#focus#mustwin#playoffs#drama? : 2013 NBA playoffs

"It's year one, so you're not just going to go cold turkey," James said. "Guys have been accustomed to doing it for years, and it's not even a bad thing. You're just trying to get the advantage. Any way you can get the advantage over an opponent to help your team win, then so be it."

omg two of the top 10 players in the league just flat out saying it

haha

lol at We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping what does this even mean

what would wade do for 48 minutes, you want him to just "shoot" and "play defense" and "hustle" or something

lol Bron and Wade gonna have to ween themselves off flopping, systems can't deal w/ the shock of sudden, painful per36 stats spiraling downward.

man those are some of the saddest quotes ever

Ha Pacers already 10X more intense on D this game than they were all last game. Changing the seats from that black/white checkered pattern back to solid gold good move imo possibly a gamechanger.

LANCE

ugh battier is the worst

both lance and psycho t play offense like 10 year olds that have never understood what "basketball" is

lol was gonna say that Lance's game is basically Tyler's + crazy athleticism.

Just so funny for a dude who scored more points all-time in ACC history looks so utterly unpolished.

ugh lance is flopping all over the place

watch him get fined for it instead of the superfriends

Not to get fannishly hair-splitty, but those are more just over-reactions than flops-- dude just pulled back fast on both of them (both not really during gameplay). Don't think he was really looking to draw some call (he wasn't acting like he'd been hit afterward, writhing on the ground / holding his jaw or something).

oh come on it'd be one thing if he didn't flail his arms too

Call me when he falls out of bounds for no reason.

Eh, it's one thing if it's during gameplay and/or is feigning real hurt / injury, and Lance wasn't really doing either. Like, he doesn't give the refs a talking to / look that says, "DUDE JUST HIT ME IN THE FACE HOW U NOT GONNA CALL A FLAGRANT??" Like, on both of those it's pretty quickly clear that nothing happened on either play.

refs are pretty much ruining this series too

should be interesting. heat def vulnerable to teams that can shoot the three, but spurs have trouble with athleticism

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:47 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not rly sure this is all that true anymore. kawhi and danny green get the lion's share of wing minutes and they are p athletic and good to great defenders.

Rough watching Chalmers take over the game.

LANCE!

Surprised Reggie didn't mention the Tayshawn block against him during that Pistons run after that Bron transition D block.

Lance's overall game feels like a coke binge.

this game has been insanely wacky, it's making me uncomfortable

reffing has been unconscionable

I agree. But they seem relatively equal opportunity shitty for a change.

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 2m
Official Derrick Stafford just forced Spoelstra to call a timeout because he was standing on court calling a play. Never seen that.

Huh. I thought a coach on the court was a tech. I guess Stafford gave him an option or something? Weird.

Refs foul calling has been impetuous, Pacers D impregnable.

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 2m
Official Derrick Stafford just forced Spoelstra to call a timeout because he was standing on court calling a play. Never seen that.

Huh. I thought a coach on the court was a tech. I guess Stafford gave him an option or something? Weird.

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:43 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

FFS THIS IS A T. Spo one of the worst offenders here, too.

WHAT THE FUCK

fucking scandalous

Although tbh I like that call. Refs missing the ball clanking the rim there was a much worse call.

"missing"

shot clock guy should be fired btw

these refs are terrorists

I try to tell people that NBA officiating is actually not that bad ffs

I mean this is being officiated like it's the D team calling bobcats-sixers in february

still better than college refs, but that's not saying much.

wow that lebron flop

would the NBA even exist without Joey Crawford

this game has been so weird

Wow Heat should've gone at Lance there.

ruh roh

oh shit 6 on bron

omg

does the inevitable upcoming wade double-pump 3 even catch rim? quick poll

erase this game from the earth's memory

None of these refs should work another playoff game.