Game 3 NBA Finals...

[Destructor D]

Well game going to start soon... haven't read many posts about this game, but going with the following!

Seems cappers memories are short and this is the reason Miami is receiving a lot of the action based on line movement, etc. Heat have been very tough at home during the playoffs and Thunder have come out in games 1 & 2 and looked horrid early. I think the Thunder will finally come ready playing on the road. Not quite as much pressure and I also don't expect guys like Battier to keep drilling treys so well.

Thunder will keep this close and I think they might win SU!

Thunder +5 (-120) for 8*
Thunder ML +170 for 2*
Thunder 1st half +2.5 (-105) for 3*

GLTA

 

[Destructor D]

What a kick in the f*cking balls... congrats Heat Backers. Nice choke job OKC, cost me a sh*tload. Well in a week, probably won't be wagering again until football anyway.

 

[TouchdownJesus]

I hear ya. Had OKC +4. Where to begin? A couple terrible passes down the stretch. That inbounds pass was inexcusable and probably cost the cover.

Pretty good officiated game overall but a couple shit calls sending guess who...Wade...to the line. On one he literally wasn't touched. On another Durant ends up on the bench in foul trouble. Free throws were huge, Heat just couldn't miss.

Anyway, lost 5 baseball games, a soccer game, and then put a lot on this and lost. Didn't win anything today and pretty sure I'm done til football season. Awful...just awful day

 

[Hashish]

Tough to win 8 on 5. Every time the Thunder go on a run, the refs step in. Every time it is a crucial moment, it goes the Heat's way. This might be the Finals that convinces me this shit is wrestling. No way in the world is this Heat team actually better than the Thunder, yet here they sit with a 2-1 lead after some atrocious calls going their way in the clutch moments.

 

[CincyKid]

That foul on Durant towards end of 3rd qtr was the game changer they went from blowing it open to making it a game.Still trying to understand why Brooks sat Westbrook when Durant went to the bench after that foul. :shrug: And of course the two terrible fouls by thunder while heat were shooting 3s.

 

[TouchdownJesus]

Even the blocking foul with about 12 sec's left. I know Harden was playing really tight D and maybe too tight for the situation.

But it was perfect defense and Lebron just turns and knocks him down. Ruined the end of the game. I guess you gotta call it and hard to call a charge there (unless of course its Battier). Really wanted to see what would have happened....both game and cover

 

[CincyKid]

Even the blocking foul with about 12 sec's left. I know Harden was playing really tight D and maybe too tight for the situation.

But it was perfect defense and Lebron just turns and knocks him down. Ruined the end of the game. I guess you gotta call it and hard to call a charge there (unless of course its Battier). Really wanted to see what would have happened....both game and cover

I had thunder too, I'm curious what would've happened if harden didn't foul with 16secs left and 10secs on shot clock not saying Thunder would've covered but that foul ruined any chance for Thunder backers.Coach Brooks was telling Harden don't foul and of course jackass fouls.

 

[TouchdownJesus]

Yeah but it would have been different if they called him on a reach-in. He was in perfect defensive position and Lebron just knocks him to the floor. Honestly, it was a charge but there's no way they are going to call that on their blessed Lebron.

 

[Hashish]

Yeah but it would have been different if they called him on a reach-in. He was in perfect defensive position and Lebron just knocks him to the floor. Honestly, it was a charge but there's no way they are going to call that on their blessed Lebron.

Agree, that's a charge or a no-call. Harden had perfect position. Lebron should foul out by halftime of most games. He plays all over guys, lowers the shoulder often and rarely gets called for anything. Disgraceful.

 

[TouchdownJesus]

Yeah, I compare Lebron to being a very athletic version of Shaq. If you get in his way, he gets the call and if you don't, its an easy basket. How do you defend that?

I compare Wade...from Day One in the league...to Jordan in his last couple years with the Bulls. You breathe on him or look at him the wrong way and its a foul.

OKC really needed to steal this one. At this point it looks like Game 4 is a must. I don't see them beating the Heat 3 in a row.

 

[Hashish]

Yeah, I compare Lebron to being a very athletic version of Shaq. If you get in his way, he gets the call and if you don't, its an easy basket. How do you defend that?

I compare Wade...from Day One in the league...to Jordan in his last couple years with the Bulls. You breathe on him or look at him the wrong way and its a foul.

OKC really needed to steal this one. At this point it looks like Game 4 is a must. I don't see them beating the Heat 3 in a row.

The worst part is that if either one of these prima donnas doesn't get a call they raise a stink EVERY SINGLE TIME.

 

[TouchdownJesus]

I agree. I actually liked Wade at Marquette and thought I would like him in the NBA. He bulked up and was just this incredible athlete. But then it all began.

I hate to keep saying it, but again, from day one....the whistles blew and he got to the line. And more and more, he started throwing his body into people and to the line he went. The 2006 title is an absolute joke and I really hope they don't win it this year but they probably will