So that explains the loss! I'm tellin' y'all it's sabotage!
Can we all agree the Suns probably wouldn't have won last night's game no matter how the officiating played out? Hopefully they at least provide us with a little more entertainment next time. And as UpA said in the WOTN comments: "I feel the David Stern Censorship Machine (TM) is coming to bawful... if you keep cricitizing the refs someone will be shutting this place off..."
Worst of the Night in Pictures:
(Anything to distract me from the action on the court last night is a welcome diversion)
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NBA Draft Lottery - ESPN, 8:00pm
It's the John Wall Sweepstakes! I will almost feel bad if the New Jersey Nets don't get the #1 seed. Almost. Meanwhile, I continue to look forward to the actual draft to see if Minnesota will pick another guard or three this year.
Celtics at Magic - ESPN, 8:30pm
Celtics lead series 1-0
The Celtics haven't won more than four straight games since Christmas. The Magic haven't lost consecutive home games all season. It wouldn't surprise me if the Magic looked a lot stronger this time around than in the series opener. However, it also wouldn't surprise me that a team that relies on Dwight Howard that heavily to lose. (Per Paul Pierce and his self-proclaimed Truth: "You know we going crazy tonight. sorry Dwight ") And furthermore, it wouldn't surprise me to see a team lose when the player trying hardest is Vag Carter. That's some seriously bad mojo.
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1. Danny Granger for jinxing the Pacers' chances.
2. Aaron Brooks for forgetting his pocket protector.
3. The guy interviewing John Wall for giving me the most awkward thing I've seen since I-don't-know-when.
According to just about every fan, their team would be 82-0 during the season and 16-0 during the playoffs if it weren't for the refs.
When my team loses I tend to remember all the missed free throws, turnovers, bad shots, bad defense, mental lapses, non-box-outs, and all the things MY TEAM DID TO LOSE and THE OTHER TEAM DID TO WIN....
... not a few bad calls that went against us, because there for sure were a few bad calls that helped us too just like every damn game. Every. Game.
Naturally, most fans don't see the calls that go their way, just the ones that didn't.
It gets old people! The refs suck. We know. Now go focus on your team.
Especially when its a blowout.
Word verification: Statinkl
Meaning: When a player has great stats in the first half but then pisses on it in the second.
Used in a sentence: "Mo Williams did a real statinkl in game six against boston."
Even goofy Howard the duck flattened the half truth. Hell Joe DeRosa decided it wasn't brutal enough and stepped it up by playing dodge ball with a fan. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that game 3 will have a shark tank.
Stan Van Gundy just got interviewed, and his voice actually doesn't sound like it's been through five bouts of laryngitis! I think that is a FIRST.
Laker crowds are generally worse, well the ones in the expensive seats anyway. I guess its not "cool" for celebrities to go ape shit when their team makes a run or yell encouragements when they're fucking up. I want to see Dustin Hoffman punch Jessica Alba in the face with excitement, damn it!
Although Laker fans do tend to burn the city down after a championship, I guess that's something right?
Vinsanity seems to have caught something from the Pumaman, as his normally-solid charity stripe work suddenly went all for naught in a clutch situation!!!!!!
Celtics definitely won that one fair and square.
Any Magic fans want to blame the refs?
Wow, what a crappy end to an otherwise entertaining game. Fail Orlando, Fail.
Also LOL: Stan Van Gundy giving the silent treatment to Pumaman's whining.
Those are what Bill Simmons has called the "type-B Laker fans" - the ones who are only there because it's the "cool" scene in LA and because they can afford those seats. Their real fans are supposedly top-notch.
And LA residents are looking for any reason to burn down their city - I'm pretty sure they'd do it if the Sparks win a championship. Why do you think LA has problems with wildfires all the time? Even mother nature is itching to burn it down.
BTW, how about the meltdown by Wince at the line? And Redick played a great game overall, but he's clearly too inexperienced in these late game situations, as evidenced by his late game boner (vaguely reminiscent of Chris Webber at UMich). Yes.... I said boner.
anyone got that playback from espn? it was epic watching him go from pumped and confident to scared at the drop of a hat. reminded me of another magic player at the free throw line....
and not to bring this up in another thread, but the officials are just out of hand. the ref ousting the fan tonight after the ref threw a ball at him, only to have the fan throw it back and then be tossed for his behaviour was insanely uncalled for. fans are allowed to heckle, the ref threw the ball at him (from what i saw, correct me if i missed something, remember...croweded bar :) )and the fan threw it back and got tossed for only doing what the ref did first????
No doubt... and Van Gundy then went right into the double facepalm... The NBA where double face palms happen...
just a reminder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPpo0NyBeLA
"With the 4th pick in the 2010 NBA draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves select... *sigh* Wait. You guys can't take Ricky Rubio again."
Draft:
Poor Nyets... they really have no luck... passed by a team that has more handguns than talent, and for other who spend gazillions in the Brand-Iguodala combo...
I think Matt (Bawful's roommate) would make an excellent host. That is if he's tired of being top dog in the MMA world.
Bill Foster - Hey - lay off Kenny. I think he's all right. God knows it's better than when they bring on other players *coughChrisWebbercough*.