[Scorpion]

OKC isn't playing well and doing things a bit out of their character ex. missing free throws.

I'm not ready to count them out yet but maybe the stage is a bit big for them.

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bingo, i was counting on that because OKC is a young team and its their first time in the finals and James cant lose this time

[t-wizzle]

Guys notice how BigD says "we" when the Thunder win but refers to them as "OKC" when they lose.

[lakerboy]

Thunder +158/Heat -175

Current series price at pinny. Mia has some value imo.

[Bill Dozer]

OKC plays their best with their backs to the wall. All season they have been filling it up when down by 10 pts or more in games. How about the Spurs series when they were down two games?? OKC needs one of these games to get homecourt back.

[lakerboy]

Okc will keep losing barely.

[PAULYPOKER]

OKC plays their best with their backs to the wall. All season they have been filling it up when down by 10 pts or more in games. How about the Spurs series when they were down two games?? OKC needs one of these games to get homecourt back.

Exactly,LB made this same type of thread about OKC then too...........

[lunchbawks]

if harden could hit a shot okc is back in this

can he play 3 bad games?

[big0mar]

OKC is just not smart enough yet. Stupid foul after stupid foul. They haven't learned how to win in these defensive battles yet.

[pronk]

Not a chance in hell they comeback. None. Zero.

Simmer down LB, just calm the hell down man, Lewhore will choke again because he's a Grand Master of choking ceremonies, that creature was born to choke and quit.

If it wasn't for that 4th "foul" on Durant when Thunder was up by 10 Hated would've been blown out last night. LeWhore of Akron ows his life to fat shyster Stern.

[t-wizzle]

Okc will keep losing barely.

Exactly

[oiler]

dont think they are done just yet,they do have the talent to win a few in miami

[Sport_Fish]

lol....until Miami wins 4 games this series, OKC backers will continue to justify their losses and blame their 'small mistakes' as costing them the games. And they'll keep believing they can/will come back to win the finals.

But guess what, as much talent/energy as they have, these young 23-year old stars are not gonna play their perfect A game in their first ever NBA finals. Even though they have still played well for the most part, its those small mistakes that you make due to inexperience that cost u the finals.

[cdaniels24]

2012 Thunder = 2011 Heat

[Mahowny82]

I don't know what is worse, watching them lose in Denver or being sick from then f*ckin altitude.

OKC isn't playing well and doing things a bit out of their character ex. missing free throws.

I'm not ready to count them out yet but maybe the stage is a bit big for them.

As bad as OKC played tonight, they still could have won. It's pretty discouraging but I'll hang with them to the end. It's been a great year.

Since when did OKC become they instead of we?

[goldengreek]

This team peaked with win over spurs. They look lost out there and have no clue how to handle a little defense. Miami kept trying to give okc game 3 but okc kept saying no thanks. Thunder can chalk up this season as a good success but they are dead and buried.

Not a chance in hell they comeback. None. Zero.

Kind of hard when you are playing an elite team and against the refs / Stern.

When is the last time a "superstar" player has been riding the bench due to foul trouble ?
They never did this to Jordan , Kobe, Lebron , etc
B2B games of having toi spend major minutes on the bench cause of foul trouble ? Thats bullshit
He was 10 of 14 shooting when he got his 4th foul and had to sit ..and OKC had a 10 point lead
The way the refs have called this series has been atrocious

[goldengreek]

Perkins is a waste of a human being. I cant believe he has an NBA contract

The Thunder had bad chemistry in this game. I'm seeing other boards say that Perkins is to blame. I don't know but they seemed strange today.

[goldengreek]

perkins is the scapegoat ??????????
miami played better down the stretch, thats wat it come down to
i dont believe in the experience factor
MJ, kobe, duncun, hakeem, magic etc all won titles in their first finals
sometimes the other team is just playing better or simply better

we will find out

They also got the calls from the refs..not banished to the bench making them not factors for important stretches of the game

[goldengreek]

OKC up six and then a 4th phantom foul called on Durant. Durant is now in foul trouble two straight games in a row when he only fouled out two games his whole career. This is how refs control the flow of a game unfortunately for bettors they are to god dam stupid to realize it..

[MTek]

If you live in OKC, sell your tickets now!!!!!!!!!! There will not be a game 6. Every person who lost there money last year with the heat, you can get it back this year

Wouldnt the ticket $$ be refunded then ??

[cdaniels24]

Whoever gets the most foul calls will win the finals. The refs were dick riding the Mavs (Dirk) last year in the WCF and finals.

IJS

[goldengreek]

if harden could hit a shot okc is back in this

can he play 3 bad games?

He played great in Game 2

[pronk]

Kind of hard when you are playing an elite team and against the refs / Stern.

When is the last time a "superstar" player has been riding the bench due to foul trouble ?
They never did this to Jordan , Kobe, Lebron , etc
B2B games of having toi spend major minutes on the bench cause of foul trouble ? Thats bullshit
He was 10 of 14 shooting when he got his 4th foul and had to sit ..and OKC had a 10 point lead
The way the refs have called this series has been atrocious

Personal fouls tally this damn series as follows: LeWhore 6 (Gm 1-1, Gm 2-4, Gm 3-1) to Durant's 12 (Gm 1-2, Gm 2-5, Gm 3-5) !!!

