I have to say I really enjoy Dave's writing over at Blazersedge. Sometimes though, he just outdoes even himself. I heard some of the booing after the Nic no-call towards the end of the first, but this description of it from Dave was awesome. Blazer fans be proud:
Batumshakalaka sparked a Boomoeba... I like it! Dave is solid, its Ben at BlazersEdge that writes too much Crapzano type stuff. Often times that dude is just plain clueless.
Nice! I agree, Ben doesn't hold up next to Dave. His writing appears to be aimed at possibly the younger crowd or something.
He needs to mix in a carriage return. That's way too much uninterrupted text for me to wade through on the Web. Ed O.
I was at the game and said this is by far the loudest I have ever heard the fans boo the refs. I was sure to give my input to them also. I even yelled at Ken Mauer to go back to Happy Days.
That is actually probably the 2nd angriest I have seen the crowd in memory. I remember an incident a few years back where it was the crowd looked to be on the verge of a full riot, and the referee's actually looked to be in possible danger.
That was literally one of the most incredible things I've seen/heard in an NBA arena! Gave me goose bumps.
Me too. It felt more like a response to decades of ref ineptitude than a simple response to a handful of consecutive bad calls. It was a purge of pent up hostility we've all felt for a very, very long time. And God damn did it feel great!
I was there, and damn it was awesome!!! Did you guys see the dude go over to the scorers table and offer the refs money out of his wallet..hahaha PRICELESS!
This reminds me of the game when we were playing the Lakers at the Rose Garden, and it was something like "Bill Walton Appreciation Night". They had handed out Walton plush-dolls. The crowd got so pissed at one point they started raining down the dolls onto the court. Priceless.
Last year when Ariza tried to cripple Rudy the crowd went apeshit insane. I seriously thought someone was going to charge the court. I do believe the amount of anger directed at the officials last night shook them. I don't know how it couldn't. I know the horrific officiating starting getting better after that.
Was there a chant of "These refs suck" to begin the second quarter? I couldn't distinguish it on TV, but the crowd was chanting something like that after we had gotten a few calls in a row, and even Mike Rice was saying, "all right.. I think it's time for the crowd to cool it for a bit". It was pretty funny.
Yes, the chant tried to materialize two times but couldn't overcome the noise of every one else booing their brains out.
