Eastern Conference Playoffs - 2nd Round Discussion Thread

[cima]

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I can only imagine the **** storm that would come from Cavs fans if that exact situation happened with Noah and LeBron or Hinrich and LeBron and LeBron got ejected for kicking his leg free from that leg lock and Noah didn't get so much as a tech for it AND LeBron got called for a foul on top of the ejection. Not to defend TK cause....well we all know TK's thing. But tonight was pretty ridiculous.

I don't know TK's thing, I haven't frequented the NBA forum since probably 2004-2007, somewhere in there. Saying it's a conspiracy and LeBron is the league's guy is just ridiculous though. He's been on stacked Miami teams and he plays in a much inferior conference. My allegiance is with LeBron but I honestly don't even want to see this team in the Finals this year because with no Love and a hobbled Irving, they aren't going to handle a team like GS or LAC.

All I've seen in this thread is constant bitching about the refs and it's extremely tiresome. I don't like to support one side over the other, I try to be as objective as possible because Jordan and LeBron are my 1A and 1B favs of all time. Delly definitely should have at the very least got a T. In general I think the league is very soft nowadays so I don't agree with the ejection, but that's the era we live in now. His ejection did spark life into them though because they came back from 17 down and almost won.

The fact is that refs constantly miss calls on both sides, not just one. It's always been that way and it always will be that way. Bitching about it accomplishes nothing other than making you look like a sore loser.

[OSUFan_88]

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Sore losers?? Coming from a Cleveland sports fan?!? REALLY??

He's not a Cleveland Sports fan, brah. That's a Bengal in his avatar.

TBH, yeah, probably Delly should be given a tech. But Taj deserved to be tossed. You cannot wind up and kick a dude like that, no matter what. Same thing that happened to JR in the Celtics series. Doesn't matter what another dude does to you, you cannot react like that.

I was hoping that the Bulls fans on here would appreciate this series. Appears it's going to be a bitch fest about the refs, which were bad on both sides tonight, again. Using the refs as a crutch because your team is down is a bad look.

But...whatever. Hopefully we win in either game 6 or 7.

[ThreeKing]

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Delly needed a T, but yall who think there should be equal punishment are full of ****.. He pushed him to the ground, kicked him, and then shoved the first guy who came running up in the back.. Delly held his ankles together.. And that's equal punishment? No way. But yes Delly deserved a T.


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How else is he supposed to get out of that stupid bush-league leg-lock?? Ask nicely?!?

[cima]

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Sore losers?? Coming from a Cleveland sports fan?!? REALLY??

Cleveland sports fan? Ouch that hurts, do you even see my avatar? I'm a LeBron fan brah and despise everything else Cleveland because I'm from Cincinnati. No offense to Cavs fans, you're cool with me while LeBron is there

[ojandpizza]

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How else is he supposed to get out of that stupid bush-league leg-lock?? Ask nicely?!?

Watch the replay, just watch it. He has his foot nearly free from pulling it back.. There was no need for him to ever kick forward, or shove Delly to the ground in the first place.


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[OSUFan_88]

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How else is he supposed to get out of that stupid bush-league leg-lock?? Ask nicely?!?

How about not blatantly kicking him? That'd help.

Ya'll Bulls fans are a trip. Acting like he locked him in the figure four or something, like he was about to snap Taj's leg.

Dude overreacted because his team was on the verge of being blown out. If he didn't overreact *and still overreact* he would have been on the court when his team was coming back instead of in the locker room.

[ThreeKing]

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He's not a Cleveland Sports fan, brah. That's a Bengal in his avatar.



TBH, yeah, probably Delly should be given a tech. But Taj deserved to be tossed. You cannot wind up and kick a dude like that, no matter what. Same thing that happened to JR in the Celtics series. Doesn't matter what another dude does to you, you cannot react like that.



I was hoping that the Bulls fans on here would appreciate this series. Appears it's going to be a bitch fest about the refs, which were bad on both sides tonight, again. Using the refs as a crutch because your team is down is a bad look.



But...whatever. Hopefully we win in either game 6 or 7.

I call BS on your whole post. You'd be screaming a different tune if the same situation happened to your squad. And you must've missed it when I said the officiating IS NOT the reason the Bulls lost Game 4.

Please, brah, bruh, bro...whatever.

[ojandpizza]

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His foot is completely free from the lock before he actually "kicks" watch for yourself.

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2462814-bulls-taj-gibson-kicks-cavs-matthew-dellavedova-gets-ejected

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[Segagendude]

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Yawn. Cavs going to the Finals. The NBA is getting really boring. Every year Lebron gets to the Finals. Isn't parity great?

I'm sorry, but did you feel this way when it was All Kobe's Lakers, All The Time???

[King_B_Mack]

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What the hell happened to Rose after the first quarter?

Such a drop off.

He hurt his wrist.

Delly needed a T, but yall who think there should be equal punishment are full of ****.. He pushed him to the ground, kicked him, and then shoved the first guy who came running up in the back.. Delly held his ankles together.. And that's equal punishment? No way. But yes Delly deserved a T.


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You can't be serious with this oj? He didn't push him to the ground. 6'4" Delly was trying to box out 6'9" Taj Gibson. Sorry dude fell forward but to say he pushed him to the ground as if there was some sort of malicious intent other than a typical basketball play there is ridiculous. And I fail to see how he kicked the dude with a leg that was being held by Delly. This dude picked Delly up off the ground as he pulled up his foot he had Taj's leg so tight. Hit them with double techs and move on.

[lilteapot]

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I initially said it should be a double technical but I don't disagree with the decision to toss out Gibson.

[vtcha]

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Just saw the ejection.

From far it did look like Taj kicks Delly (which probably caused the way the players and crowd reacted) but after watching it from close he was clearly trying to free himself aggressively but unintentional.

If anything it should've been a Flagrant 1 at most and maybe a T for Delly.

[ojandpizza]

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This play is no different than when I player has a hold of your jersey and you swing your arm back and hit his arm.. It's the same principal.. If you wanna be mad at someone be mad at Taj, he lost his cool..


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[OSUFan_88]

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I call BS on your whole post. You'd be screaming a different tune if the same situation happened to your squad. And you must've missed it when I said the officiating IS NOT the reason the Bulls lost Game 4.

Please, brah, bruh, bro...whatever.

No, you are saying they are the reason they lost Game 5, it seems.

The same situation did happen with JR Smith last series. And I willingly accepted that he was going to be suspended. I blamed the refs for not keeping the game under control.

[ojandpizza]

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You can't be serious with this oj? He didn't push him to the ground. 6'4" Delly was trying to box out 6'9" Taj Gibson. Sorry dude fell forward but to say he pushed him to the ground as if there was some sort of malicious intent other than a typical basketball play there is ridiculous. And I fail to see how he kicked the dude with a leg that was being held by Delly. This dude picked Delly up off the ground as he pulled up his foot he had Taj's leg so tight. Hit them with double techs and move on.

His foot was free before the kick. Watch the slow motion video I just posted man.



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