Watch the game.... The ref called an arm extend when Brad Miller put both arms on Jerome James...... Everyone does this to Yao.... but no fouls is called and now they called Miller on James... WTF???
The Sonics are only down 9 despite Rashard being worthless. If he and Vladimir heat up in the 2nd half, the Kings have no chance, even with a 9 point halftime lead.
Rashard better pull it together or this series may last a while. There is no way they should lose a series to a team like the Kings. Let's see what Rashard is made of in Game 4. I predict the Sonics will win the next 2 and close it out in 5.
Well the Sonics are up 2 with 9 minutes left (Allen 38 points so far!!) This after being down by about 15 poitns in the first half
Rashard Lewis still hasn't shown up in Game 4, but Allen's 40 points have been enough to give the Sonics a 6 point lead with less than 3 minutes left in game 4. Neither of these teams should advance past the second round imho.
I see a Sonic player flopping on almost every other possesion, but the refs are thankfully not calling it. If only the Houston-Dallas series could get those same refs... (or at least refs who use that mindset for that game).
Allen played out of his mind (45 points) which made up for Rashards Dirk-Game-1- like performance (19 points - 11 of which came from the line and 4-12 from the field.). Sonics prevailed 115-102 and lead 3-1. Suck on that you low life, tanking, playoff rigging, position fixing scum team otherwise known as the Kings.
Many people continue to underrate the Sonics. If Rashard plays well in the next round, they will definitely beat the Nuggets or will give the Spurs all they can handle.
Great defense by Brad Miller on that Allen layup. Way to hold Jerome James in check, Brad. And people actually argued that he should be an all-star over Yao the last two seasons...
i don't see why people act like it's karma that sactown lost after tanking to get seattle. it's not like they would've handled dallas any better. hell, dallas would've probably swept 'em with several blow outs. this was their only chance.
To be fair, Miller was coming back from a broken bone in his leg. He was asked to play far more minutes than he should have and is clearly not in game shape. Miller had 11 assists so with any kind of rebounding (he matched Kenny Thomas' 6), he would have had a triple double. Not saying he's better than Yao, but he's clearly better than Erik Dampier.
Now that the Kings are behind them, the Sonics will need to tune up their defense against the Spurs. I predict the Spurs will win 4-2 or 4-3.
I was hoping for an upset. I guess I still hate Seattle from the Schrempf years. And, I still feel like Sac was cheated in the WCF against the Lakers. Plus, I always root for the ex-Rox, and they have KT and Mobley.
what i found hillarious was at the beginning of the fourth quarter rex chapman kept commenting on how great the nba officials were and how they would never call something that would decide the game (i guess he didnt happen to watch any nba basketball the night before) it sounded so rehearsed and scripted, not sure if he was told by anyone or what. but then during the fourth he did comment on how the refs blew a lot of calls, most of them favoring the sonics. dont get me wrong i am glad sac lost, there is no way you can tell me that they didnt tank to get that 6th seed
