They were falling at near terminal velocity. Thankfully, the transferred all that speed into the horizontal otherwise the sheer force of their fall would have broken their arms and possibly their spines.

seiferoth10

3362 Posts

May 02 2013 08:46 GMT

#1443

Ah, so athletes shouldn't protect themselves as long as the the fall won't kill them? Thanks for the update.

Greenstripe

United States164 Posts

May 02 2013 09:02 GMT

#1444

Seifer either a troll or in denial. OKC should start playing soccer, they'd go far.

Itsmedudeman

United States19229 Posts

May 02 2013 09:02 GMT

#1445

Well, the problem is with the definition of a charge to begin with. If you angle yourself poorly to where even the slightest impact will tip you over it's usually still counted as a charge. Like when people barely get underneath a guy midair and aren't even standing straight up.

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

May 02 2013 10:59 GMT

#1446

On May 02 2013 18:02 Greenstripe wrote:
Seifer either a troll or in denial. OKC should start playing soccer, they'd go far.

Funny that soccer is such a joke to many Americans for diving yet basketball is so popular here : |

Roggay

Switzerland6320 Posts

May 02 2013 11:36 GMT

#1447

On May 02 2013 15:29 dgsdm wrote:
Hahahah looking at the gif closely, I think they are both flopping, the fall is greatly exaggerated. You can see Fisher exaggerating the impact force by pushing off with his feet as he's falling.

edit: The fall isn't one complete smooth motion. BTW not trying to start shit here but is it just me or does anyone else find most of the players on OKC unlikable? Perkins, Fisher, Ibaka, Westbrook, Sefolosha, Westbrook, etc. I love Kevin Durant though.

Kevin Durant makes up for everything!
And don't diss Thabo

He is a great guy!

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

May 02 2013 11:55 GMT

#1448

I don't even like Durant that much.

ketomai

United States2789 Posts

May 02 2013 12:19 GMT

#1449

I'm not sure what's so weird about that gif.

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It was a perfectly normal routine. However, Derek Fisher propelled himself a little too far and Martin raised his left leg too high in addition to looking at the ground before he landed. 8/10

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

May 02 2013 14:11 GMT

#1450

Houston has a much better chance of completing the all-time first (nba) reverse sweep. Houston has significantly more talent than Boston and OKC is reeling without Westbrook.

Boston is too old and injured and you could already see them looking very gassed in the 4th quarter. They literally only played 7 players. They are only in this because the Knicks are the mentally weakest/immature team we've seen in ages.

The OKC thing is the most interesting IMO. For me it shows 2 things that I wasn't expecting:

- Westbrook is more than key to this teams success. A lot of people argued the team would be better without his ball-hogging, but we were so wrong. HIs penetration was key and he spread defenders/attention on the floor.

- KD is no Lebron. Only 3 games but KD is already frustrated and falling apart (see the 4th quarter? lol). Lebron took a much much much worse team to the finals pretty much single handedly. KD is struggling with the EIGHT seed.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

May 02 2013 15:24 GMT

#1451

^well it is 8 seed in the West... still I see your point though.

On May 02 2013 20:55 TwoToneTerran wrote:
I don't even like Durant that much.

Word, he's painted as this really likable guy but I don't really see it. I don't hate him, I just don't see why everyone loves him.

CTStalker

Canada9720 Posts

May 02 2013 15:36 GMT

#1452

I'm pretty confident that Fisher and Martin won't get fined. They exaggerated, definitely, but there was contact on that play.

I think OKC will end up winning this series, but I'm pretty worried about their chances in the second round. The biggest adjustment Scott Brooks has demonstrated in the playoffs so far has been to hack Asik -- not a good sign.

OKC's offense actually looked alright in spurts, it's just that they were missing a lot of wide open shots (and missing very badly). Their defense looked the worse I think I've ever seen it, though.

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

May 02 2013 16:06 GMT

#1453

I'm getting bored of these playoffs already. Westbrook's injury made this series more interesting but it doesn't bode well going forward. Unless both Miami and San Antonio loses important players as well, there seems to be nothing entertaining to watch until the Finals.

