Yes. I'm glad I did not get up by 2 clock in the morning to follow this game. I expected a very good game from the Heat, but not a 37-point rout. Score was 104-58 early in 4th.
Good call. Heat scored the next 12. If there were any Bulls fans who had a case of overconfidence going into this game, this should have cleared that affliction right up.
How could we expect to come back with Taj and Noah ejected? [video=youtube;J8TAxAFOA4c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8TAxAFOA4c&feature=player_embedded#![/video]
Not here it doesn't http://extramustard.si.com/2013/05/09/miami-heat-middle-finger-lady-identified-as-widowshady-character-filomena-tobias/
[video=youtube;a2oFcyn_Eg0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a2oFcyn_Eg0[/video]
That's the guy who used to be an NBA ref but was busted for fixing games. I saw physical play, but I did not see Noah getting mugged. I saw a smaller guy trying to box out a bigger guy. Both went after the loose ball and it looked like Noah tripped Battier who fell on him. It was not on purpose. The refs had a tough game to call. Both teams were really physical. If they called everything, all the players would have fouled out before the 1st half was over.
I don't have the chance to watch the games here in Germany. So it is difficult for me to say if refs doing right or wrong.
It was a very physical game. There were moments where various players would be in each other's faces after plays. Several technical fouls called throughout. There were 27 fouls called on the Bulls, 24 on Miami. The Bulls aren't really a team that draws a lot of fouls and shoots a lot of free throws, but they still managed 21 attempts to Miami's 29. There were 9 technical fouls called, the 4 to eject Noah and Taj plus 5 more. 6 in total against the Bulls. There were many outright hard fouls, if not flagrant ones. Boozer committed a couple that were good hard fouls that were the gentlest of the bunch. From the game recap: For much of the first half, it was everything expected from a Bulls-Heat game, especially after Chicago took Game 1 on Monday night. It was physical - Udonis Haslem sent Robinson flying on the game's first possession, and Belinelli hammered Wade on the ensuing Miami trip, one that ended with Wade getting the first of the game's nine technical fouls for throwing the ball into the Bulls' guard.
Joakim Noah shows composure DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah let it be known Thursday that he was none-too-thrilled with getting a middle finger thrust into his face as he walked off the court after getting ejected during Wednesday's playoff defeat against the Miami Heat. In a photo that has made the rounds on the Internet, Noah can be seen walking off the American Airlines court in Miami with a female fan thrusting the lone digit into his face. Noah was reluctant to get too in depth about the incident after practice Thursday, but shot upright when asked if he typically has fun with fan interaction. "Do you have fun when somebody sticks their middle finger in your face?" Noah said to ESPNChicago.com. Noah admitted that unruly fans, especially during road games, are part of the gig, and concurred that hostile treatment goes back as far as high school as it has for most players who have reached the professional level. "It's all good," he said. "It's all part of the process. It's all part of the process." ... Noah said obscene gestures wouldn't ruin his day. "I love the game," he said. "I love basketball. I feel very blessed." The South Florida Sun-Sentinel identified the fan who gave Noah the middle finger as Filomena Tobias, the widow of former CNBC commentator and hedge fund manager Seth Tobias. "She's embarrassed, but she is being a good sport," Tobias' daughter, Victoria Racanati, told the newspaper. "She was having fun just like any other fan. All she has to say is that people need to get a life." Racanati said the family is Miami season-ticket holders who attend every game.
That last line made me laugh out loud. That "lady" behaves like that at a sporting event and then says that the rest of us need to "get a life." Those people are seriously f'ed up.
Gamesmanship is part of the game. The fans are free to take part. She wouldn't have done it if Noah refrained from getting his ass tossed.
Leather lungs. A fan who stands behind the opposing team's bench yelling obscenities, "you suck," and all sorts of nasty things. Been a staple at sporting events for thousands of years.
Apparently the "lady" is accustomed to the limelight having been accused of murdering her rich ex-husband. The charge didn't stick so she inherited millions and she can afford good seats where she can stick her middle finger in Joakim Noah's face. You're right. It's all in good fun. I retract my objection.
