2012 NBA Finals

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by ImaMod:

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

ummm....whats the call on collison?

defensive foul
Wade was in the air before Collison set himself up

bad call, I did the replay, Collisons feet were set before he was in the air. Just wanted to point out not all the calls are going to OKC...

It was a close call, but he was still moving his torso even though feet were set. Could have gone either way.

Miami is getting every call right now

This ending will be epic.

The birth of The King v. Durantula

lebanon james though

Originally posted by toeshawn:
lebanon james though

LeBra ..Its french.

Same 4th quarter fold we have come to expect.

King without a crown

- Matisyahu

Originally posted by StOnEy333:

This is where OKC usually comes out and goes on a ridiculous run to go up. At least so far this playoffs, they have.

Well, that pretty much happened, again.

Why does Lebron just disappear? Durant and Westbrook took the game into their hands, while Lebron drove the lane a couple times for some points. It's sad that a guy with his abilities always trails off when needed the most. It's somewhat disappointing to watch.

Same old Lebron. He needs to take over.

Originally posted by JiksJuicy:
Why does Lebron just disappear? Durant and Westbrook took the game into their hands, while Lebron drove the lane a couple times for some points. It's sad that a guy with his abilities always trails off when needed the most. It's somewhat disappointing to watch.

you won't get an answer, Lebron fans vanish when games get to the 4th as well.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by JiksJuicy:
Why does Lebron just disappear? Durant and Westbrook took the game into their hands, while Lebron drove the lane a couple times for some points. It's sad that a guy with his abilities always trails off when needed the most. It's somewhat disappointing to watch.

you won't get an answer, Lebron fans vanish when games get to the 4th as well.

Damn the Thunder are hard to stop... Westbrook mid range is deadly. Defenders give him so much room because they are scared of him driving and he just pops the jumper. And Durant... Wow. How do you stop a guy with that much skill and length? This thing will still go 6 or 7. But I think the Thunder are too complete to beat.

Originally posted by sacniner:

Damn the Thunder are hard to stop... Westbrook mid range is deadly. Defenders give him so much room because they are scared of him driving and he just pops the jumper. And Durant... Wow. How do you stop a guy with that much skill and length? This thing will still go 6 or 7. But I think the Thunder are too complete to beat.

Too complete! Too complete to BEAT, yeaahhh yeaaahhhhh!!!

Originally posted by sacniner:
Damn the Thunder are hard to stop... Westbrook mid range is deadly. Defenders give him so much room because they are scared of him driving and he just pops the jumper. And Durant... Wow. How do you stop a guy with that much skill and length? This thing will still go 6 or 7. But I think the Thunder are too complete to beat.

That Durant/Westbrook combo is something else, man. After Durant had that crazy run in the 4th, Battier started playing some pretty good ball denial on him and you got some stale possessions where Westbrook had the ball with about 8 seconds on the shot clock and they had nothing going on. At that point you have ANOTHER guy that can create something out of nothing in Westbrook. Not a damn thing you can do about it either.

That said, this framework is made possible by Durant's skill set, and ability to catch & shoot. LeBron & Wade could vibe off of each other in the exact same way if one of them was good at operating off of the ball, were effective from mid range, and could catch and shoot. The type of shots that Durant was hitting simply aren't the kind of shots that those two can hit on a regular basis, so instead they have to take turns basically doing the same thing. My biggest complaint with LeBron on the court has always been that his type of game is the type of game where it's hard for both him and someone else to have a great night on the same night. It happens, but it's rare.

If OKC goes on to win this series, it will be the 5th year in a row that the winning squad had a devastating mid range player. Pierce, Kobe X2, Dirk, & Durant. Skill set matters.