Game Thread GAME# 40: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 5, 2019 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

Just watched the game aNd rewound that four or five times to try to figure out what the hell i missed. That was a blatantly missed call by the refs.

 

Terrible interpretation. The foul was by Turner on Tucker. Tucker then made contact with Harden after the ball was 20' out of Harden's hands.

 

Move The Team Clap Clap CLAP CLAP CLAP!

 

I dont fuck mothers with clap, but to each thier own.

 

Who are you kidding? You totally would.

 

I read your posts and swear to god I think if somebody was deliberately trying to be oblivious they couldn't do a better job

 

Gee, almost makes up for all those missed seasons of Oden, Roy, Bowie, etc.

 

According to the write up in the SF Chronicle, after Turner put Portland up 11 the fans "headed for the exits". Really? A solid win over a hot Western Conference opponent and so-called fans can't stick around 3 minutes to give the team the end of game applause? If you don't value the team, give your damn tickets to someone who does.

 

On the surface I get this.
The. further down I dont agree. The NBA is entertainment. If someone pays to go spends the time, and all the things required to go to a game they can enjoy it however they want too, within reason. I know if I paid to take my family to a game and we decided to leave early for whatever reason I wouldnt feel bad or feel like we cheated the team or some fan who didnt get to go. Its our entertainment budget our ‘free time’. I dont need to be told by someone else how I should enjoy it and for how long I have to enjoy it for. If I feel my entertainment is done then no I dont feel obligated to stay because someone else may have stayed longer.

 

Good to hear you take the penicillin cure first

 

That was certainly my opinion when the call was made, but I think the foul was called because of this rule:

“Any player whose actions against an opponent cause illegal contact with yet another opponent has committed the personal foul.”

It seems logical that you can’t shove an opposing player into a another opposing player who’s shooting the ball and avoid freethrows. Not that Turner was intentionally doing that, but that was the effect.

 

People are free to leave whenever they want. But I go to other entertainment. You don't see people leaving a play before the last scene or ballet before final pas de deux, unless performance is inexcusably bad, which also applies to sports

 

I go to movies and leave early if it sucks or I just dont feel like being there. Most venues like the theatre with live actors is a more intimate experience than a Blazer game. Theres also rarely 10,000 people trying to leave at the same time. Like I said I get it, but it doesnt really bother me either, and I dont feel like someone leaving early needs to give their tickets away to someone who wouldve stayed.

 

Dame is a decent on the ball defender, if he puts his mind into it (if he considers it a challenge) he could even be good. But he is a terrible help defender, if we're hiding him on their weakest player he's absolutely useless on defense. And as important it is to conserve his energy, if we're playing 4 players on defense whenever he's on the floor, that makes him much less valuable than he could be

 

I don't agree with any of that. But that is your view and i can respect that.

 

Don't be a rookie literal linear thinker. King's an even bigger put-on than me.

 

what do you have against mothers?