FINALS GAME 4
westrbook was phenomanal and there are few people on ths site who are bigger fans of his then myself, but he went full retard on that foul. I mean every single person on the court was talking about how there was only 5 seconds left on the clock before the jump ball. No excuse for not knowing the clock, he choked big time.
It's funny how the closer LeBron James gets to a title, the more LeBron-haters whine about refs.
Look, referees are always going to be terrible with different fanbases. Nobody will ever agree and nobody will ever say a game was perfectly refereed.
"Terrible ending to what has the potential to be an amazing game"
Story of the finals so far to be honest. One this is for sure when it's all said and done. 1.) Harden isn't anywhere near a max deal at this time 2.) I don't ever want to here how LeBron/Wade took over these games; the Heat role players have been playing out of their minds and deserve most of the credit. Not just for making their shots but for controlling momentum with big shots
Scott Brooks dodging that Westbrook foul question....I want to know if he communicated the situation to his team or not. He should have told his guys that the shot clock would reset to 5 if the Heat won the tip and that he didn't want them to foul. Instead he side steps the question.
Scott Brooks dodging that Westbrook foul question....I want to know if he communicated the situation to his team or not. He should have told his guys that the shot clock would reset to 5 if the Heat won the tip and that he didn't want them to foul. Instead he side steps the question.
he dodged it becasue he didnt want to call his pg out for making a dumb mistake that should have never required the coach to have to explain how the clock works to players.
According to the television graphics, the shot clock reset to 5 for the jump ball and started normally. I didn't see the actual shot clock, as I don't look at that when watching a television game.
I'm sure it will be replayed from every angle tomorrow, so your question will be answered.
Edit: OK, never mind.
I think Westbrook might have thought that the original shot caught a little bit of iron and therefore there was a new shot clock. If he didn't realize it was an airball and no one points it out to him, he might not check the shot clock.
Anyway, Westbrook was fun to watch and he played a great game. I will cut him a ton of slack on that mistake. It probably didn't change the outcome of the game anyway.
Lebron seems to finally be understanding that he must post up to dominate an elite team like the Thunder. His outside jumpers are just not good enough to match up with the Thunder's offense. He continues to drift farther and farther from the post as the game goes on, but some of that might have been cramps tonight. Also, all we really want out of him is 10 to 15 post touches a game. He doesn't have to do it everytime down the court. (Though to be honest against this Thunder team it sometimes looks like Lebron does have to touch the ball on every play.)
Westbrook is killing it.