2012 NBA Finals: (2) Heat vs (2) Thunder

[benji]

Harden slowed up to try and get the foul, he could have easily dunked, Wade didn't know what the fuck was happening and just tried to go after the ball. Harden is destroyed knowing he's given away tens of millions during this series.

Him being wide open for like five seconds, dribbling towards Heat players and then firing a brick was amazing.

[2Khoward]

Lolz. Lechoke is one win away yet still people start comparing him to MJ. LeBawn didn't grab a single rebound in the fourth quarter and decided to sit out in the final minute instead he opted to nurse his legs which actually looked fine untill the next timeout and then he was fine again when the game continued on. I was actually surprised to see him choking even from the bench. Hand that finals MVP to the real Batman already now if the Heat close the series successfully.

And yeah koberulz. Officiating was just non sense. It was as if they were afraid to give a foul to Durant, avoiding blames of putting him on bench perhaps? And there was a non call on Harden's fastbreak where he really deserved a clear path foul calls. It was as if the referees didn't want the game to get out of hand as the Thunder were up big at that moment. One of those case where it seemed as if the referees wanted this game to be a close one. The officiating just has been inconsistent. We fortunately got the better end of it though. But OKC fans deserve to feel upset.

Why cant the other 1 million be like you.People completely ignore the officiating the game.

[benji]

People completely ignore the officiating the game.

[2Khoward]

What's so funny?

[SoF'nAwesome]

Potatoes

[stereoxide]

[thatwizardguy]

Don't want the Heat to win.

Hate LeBron so much.

Just wait until he gets that ring, and then he becomes even more of a smug bastard.

In his own small brain (he skipped college, hes not an intelligent person) he probably thinks he's better than MJ.

[benji]

(he skipped college, hes not an intelligent person)

I tried, but there's no smiley that can convey my reaction to this.

[Sauru]

i am starting to get happy that lebron will finally win his ring. there is no way he was going to play his entire career without one so now that he has it maybe the media will shut up about it?

too bad for the thunder since this was their only year to win it. next year half the league is joining the lakers to ensure victory

[Nick]

i am starting to get happy that lebron will finally win his ring. there is no way he was going to play his entire career without one so now that he has it maybe the media will shut up about it?

^ This.

I want to witness LeBron become a top 3 greatest player ever. And he needs rings to do that. I just hope he wins graciously.

[SoF'nAwesome]

Amen to Nick

[_Steve_]

i am starting to get happy that lebron will finally win his ring. there is no way he was going to play his entire career without one so now that he has it maybe the media will shut up about it?

too bad for the thunder since this was their only year to win it. next year half the league is joining the lakers to ensure victory

For sure I really disliked that guy. But I tend to agree on this. ^
His numbers are phenomenal and it seems he've learned the hard way that regular game time is 48 mins. He may never become one of NBA's top five clutch players, but he surely dropped out of the top ten of worst clutch palyers...

PS: Lakers have a lot to do if they want to be the top team in the west again.

[SkyLine03LT]

Lolz. Lechoke is one win away yet still people start comparing him to MJ. LeBawn didn't grab a single rebound in the fourth quarter and decided to sit out in the final minute instead he opted to nurse his legs which actually looked fine untill the next timeout and then he was fine again when the game continued on. I was actually surprised to see him choking even from the bench. Hand that finals MVP to the real Batman already now if the Heat close the series successfully.

It was Spo's decision to sit him, LeBron wanted to go out there and play and he did when he came back for a few minutes, but it was obvious he wasn't well, even so he managed to knock down a key three. Some people can't even move much less play when they got the cramps, and I applaud him for that but it was obvious he was only gonna hurt the team by staying in there like Spoelstra said, so he took him out. I don't call that choking. It seems that you only pretend to hate LeBron so bad to fit in here and become friends with Benji and Shadowgrin, both of who are just fucking around joking most of the time and not being serious for their own amusement. It's fine to joke around about LeBron and the so-called choking for a little bit, but you've been doing it for way too long which is ridiculous given the fact that he's the best player on YOUR FAVORITE TEAM (at least this season) and is the main reason why we are in this position. That's looser talk. No offense.

