[Game 2] Kendrick Perkins holding back Chandler Parsons for Sefolosha 3

I'm not so infuriated about it. Looking at the distance Parsons had to cover and the time he had, I don't think he could challenge that shot at all. So yes, it was a foul, and it'd be really nice to not count that basket, but the foul didn't give OKC a material advantage.

 

Yeah it was risky by Perkins but he had the confidence to do it because the refs NEVER see or call this type of foul.

This happens ALL THE TIME and the refs don't care enough to call it since it's not an obvious "shoving" foul

 

If the foul is called then there are 3 less points for OKC.

 

If you're not cheating you're not trying...

 

If i ever see Perkins on the street...

 

i love harden's defense on that play.

 

Bumping because it was my first post and it got buried at the end of the last page, so I doubt anyone has seen it. :grin:

 

Seriously, since the league is already reviewing flopping and giving penalties, they ought to review intentional fouls and fine them as well if they're deemed unsportsmanlike or something. This one was ridiculous and clearly not a run of the mill foul. It should have been a technical of some kind.

 

Good to have you here.

But for every favorable call given to Harden, there is one given to KD. So I don't see that as a legitimate gripe.

 

Thanks man, I appreciate the welcome.

But the boxscore disagrees with you. Harden shot 20 free throws last night, and KD shot 8. Oh, and 2 of those were the final seconds of the game when Houston intentionally fouled him.

http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400459780

 

cool story bro. but honestly if you are looking for a intelligent conversation while taking the side of the opponent...you're not in right place.
The site is filled with a bunch of blind, die hard fans, and believe the rockets players can do no wrong (this includes me).

Thunder suck. Westbrook is a little baby back b*@#h. and would you kindly GTFO of this thread.

Thanks.

 

ohh well now this is awkward..

 

I meant in general. In the regular season, Harden only averaged one more FT attempt per game. So I wouldn't be surprised if the FT disparity evens out the more games are played.

 

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Thunderfan thinks he is welcome here. Thats awkward.

 

Haha! I mean, my team is up 2-0, we are fresh off a Finals appearance and a Western Conference Finals appearance the year before, we have the second best player in the game, and your best player was our third best player the last few years. No need for me to do any trash talk. My team will do that for me.

Well, a couple things. One more FT attempt per game is actually quite a bit when you look at a whole season. Also, Harden is a known flopper (I admitted it when he was with us), and KD has never been known to flop at all. He had his rip move that he used a couple years ago, but that's been taken away. And most importantly, we were talking about the possibility of them evening out over the series, we were talking about this game. All the Rockets fans have their panties in a wad about one non-call at the end of the game. So in context of this particular game, I find that hilarious considering that Harden took more free throws than KD and Russ combined.

 

Oh... I see.

I should also have added that the slight FT disparity between the two during the regular season can be partially explained by Harden taking more shots in the paint.

Harden attempted 5.8 shots at the rim per game; Durant attempted 4.4. Harden attempted 7.2 shots within 9 feet of the rim; Durant attempted 6.2.

Well, I don't know who "we" is. It looked like I was the only one who responded to you, and I was talking about evening out throughout the series. But I probably could have been more clear.

 

I disagree Parsons could have closed the shooter, a lot more pressure on the shot, Thabo is not clutch he would have missed.

 

Don't worry, your turn to get screwed will be against LeBron in the finals again.

Harden is our only scorer and he drove the entire night. KD took a lot of jumpers the entire night. We sagged off and dared him to shoot. Using the box score to justify poor officiating is dumb if you watched the game.

 

Dude, if your goal is to troll then you lose all credibility and become one of the many interstitial defects in this forum, but if you are trying to have a reasoned discussion about the game without constantly throwing out what a great OKC homer you are, then you are welcome.

 

I'm talking about all the fans in this thread who have whined incessantly about that one call. Not necessarily you.

And good stats to back up your argument. If we were being honest, we'd admit that both KD and Harden get favorable calls from the officials because they're both superstars. And if we were being honest, we'd admit that Harden is definitely a known flopper, while KD is not. And again, I'd like to stress that my point was about this particular game.

Ugh, that's the truth. Don't even get me started again on the non-call against LeBron at the end of game 2. That turned the entire series around. Still mad about it to this day. Also, KD was in foul trouble in two of those games very early, which hurt us as well. All the while, LeBron bullies his way to the rim time and again with no offensive foul calls, ever.