I think you have to give ALL the players a break. They all try their best. The Blazers tried their best too. And in this case, their best effort outdid our best effort. And that's all there is to it. Which is why I thought it was such an exciting series to watch. They were very evenly matched and neither team was going to roll over and give up. [In a sotto voice, I think we were way more talented than them. Some coaching would have made the difference but disregarding this, both teams played hard at a very high level]. My respect and admiration to all players and to both teams. FYI, I am now investing my emotions into the Spurs to go all the way. Why? By process of elimination. I dont like the Clippers, dont like OKC, dont like anyone left in the East. If not the Spurs, then the Blazers, though I dont think they stand a chance.
those are called "Allen Iverson assists"... the thinking behind it is the PG sucks in the defense and puts all attention on the shot attempt, thus an easy put back for whomever is crashing the boards.
I thought stars performed when it counts, the playoffs. Really disapointed in harden, I've never seen him play well in any playoff game. Thats not a "star" player.
Dude it is over... we had a great year maybe next year... everyone watched the games and we know between the Ref's, Lin, etc and the last shot take 1.2 seconds... instead of 0.9 it just wasn't our year.. Peace to all..
He stayed aggressive and pressed, drew two defenders and Howard had an easy all alone putback. He had other worse plays than that but if you are going to point out that one it makes me think you may be a bit biased. Any player could be put on blast over individual plays. Jones had the shot clock violation where he didn't know what he was doing, Bev had a couple airballs, etc.