NY looks like they are too immature to provide even a decent challenge to Miami. Curry will possibly shoot GSW into the second round only for his right ankle to completely fall apart. Denver has their own injury problems and doesn't look like they are built to win playoff games. Clippers have no offensive system and have problems without Blake's athleticism. Ditto for OKC without Westbrook. I guess there's still Memphis.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

May 02 2013 16:11 GMT

#1454

^If the finals is SAS-MIA like you think I don't think that would be very interesting either.

Agree with you except for LAC it's all about CP3, not Griffin. Look at what happened when he was out earlier this season. MEM is this dark horse I think, but if they face MIA their lack of spacing will hurt them. The Heat defense is too good for them to sacrifice spacing like they have been.

rei

United States3594 Posts

May 02 2013 16:45 GMT

#1455

On May 03 2013 00:36 CTStalker wrote:
I'm pretty confident that Fisher and Martin won't get fined. They exaggerated, definitely, but there was contact on that play.

I think OKC will end up winning this series, but I'm pretty worried about their chances in the second round. The biggest adjustment Scott Brooks has demonstrated in the playoffs so far has been to hack Asik -- not a good sign.

OKC's offense actually looked alright in spurts, it's just that they were missing a lot of wide open shots (and missing very badly). Their defense looked the worse I think I've ever seen it, though.

No it wasn't scott brooks, it was KD who made the call to foul Asik, Scott Brooks had no say in that.

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

May 02 2013 17:33 GMT

#1456

Ya I don't think they will get fined either. They were actually both making a good play and taking a legit charge, better than most players out there.

MEM-MIA finals is what I hope for now. SAS-MEM would be tough too.

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

May 02 2013 17:54 GMT

#1457

On May 03 2013 00:24 DystopiaX wrote:
^well it is 8 seed in the West... still I see your point though.

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Word, he's painted as this really likable guy but I don't really see it. I don't hate him, I just don't see why everyone loves him.

Yeah I mean I can see why people like his game -- he has some great dunks and sick jumpers, I just think he kind of lacks personality on the court. Amazing player, just not anywhere near a favorite of mine.

Now Steph Curry...

GranDGranT

Sri Lanka2141 Posts

May 02 2013 17:56 GMT

#1458

Steph Curry has less of a personality then a wet rag

CTStalker

Canada9720 Posts

May 02 2013 18:29 GMT

#1459

On May 03 2013 01:45 rei wrote:

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No it wasn't scott brooks, it was KD who made the call to foul Asik, Scott Brooks had no say in that.

Where are you getting that from?

Qaatar

1409 Posts

May 02 2013 20:47 GMT

#1460

On May 03 2013 00:24 DystopiaX wrote:
^well it is 8 seed in the West... still I see your point though.

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Word, he's painted as this really likable guy but I don't really see it. I don't hate him, I just don't see why everyone loves him.

It's the hipster/reactionary thing to do. I remember when everyone was ranting and raving about LBJ taking his talents to South Beach, the media made a concerted effort (especially guys like Simmons) to highlight KD "quietly signing a contract extension with only a small press conference."

A large majority of people enjoy the evil villain/good guy dichotomy, so when someone's the bad guy, many people try to look hard for the other good guy to counterbalance. Granted, Durant has tons of game, but if LBJ was still in Cleveland, I'd imagine that there would be fewer KD fanboys.

On May 02 2013 23:11 On_Slaught wrote:
- KD is no Lebron. Only 3 games but KD is already frustrated and falling apart (see the 4th quarter? lol). Lebron took a much much much worse team to the finals pretty much single handedly. KD is struggling with the EIGHT seed.

He's no LBJ, but keep in mind, this is off of him playing with Westbrook for more than 5 years. I think had Westbrook gone down earlier and gave KD time to adjust, he would be playing better.

Back in the Cleveland days, it didn't matter if anyone got injured for LBJ, since it was a one-man show anyways.