And yeah koberulz. Officiating was just non sense. It was as if they were afraid to give a foul to Durant, avoiding blames of putting him on bench perhaps?

That is exactly what happened.

[Mavs4Life]

i am starting to get happy that lebron will finally win his ring. there is no way he was going to play his entire career without one so now that he has it maybe the media will shut up about it?

too bad for the thunder since this was their only year to win it. next year half the league is joining the lakers to ensure victory

I hate to feel like it, but like everyone else I agree. I'm actually excited to see LeBron win, mainly from what he'll say when he gets asked about the constant criticism, but aswell to see how those media members will react. Plus I wanna see if Bosh can get his jaw too expand any further when he starts yelling.

[Spree#8]

Amazing performance by Westbrook ruined by one dumb play near the end. Gotta give him credit though, he was the only one to show up for the Thunder in crunch time. Durant couldn't even get in position to receive a pass and Harden was awful yet again. He's played one good half in this series, no idea what's happened to him. Lots of missed open shots, many turnovers, bad decisions. Especially memorable were the missed fast break dunk (he was being pushed by Wade, but well before the shot... then again, if it was happening on the other end, the call would have been made) and that play:

Him being wide open for like five seconds, dribbling towards Heat players and then firing a brick was amazing.

I don't know why he was even kept in the game, because he was useless on offense and he's not a good defender. Therefore I can't understand why he was guarding LeBron so often, either.

It's really sad though that the game was being called for the Heat all the way. I can understand mistakes, but not that many and not always favoring the same team. Complaining about referees is getting old and boring, but this was remarkably terrible.

Anyway, this series is pretty much over. No team in the finals has ever won from a 1-3 deficit. And the Thunder are simply looking bad. What most people thought would happen to Miami seems to be the case for Oklahoma City - nobody to support their two stars. While for the Heat, there's always somebody who steps up - Battier, Chalmers, even Cole. Bosh, strangely, is playing really good defense. That can't be said about OKC bigmen - Ibaka will get a few blocks every game, but guys like Mario Chalmers being able to drive and get open layups... that's inexcusable. The Thunder are also failing to execute on offense. Down by three with a minute to go, they want to win the championship with Thabo Sefolosha's 3-point shooting. Well, good luck. The Heat's defensive gameplan seems to be letting Westbrook shoot from mid-range. He was hitting the shots in game 4, but he's not very likely to repeat that. And even if he does, OKC won't win 3 games in a row that way.

Before the series started, I highly doubted Miami stands a chance here. Right now however, I'm closer to thinking "what are the Thunder even doing here?". I don't know if it's pressure getting to them or what, but it's not the same team that went 12-3 in the West and handed the Spurs 4 straight losses after they had won 20 in a row. Still, game 4 might have turned out differently had a few bad calls gone the other way. Not to mention the final seconds of game 2.

It's good to see that LeBron might have finally matured. He's willing to carry the load for his team whenever they need him to. Wade is looking better too, despite pretty bad shooting from the field. He's playing with energy, I'm liking his defensive effort and he's getting back on defense in transition more often in this series. Probably all would have been for nothing though if the Miami role players played like a bunch of D-Leaguers (in other words, like they did before the finals most of the time). Durant and Westbrook won't win a title all by themselves, the Heat know something about that. But now they're about to get their rings unless some epic choke job happens.

[Lamrock]

This series still isn't quite over, thanks to the 2-3-2 format. It looks like Miami will probably close them out in 5 now, but if LeBron is hurt and the Thunder steal it, they'll be tough to beat in OKC.

But I'm glad Miami's about to win. It took them facing the Zombie Sonics for me to finally "forgive" LeBron and the Heat and honestly it's about time the best player in the league gets a ring. If there's a silver lining in this for OKC, it means that James Harden will not be able to command a max contract this summer.

