[NBA] vbook: Thunder at Heat

[JadeBrecks]

Cmon guys! Let's step away from the conspiracy theories and realize that when Rondo scored 40+, the heat won. and when Westbrook scored +40, the heat won. Maybe, a more even distribution of points is required to win a NBA title. Not just Durant and Westbrook, but a more even amount of scoring since Harden has disappeared from this series!

You have to admit the calls all went the Heats way. If they would have called those fouls at the end against the Heat that would have killed their momentum and changed the end of the game.

 

[TheRealLynch51]

You have to admit the calls all went the Heats way. If they would have called those fouls at the end against the Heat that would have killed their momentum and changed the end of the game.

To a tiny extent, yes. But, the way the Heat play versus the way the Thunder are two separate things. By being aggressive and going to the bucket, the Heat are bound to get more calls. The Thunder are more of a jump shooting team, i.e. Durant and Hardin, with Westbrook shooting a lot of jumpshots as well. Aggressive teams get calls.

 

[PerthDomer]

From what I've seen if there's any possibility the ball handler is touched at all going towards the basket, a foul is called. This goes both ways. Same with calling blocking when a charge appears to be the right call. This also goes both ways. If anyone on the Thunder would be a man and attack the hoop (besides Westbrook, and even he takes a ton of jump shots) this wouldn't be a problem. Sack up and play the game... Stop whining.

 

[greyhammer90]

I feel like this is you guys in a nutshell.

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[SaltyND24]

Blame shouldn't be placed on just one person, because there have been a few mistakes on both ends. However, the Thunder could easily be up 3-1 if they would simply just attack the basket with the same aggression as the Miami Heat. James "The Black Vlade Divac" Harden (as my friends like to call him) is so worried about trying to get a call by embellishing the contact he receives rather than just going to the hole strong and finishing. I've always been taught to go to the hole strong and not worry about the whistle being blown, and if you do it enough times, you'll get the fouls called. For the game, the fouls were 18-16 Thunder...