 2009 20:54 GMT
#3460
Hey, I heard that Orlando lost? Any truth behind this myth?
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
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