Western Conference Playoffs - First Round Discussion Thread

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Nene is decent in the post

Not only are they not calling any plays for him, they arent running any plays at all

[Bumi]

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Denver needs a post man... someone who can play with his back to the basket

You cant have 2 short guards in at crunchtime and Kenyon Martin taking 19ft jumpers for the win

Nene's been playing like Dwight Howard tonight. Inside scoring wasn't their problem. They easily could've won this game.


That aside, I sometimes wish Westbrook were more Chris Paul and less D. Rose

[BleacherBum2310]

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Man I feel the outcome would have been different if that obvious interference was called. Oh well, onto game 2.

Agreed.. at least they would of gotten a chance at a high percentage shot.

[The 24th Letter]

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Was that non call the reason K Mart jacked a dang near 3 pointer down one?

bad call, move on, make the right play

hard to feel bad for Denver after that..

[LingeringRegime]

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Disappointing finish to a great game.

[TheMatrix31]

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Was that non call the reason K Mart jacked a dang near 3 pointer down one?

bad call, move on, make the right play

hard to feel bad for Denver after that..

Dude, just because they did something stupid after doesn't erase the fact that there were two points on the board that literally shouldn't have been.

[lilbiggio]

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Awesome transitional play drawn up by George karl...


Pretty fun game, on to tommorrow for Game 2's

[av7]

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Well after that, my little interest in the sport is now at absolute empty.

Have fun with the series.

[BleacherBum2310]

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Yeah onto game 2, hopefully Afflalo will be able to go.

[Kobalt]

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Disappointing ending. K-Mart shouldn't shoot long jumpers, everyone knows he can't make them but he still takes them. First half Westbrook went off, second half it was Durant. They scored 72 of 107 pts.

We got to make free throws.....good to see Nene playing well in playoffs though.

[XFactah416]

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It was indeed a terrible call.

Stinks for Denver. Changed the complexion of the game too.. but the way they looked at the end of the game is very troublesome, especially being down 3 and looking completely lost out there on the perimeter. Even when there was 7 seconds left, the inbound to Nene looked like it was bound for failure until the Harden foul. Down 5 and you inbound to Nene?

[The 24th Letter]

Dude, just because they did something stupid after doesn't erase the fact that there were two points on the board that literally shouldn't have been.

sure it doesnt doesnt change it,

but what? do they quit b/c of that, ***** about it? walk out in protest?

no, go into next play mode and make the right play....its what winning teams do...

[phenom1990]

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I think the Nuggets should feel encouraged going into game 2. They scored right around their season average and it took Durant and Westbrook to combine for 72 points to win that game, I don't know how many times that will be replicated this series.

[TheMatrix31]

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sure it doesnt doesnt change it,

but what? do they quit b/c of that, ***** about it? walk out in protest?

no, go into next play mode and make the right play....its what winning teams do...

Meh. Regardless of what play happens after, the fact is that two points were on the board that shouldn't have been. Everything you do after that changes, especially because it moves everything from a one possession game to a one/two possession fluctuation.

I mean ****, I can't stand that argument. Obviously you play on, but you can't just expect it to not matter and "do your business anyway". The game was decided by four points.

The REAL solution is easy. Just have every damn thing reviewable, especially under two minutes. The fact that you can't say "Okay, we need to look at what just happened" is absolutely ridiculous.

[The 24th Letter]

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its really not a argument, its what professionals do.

I bet they dont even mention it post game.

Anyway, people give Miami alot of **** for the way they score, but OKC seems very similar sometimes..

edit: it should definitely be reviewable though...