Bright Moments Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 miami will win tonight! and tonight!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceW Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 miami will win tonight! and tonight!! Watch out, you're getting a little giddy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) Game 4 Odds Miami -3.5 O/U 192.5 My picks Miami -3.5 and the under of 192.5 Edited June 19, 2012 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I'll go with OKC again to beat the spread. 192.5 seems a little low to me, I'll go with the over. I'm not doing too good at these picks, thankfully, my gambling days are long gone.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceW Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I'm going with OKC tonight. They were in the last two games right down to the end. One less mistake or turnover and OKC wins. Don't really care about over and under unless there is money on the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I bet on some earlier playoff games and lost both times It doesn't cost as much posting my winning picks here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 miami will win tonight! and tonight!! Watch out, you're getting a little giddy!! ya think??!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Miami wins the Finals, the city of Miami is happy. OKC wins the Finals, the rest of the country is happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 My man Juwan Howard is one win away from a NBA Ring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Re: NBA officiating I watch the Lakers from preseason to postseason every year and I have since I was a kid. I typed this up earlier this year in an attempt to show how NBA officials will make the game flow for one team or the other: NBA ref's recipe for biased officiating: 1. Quick whistle for on-the-floor touch foul to stop well-developing offensive play by the team you're cheating. Ball on the side, shot clock to 14 seconds. 2. Allow one team loads of off-the-ball contact while calling touch fouls on the team you wish to lose. 3. Get team you wish to win into the bonus as quickly as possible, preferably at the expense of a crucial starter for the team you're cheating. 4. Give any questionable out-of-bounds tip to the team you wish to win. 5. Just invent a travel call here and there against the team you wish to screw. Fouls can easily be construed as travels too, you know. Players stagger when someone lands on them. 6. Call illegal defense out of the clear blue sky to stop a run by the team you're cheating. 7. Obvious hacking fouls in the paint can easily be made into a no-call, or a jump ball. 8. The team you wish to win can reach in without consequence on any drive. It's a turnover! 9. There's no such thing as an over-the-back rebounding foul for the team you wish to win. The slightest contact from the team you're screwing is a loose-ball foul. 10. Technical fouls can be issued at any time for the slightest argument from the team you're cheating. Players on the team you wish to win can literally scream at you and spike the ball off the floor without catching it and it isn't a T. It's a little more subtle than that, but it's still obvious to the trained eye when the officials are controlling the game. They'll even the calls out toward the end of a quarter after they've already decided the general score. The majority of this perfectly describes why I pretty much stopped watching the NCAA tournament several years ago. By the way, you build up the ticky-tack touch fouls early in the game, on the better players on the (west coast; or underdog) team you're screwing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Game # 5 odds Miami -3 O/U 193.5 I thought OKC would win one in Miami but they could fold tonight My picks Miami -3 and the under 193.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 My man Juwan Howard is one win away from a NBA Ring I actually saw him do something on a basketball court last game- he helped LBJ off the court after the cramps episode!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) JH hasn't played a second of the finals I bet if Miami wins big he will be on the court at the end Wonder will this change people's view of the Fab 5? Prob not its too late Edited June 21, 2012 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 JH hasn't played a second of the finals I bet if Miami wins big he will be on the court at the end Wonder will this change people's view of the Fab 5? Prob not its too late It wouldn't change mine (and I'm a UM alum). As you say, he contributed essentially nothing to this series. He's basically just along for the ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceW Posted June 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 But he still has value guys. What you don't know is that when in practice he plays as ferocious opposition team.. He has been and still is a tireless worker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Re: NBA officiating I watch the Lakers from preseason to postseason every year and I have since I was a kid. I typed this up earlier this year in an attempt to show how NBA officials will make the game flow for one team or the other: NBA ref's recipe for biased officiating: 1. Quick whistle for on-the-floor touch foul to stop well-developing offensive play by the team you're cheating. Ball on the side, shot clock to 14 seconds. 2. Allow one team loads of off-the-ball contact while calling touch fouls on the team you wish to lose. 3. Get team you wish to win into the bonus as quickly as possible, preferably at the expense of a crucial starter for the team you're cheating. 4. Give any questionable out-of-bounds tip to the team you wish to win. 5. Just invent a travel call here and there against the team you wish to screw. Fouls can easily be construed as travels too, you know. Players stagger when someone lands on them. 6. Call illegal defense out of the clear blue sky to stop a run by the team you're cheating. 7. Obvious hacking fouls in the paint can easily be made into a no-call, or a jump ball. 8. The team you wish to win can reach in without consequence on any drive. It's a turnover! 9. There's no such thing as an over-the-back rebounding foul for the team you wish to win. The slightest contact from the team you're screwing is a loose-ball foul. 10. Technical fouls can be issued at any time for the slightest argument from the team you're cheating. Players on the team you wish to win can literally scream at you and spike the ball off the floor without catching it and it isn't a T. It's a little more subtle than that, but it's still obvious to the trained eye when the officials are controlling the game. They'll even the calls out toward the end of a quarter after they've already decided the general score. The majority of this perfectly describes why I pretty much stopped watching the NCAA tournament several years ago. By the way, you build up the ticky-tack touch fouls early in the game, on the better players on the (west coast; or underdog) team you're screwing. to my eyes, NBA officiating is barely one step above the WWE, and has been for a long long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 NBA you can call a foul on every single possession Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 NBA you can call a foul on every single possession how about those drives to the basket when the stars take 7, more or less, steps without a dribble??? "that's my move." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 But he still has value guys. What you don't know is that when in practice he plays as ferocious opposition team.. He has been and still is a tireless worker. Most people still expect to judge players by what they see on the court. (They say similar things about Scalabrine's hidden value (not so much about him being ferocious). To which I respond, it sure seems hidden to me.) Be that as it may, even if JH gets a ring (as it seems pretty likely he will), it won't change the general view of the Fab 5 as flashy underachievers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 That's just super star treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 That's just super star treatment ....kind of like the way we rave about still active old jazz superstars, 40 years past their prime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 JH hasn't played a second of the finals I think he's still resting from the shock of being thrust into a starting role for the Blazers in 2009-10. He signed on for a "paltry" million and probably figured he'd be playing 7-10 minutes tops, which is what his role had been the previous 3 seasons. Instead Greg Oden goes down, Pryz, as did all (but 1) other C & PF options. Lo & behold Juwan starts from about Christmas through mid-February, and even after that is putting in 20-25 minutes. It was pretty remarkable actually. He worked hard for that million! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 One rule I'd like changed is putting your hand in the player's face Seems like the player should move his face into the hand every time and a foul should be called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 miami will win tonight! and tonight!! and tonight!!!!! :excited: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 BM You buying the shots of Crown Royal tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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