[pronk]

This cunning shyster is Bernie Madoff of NBA.

[Sport_Fish]

Pathetic fools...Blame the refs all you want, but maybe the reality is, just maybe, the Heat are the best defensive team in the league with a couple of the best players at driving to the rim and drawing fouls? And not to mention some of the best at drawing offensive fouls with charges.

Did u ever think there's a chance that has something to do with OKC getting into foul trouble? Esp Durant. There's a reason LeBron always drives when Durant is on him, regardless of whether he has a hot-hand-Battier open for a wide open 3, and doesn't pass because he knows he's purposely trying to draw a foul, and that foul is worth MUCH more than a 2 or 3 pointer, even if he misses both FT's.

[5mike5]

lol....until Miami wins 4 games this series, OKC backers will continue to justify their losses and blame their 'small mistakes' as costing them the games. And they'll keep believing they can/will come back to win the finals.

But guess what, as much talent/energy as they have, these young 23-year old stars are not gonna play their perfect A game in their first ever NBA finals. Even though they have still played well for the most part, its those small mistakes that you make due to inexperience that cost u the finals.

[ramones951]

Personal fouls tally this damn series as follows: LeWhore 6 (Gm 1-1, Gm 2-4, Gm 3-1) to Durant's 12 (Gm 1-2, Gm 2-5, Gm 3-5) !!!

LOL your argument is that Durant has 6 more fouls than LeBron through 3 games? That's your conspiracy evidence right there? Ever stop and think that Durant simply isn't playing as smart as LeBron and needs to stop committing dumb fouls?

And what sense does it make to say that Jordan and Kobe were never in foul trouble? Who says that Durant is exactly the same player as these two and the situations are correlated in any way? Your points mean absolutely nothing, and I honestly feel a little dumber for reading them.

[kfranz31]

the heat is a guaranteed lock in game four....its almost like its beeen played

[Thor4140]

LOL your argument is that Durant has 6 more fouls than LeBron through 3 games? That's your conspiracy evidence right there? Ever stop and think that Durant simply isn't playing as smart as LeBron and needs to stop committing dumb fouls?

And what sense does it make to say that Jordan and Kobe were never in foul trouble? Who says that Durant is exactly the same player as these two and the situations are correlated in any way? Your points mean absolutely nothing, and I honestly feel a little dumber for reading them.

maybe u need to look a little closer at these games. These type of fouls being called are fuking jokes.

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[big0mar]

Both teams in line with their season averages really

[Speedy88]

Where the **** has James Harden been in this series? I know the guy had 21 points in game 2, but that was a pretty quiet 21 points. Got to give a lot of credit to the Miami Heat defense. Heat defend the pick and roll better than any other team.

[nj1035]

Thunder +158/Heat -175

Current series price at pinny. Mia has some value imo.

No way - OKC is the team with value right now (coming from someone who pounded Miami +160 for the series)

[LordVodka]

maybe u need to look a little closer at these games. These type of fouls being called are fuking jokes.

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Look at who's calling these fouls. Joey Crawford, you could tell he was gonna call the foul before anything even happened. Look at his body language.

[goldengreek]

Pathetic fools...Blame the refs all you want, but maybe the reality is, just maybe, the Heat are the best defensive team in the league with a couple of the best players at driving to the rim and drawing fouls? And not to mention some of the best at drawing offensive fouls with charges.

Did u ever think there's a chance that has something to do with OKC getting into foul trouble? Esp Durant. There's a reason LeBron always drives when Durant is on him, regardless of whether he has a hot-hand-Battier open for a wide open 3, and doesn't pass because he knows he's purposely trying to draw a foul, and that foul is worth MUCH more than a 2 or 3 pointer, even if he misses both FT's.

What does Miami having two of the best playersdriving to the rim have to do with Durant being in foul trouble
The NBA has a history of protecting the best players in the league from foul trouble. Do you ever remember Jordan or Kobe or Lebron having to sit out almost the entire 2nd quarter ( Game 2 ) because the were in foul trouble.... do you remember them being in foul trouble and having to sit major mins on the bench in BACK TO BACK games in the Finals ???

[goldengreek]

LOL your argument is that Durant has 6 more fouls than LeBron through 3 games? That's your conspiracy evidence right there? Ever stop and think that Durant simply isn't playing as smart as LeBron and needs to stop committing dumb fouls?

And what sense does it make to say that Jordan and Kobe were never in foul trouble? Who says that Durant is exactly the same player as these two and the situations are correlated in any way? Your points mean absolutely nothing, and I honestly feel a little dumber for reading them.

They are calling fouls on Durant that they arent on Lebron..and never did with Kobe and Jordan
They are commiting the same fouls..just on guy is getting the whistle and the others are not

[goldengreek]

LOL your argument is that Durant has 6 more fouls than LeBron through 3 games? That's your conspiracy evidence right there? Ever stop and think that Durant simply isn't playing as smart as LeBron and needs to stop committing dumb fouls?

And what sense does it make to say that Jordan and Kobe were never in foul trouble? Who says that Durant is exactly the same player as these two and the situations are correlated in any way? Your points mean absolutely nothing, and I honestly feel a little dumber for reading them.

OKC was up 10 when Durant had to sit with that phantom 4th foul.
He was 10 of 14 shooting at that point in the game
It turned the game completely around. It was HUGE