Via YouTube In case you missed it, this is the final (7-minute) minute of game five of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the probably-just-done-with-this-season Los Angeles Clippers. It contains some of the best basketball, least fair refereeing decisions and worst play-calling you’ll ever see. It should give you one of two reactions: 1. Via YouTube or 2. Via Reddit...
This is an amazing photo, and outlines how intense playoff basketball can be. With six second left to play and the Thunder down by two, Russell Westbrook stepped to the line to shoot three free throws, and the NBA MVP, Kevin Durant, just couldn’t bear to watch his wingman shoot from the line. Westbrook made all three. H/T Deadspin ...
This is an amazing photo, and outlines how intense playoff basketball can be. With six second left to play and the Thunder down by two, Russell Westbrook stepped to the line to shoot three free throws, and the NBA MVP, Kevin Durant, just couldn’t bear to watch his wingman shoot from the line. Westbrook made all three. H/T Deadspin...
USA Today The Oklahoma City Thunder are officially a lightning rod for controversial, bizarre, and unquestionably exciting finishes in these NBA playoffs. After thrilling viewers with a couple of insane comebacks against the Grizzlies in the first round, the Thunder fell victim to an improbable comeback in Darren Collison’s podium game on Sunday, and it appeared that with their momentum derailed, and...
Action got so intense during Game 5 of Clippers vs. Thunder series, that MVP Kevin Durant couldn’t bear to watch as his partner in crime Russell Westbrook shot three clutch free throws that eventually won the game. This might be the best picture we’ve seen during the entire playoffs. H/N ESPN The post Kevin Durant Refused to Watch Russell Westbrook Shoot Clutch Free Throws appeared first on Hooped...
There has been a lot of "thunder" about the above play towards the end of the Oklahoma City-Los Angeles playoff game last night. A quick recap: Reggie Jackson was driving to the basket, Matt Barnes slapped the ball out of Jackson's hand by actually slapping Jackson's hand, the ball goes out of bounds. The refs didn't call a foul but instead gave the ball to the Thunder out of bounds.That's when the...
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Fresh off a stunning collapse that had pushed his Los Angeles Clippers within a game of season's end, still fuming over a controversial replay call he would later lament as potentially "series-defining," coach Doc Rivers marched out of the locker room late Tuesday with fury in his eyes. He headed toward the interview room only to spot Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett walking past in the hallway....
After the craziness of Thunder-Clippers game five ended, one image of Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant circulate of him not watching Russell Westbrook at the free throw line. That image looked something like this: This amazing Durant photo featured everywhere was taken by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images pic.twitter.com/x5FcPPrmAB — Mike Prada (@MikePradaSBN) May 14, 2014 As you might the realm...
A series-defining call. That’s what Doc Rivers called it, and it very well may just prove to be. The Oklahoma City Thunder managed to squeak out their own comeback win in Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals to take a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Clippers, but it was not without controversy. The Thunder trailed by 13 points with 4:13 left in the game after Jamal Crawford hit a three, but they...
The NBA has finally issue a statement on the controversy surrounding the end of the Clippers/Thunder Game 5 playoff game last night. Following a video review that seemed to show the ball go off of Thunder guard Reggie Jackson, officials awarded the Thunder the ball. After the game Clippers coach Doc Rivers was so enraged by the call that he said it could swing the entire series. Today the NBA issue...
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After one of the most amazing finishes to an NBA playoff game, the Oklahoma City Thunder came back from a nine point deficit to steal a win against the Los Angeles Clippers in game five of their playoffs series. One of the rulings near the end of the game caused some controversy after the Thunder were awarded possession after the ball appeared to deflect off Reggie Jackson. After the game, Clippers...
The NBA officiating crew of Tom Washington, Bennett Salvatore and Tony Brothers stole Game 5 from the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night and gave it to the Oklahoma City Thunder with a series of bad calls at the end of the game. The Clippers blew a 7-point lead with 49 seconds left to lose […]...
Doc Rivers lost it after his Clippers let game 5 get away. He wasn't mad at his team, but mad at the refs after a questionable replay call with 11 seconds to go, with the Clippers up 104-102. The play started after Chris Paul got the ball and expected a foul call, but Paul was careless and lost the ball. On the other end of it, Reggie Jackson got the loose ball from Paul's careless dribbling, and the...
Many people, Doc Rivers included, though the Clippers were robbed of a crucial call in Game 5 between the Clippers and Thunder. It happened with a little less than 15 seconds remaining, the Clippers up two, Reggie Jackson appeared to be fouled. The refs, however, called it out on Clippers, and even after reviewing the […] The post Doc Rivers Ripped Into The Refs After Controversial Call In Game 5 appeared...
Before the Oklahoma City Thunder’s incredible game five comeback against the Los Angeles Clippers, many Thunder fans were exiting the building down seven with less than a minute to go. During his post game press conference, Kevin Durant decided to take a jab at those Thunder fans who decided to leave the game early: Kevin Durant with a subtle shot at the Thunder fans: "When we were down 7 and everybody...
Amid all controversy and criticism in the final minutes of the Clippers-Thunder Game 5, it came down to three free throws for Russell Westbrook. Three free throws that NBA MVP Kevin Durant, Westbrook’s teammate, couldn’t watch. Ooh, the suspense in these pictures are absolutely amazing. This is why the NBA Playoffs are […]...
Before the dust settled on a wild finish in Oklahoma City Tuesday night, NBA conspiracy theorists were already buzzing over the controversial out-of-bounds call that awarded OKC the ball with 11.3 seconds to play. The play in question involved Reggie Jackson driving to the hoop on a fast break, with Matt Barnes making a desperation swipe at the ball to prevent a game-tying layup. Barnes clearly whacked...
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