I thought we lost the game 3 times tonight and got back in it. So give our guys credit for hanging in there at least.
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The NBA’s admission won’t change anything in the best-of-seven series with the OKC Thunder now stealing homecourt advantage from the Spurs in this West semifinals in the 2016 NBA Playoffs. But he could not find an open man. So, with his defender, Manu Ginobili, guarding right in his face (replays showed that Ginobili actually stepped over the line, which could have resulted in a technical foul on the Spurs), Waiters shoved off.
NEW YORK (AP) NBA referees say their missed foul on Oklahoma City’s Dion Waiters as he inbounded the ball was a play they had never seen before. Following the game, lead referee Ken Maurer told a pool reporter the crew missed the call.
“I don’t know what it is, to tell you the truth, what type of violation it is”, Ginobili said of Waiters’ elbow.
“It’s got to be something”. But again, it’s not that play that decided anything. Asked whether it will mean anything when the National Basketball Association calls to inform him the refs made a mistake on the call, Popovich said, “No, it won’t mean anything if they do that”. Of course, the Spurs are capable of winning this game, but I like the Thunder’s athletes on their home court where they seem to play at another level.
The final sequence of Game 2 of the teams’ second-round playoff series featured no-call after no-call after no-call, with players on both sides, the clock operator and even a fan in the front row committing unpenalized infractions. We came out and took care of business in Game two, we knew we was going to be a different team.
Aldridge had 13 points in the final quarter, including a pair of three-point plays. “Feels like it was wasted”. We have a tendency, when you win, everything was just flawless… and when you lose everything is wrong.
LaMarcus Aldridge should have been called for setting an illegal screen on Russell Westbrook.
Durant was held and ended up losing the ball on the attempted catch.
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Adams had a monster game with 12 points and 17 rebounds while Mills struggled with his shot, scoring just five points from 2-9 shooting.