Looking forward to game 5. Should be a good one.

[_Steve_]

One thing is true. You can't blame the Heat for playing solid perimeter defense. OKC is just shooting 27.3 % from downtown during the series, which is quite below the 35.2 % they were shooting during the regular season.
So taking many late game 3s isn't OKC's best weapon of choice against the Heat, especially if it's Sefolosha (0.200 3pt% during finals) or Westbrook (0.176 3pt% during finals) who's shooting the 3...

[thatwizardguy]

(he skipped college, hes not an intelligent person)

I tried, but there's no smiley that can convey my reaction to this.

good or bad lol

[Oznogrd]

In response to that college post: I give you the options lebron had

A) go to college, risking injury, usually end up in debt (yes this CAN happen to athletes on scholarship too), and get a bad rap if one tiny thing goes wrong or you dont win an NCAA championship

b) go to the NBA, sign 90 million dollar contract with nike, sign contract with cavs and get paid even more.

If i could have 90 million dollars, i sure as shit would've skipped college. The sign of intelligence was skipping college in this case.

[rise]

i am starting to get happy that lebron will finally win his ring. there is no way he was going to play his entire career without one so now that he has it maybe the media will shut up about it?

Every time I say that on RealGM, I get called a Lebron dickrider. Never mind that I'm rooting for OKC.

[NovU]

It's funny how media is being harsh on Westbrook, not just on few of his erratic plays but his actual game. Westbrook tried slow down a bit in game 3 and Westbrook got back to being even-more-aggressive-self in game 4. He's been making a constant adjustment. And yet, in game 3, he wasn't aggressive enough and in game 4, it was too much of Westbrook show that took away rhythm from others. Lolz. Thunder trying to figure out the balance pretty much is costing the series. Same thing the Heat's duo have been hearing all this time.

In his own small brain (he skipped college, hes not an intelligent person) he probably thinks he's better than MJ.

I agree. Kobe, Moses, Tracy, Dwight, Garnett, Monta, Jennings, Amare, Jermaine, they all share something in common. Dead brain.

[thatwizardguy]

In response to that college post: I give you the options lebron had

A) go to college, risking injury, usually end up in debt (yes this CAN happen to athletes on scholarship too), and get a bad rap if one tiny thing goes wrong or you dont win an NCAA championship

b) go to the NBA, sign 90 million dollar contract with nike, sign contract with cavs and get paid even more.

If i could have 90 million dollars, i sure as shit would've skipped college. The sign of intelligence was skipping college in this case.

When he's 60, how much of that 90 million dollars is left. Do people like Scott Storch, Lawrence Taylor, Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell ring bells? Athletes have poor money judgement, they don't have the brains of executives and don't know when there crossing the line.

Michael Jordan chose option A, and look where he is now... a boss#

Let's also put in an option C.

Him coming out so early was probably the reason why he choked so much, if he had gone to ncaa and was in some big national tv games, then things could of gone different for him and the cavs, no stage in high school will ever be as big as the NBA, NCAA... your just playing against teens, go to college and play against a wider range of players, he could of had 3 rings by now if he went to college imo and dominated and won a championship. (he could of gone to the best college team).

He gets career ending injury in his rookie season, 25% way through, where is his other "qualifications" to get through in life?

No way can he can gain endorsements, that's gone down the shitter with his legs.

[Sauru]

you dont have to go to college to be a boss

[thatwizardguy]

you dont have to go to college to be a boss

Of course, entrepreneur's ect... but for athletes, they put to much emphasis in rushing them in to get a big contract.

Wonder how many more seniors there will be in the upcoming NFL draft's.

And my references to boss wasn't a CEO, but the urban slang version.

boss 3005 up, 689 down

Incrediably Awesome; miraculous; great

[Sauru]

i agree, the problem with most athletes is they trust people around them well all those people want to do is rob them blind