I can totally understand people saying this about the ATL game, not this one though..... Yeah we were up sixteen but in the NBA 16 points is nothing. Its not like we were up by 30 or something. We are talking about the Spurs did you think we were gonna keep the lead the entire game? We are dominant offensively not defensively for that to happen. Spurs are not the Clippers. Im glad we competed the whole game but to say the ref didnt cost us the game is silly. It really doesn't matter because a L is a L. On top of all that Kawhi just hit a tough, tough shot, but like @Clutch memtioned on twitter, that phantom 3 foul meant everything at the end especially when we lose by 2.
The refs definitely ruined this game. They had a hand in this mess. The refs did not let them play at all. Incredibly lame.
This loss is on MDA. On the play where Harden got blocked, we should have ran a play that left less time on the clock. Even if Harden made that helter skelter layup, there was plenty of time for the Spurs to win it. Not fouling at the end was dumb too.
Ref's interfered and swayed momentum in the last couple of minutes w/ nonsense calls and no calls. Kinda hard to overlook that. Overall, the worst officiating performance I've seen in a very long time.
Third best team by record in the league. Rockets have a shot but Warriors and especially Spurs will be hard to beat.
I hate this dumb logic. Refs can absolutely cost you a game when it's this close. Saying that "we should have never let it be that close" is absurd given how good the Spurs are. We played well enough to win, the refs handed the game to them.
I thought the 2nd half was horribly managed... at somepoint Dekker, EG and Lou were a combined like 1-14 or some horrible stat... and MDA just left them all in... I understand wanting guys to 'play through adversity...' but c'mon its the 2nd half vs the Spurs... granted a couple shots were sunk from that point, but MDA does not make adjustments, doesn't call timeouts during opposing teams runs.... and wtf is up with Harrell? RA was out for the balance of the game... most of our guys are struggling to get the 3 ball to drop... we were giving up offensive rebounds left and right down the stretch... the man can't make it on the floor? CC 25 mins, Nene 19 mins, RA 25 mins... that's it for the bigs...?!? It seems if the 3 ball is dropping we're gold.... if it ain't - oh well, we're just gonna keep doing it and hope the law of averages kicks in... basically, seems to be the same mentality that kept giving Brewer mins for the last couple years....
C'mon, just cause we can't protect the ball and turn it over on 4 consecutive plays down the stretch doesn't mean anything... we obviously lost because of the refs.... sarcasm....
I'm not even upset about the loss anymore. And I still stand by what I think. The refs had some questionable calls and no calls against us. I suppose we have to be mentally stronger to over come the team and the refs. I suppose that's what makes a team a championship team is learning how to overcome the refs when you're clearly not the favorite.
Who says the Spurs being good and the refs being terrible are mutually exclusive. It's almost never either/or. I appreciate what you're trying to say, but nevertheless. I'm going to hack Clutchfans and restore the old system so I can give this thread 1 star.
Was anybody else impressed with Ryan Anderson's post defense against Aldridge? He definitely got beat a few times, but Aldridge was frustrated he couldn't just walk right in the paint.
