Even Barrett said most of the fouls called for Westbrook were legit. Only a couple weren't. IT'S A CONSPIRACY :MARIS61::MARIS61::MARIS61:
but they weren't hard enough! with twin towers they should have been scraping Westbrook off the floor before his freethrows!
I agree that it was just a 2-3 bad calls, but what was irritating was it seemed to be on the plays where he obviously flopped and the one ref kept rewarding him for it. Once they started to ignore his acting, he never fell down again. Amazing how that works...........
It seems pretty obvious that Westbrook outplayed Lillard. But the important fact is the Blazers outplayed the Thunder. Westbrook by himself couldn't overcome Aldridge, Wes, Batum and the rest of the Blazers. Losing Durant for awhile was a big hurdle for OKC . . . throw in Morrow, Jackson and the others and I think OKC will have a hard time winning games these first 2-3 weeks . . . even with Westbrook doing his thing. Meanwhile I could see Lillard using last nigh'ts performance as motivation . . . so win/win for the Blazers.
Did I say that it was a lot of calls or that there is a conspiracy? There were 2-3 times where it was pretty obvious that he was doing the leg kick and falling to the ground on little, if any, contact. Westbrook and Hardin are two of the best offensive players in the league and I just can't stomach that they've developed the flopping art to the point that they have and that they get rewarded for it as much as they do. The NBA said last season that they were going to crack down on it, but I sure don't see any evidence of it. I'd love to see the rules changed to where if any of the three refs think there's been an effort b a player to deceive the refs into calling a foul on a flop they can ask for a replay review. If the video supports the flopping call, the player is assessed a technical and the other team gets possession. That would put an end to the bullshit flopping, or at least dramatically reduce it.
That's what I'm saying as well. They are good enough to not have to rely on that bullshit tactic. Give shit like that to players that need edge like Crawful and others like him.
I don't think I understand this post. I think there is plenty of rational and meaningful discussion in this thread. Along with S2 doing what S2 do.
points made in this thread: westbrook is a damn good basketball player westbrook is a dick in a bag lillard is a better team player westbrook only played one solid half lillard played a better second half westbrook got 2-3 favorable calls... others were legit the refs sucked for both sides. we got some calls for us that were terrible as well roytoy has to be antagonistic, he is not a pro at being positive. lastly, westbrook is a giant dick in a box.
How about we return to this thread in about 20 games and see if Westbrook is still playing at this level? Something tells me he cannot continue to produce like that.
