Kevin Durant choked but...

[Angel Face]

Joe Crawford may have fvcked up his momentum which can be attributed to the reason why he missed his 2nd ft attempt. That interruption killed KD's momentum and puts more pressure on him. Joe should have waited for KD to finish both free throws before interrupting the game. :facepalm

No excuses, prime MJ would've cold blooded make both free throws with / without interruptions.

[Threethrows]

Are you arguing with yourself? It's Crawford's fault but no excuses?

[TheMarkMadsen]

Are you arguing with yourself? It's Crawford's fault but no excuses?

:roll:

What's the point of this thread.

[russwest0]

Are you arguing with yourself? It's Crawford's fault but no excuses?

He's saying no excuses for either person in the situation, Crawford or Durant.

Crawford's acts were inexcusable. He ran up and stole the ball from KD while he was about to shoot it and then threw a tantrum yelling at someone on the sidelines all because he was too stupid to remember that the number of bonus fouls in the OT period is 4 instead of 5.

To pull that shit on the most important FT of the game when you are the lead official is a disgrace.

[red1]

yeah that whole thing was strange. it is a legit gripe

[GODbe]

Are you arguing with yourself? It's Crawford's fault but no excuses?
:lol

[TheReal Kendall]

yeah that whole thing was strange. it is a legit gripe

This. but you still gotta knock that FT down.

[Angel Face]

Are you arguing with yourself? It's Crawford's fault but no excuses?

Where's the part that I typed it was Crawford's fault? I said it may have, meaning it's not total the reason on why KD missed the 2nd ft attempt, that's why no excuses.

[Real14]

http://cdn.niketalk.com/3/30/300ccadb_05-The-Rock.gif

[plowking]

If you can't hit a free throw as a professional basketball player, it's your fault. No one else.

[SpecialQue]

"No offense, but your ***** smells like a dumpster."

[Wang Zhi Zhi]

people are acting like what crawford did has never happened before

[KirbyPls]

"No offense, but your ***** smells like a dumpster."

No offense, but whose ***** doesn't?

[Spaulding]

KD is a superstar. No excuse to miss a FT because a ref messed up his routine on a second FT.

[SpecialQue]

No excuses, but here's an excuse...

[dude77]

no excuse for missing a free throw .. wide open, set shot, taking your time .. and you're already a good free throw shooter .. blaming it on the ref@lame as hell

[Solefade]

yeah ok this guy who literally took about a thousand free throws this season missed it because a ref paused the game? lamest excuse ever

[TerranOP]

Crawford HAD to stop Durant from shooting that free throw. The scoreboard had that the Thunder had a foul to give when they really didn't. If Crawford doesn't do anything and Durant misses that free throw(which he did) and Memphis gets the rebound, the Thunder might foul thinking that they had one left to give. They might have ended up inadvertently putting Memphis at the free throw line because of a scoreboard error, which would've been a MAJOR irreversible mistake.

[Random_Guy]

Crawford HAD to stop Durant from shooting that free throw. The scoreboard had that the Thunder had a foul to give when they really didn't. If Crawford doesn't do anything and Durant misses that free throw(which he did) and Memphis gets the rebound, the Thunder might foul thinking that they had one left to give. They might have ended up inadvertently putting Memphis at the free throw line because of a scoreboard error, which would've been a MAJOR irreversible mistake.
This
Joey Crawford is a **** but that's a legit excuse

[AussieG]

Who knows whether Durant would have made that FT. It's a pretty weird thing to complain about IMO.. could have just as easily been a timeout called by the other team.

It's still a wide open 15 footer. And Durant normally hits contested 15 footers like they are a layup.

[crawdaddy4ou]

It could be used as an excuse but you won't see OKC bitch about that. Anyway, they should have given Crawford his retirement papers long ago.

[russwest0]

Crawford HAD to stop Durant from shooting that free throw. The scoreboard had that the Thunder had a foul to give when they really didn't. If Crawford doesn't do anything and Durant misses that free throw(which he did) and Memphis gets the rebound, the Thunder might foul thinking that they had one left to give. They might have ended up inadvertently putting Memphis at the free throw line because of a scoreboard error, which would've been a MAJOR irreversible mistake.

No he didn't. The scoreboard showed 4 fouls which is in the bonus in OT.

But Joey Crawfords stupid ass wanted to correct it to 5 which accomplished nothing.

[Prometheus]

Durant choked but Joey Crawford is a walking bag of shit.

[ArbitraryWater]

No excuses and this bitch is crying about it? :roll: :roll:

Too much beta by OP

[INDI]

No excuses but the real reason they lost was the time left at the end of the game. When the ball was knocked out of bounds they showed clearly in the instant replay that the ball hit the floor with 3.1 left.

When they added the time back they only put up 2.9 which wasn't a big deal. Had OKC had that extra .2 it would've left Ibaka's hand in time thus OKC wins. That's scary

Look at the game again if you don't believe that 3.1 was supposed to go up

[nzahir]

What about the multiple missed shots in the 4th and the ot?

[VIntageNOvel]

No excuses, but here's an excuse...


this is bran trademark

"no excuses, but this sleeves jersey ":roll:

[GODbe]

It was a freethrow. He was chucking up multiple airballs and splitting freethrows all game. Would've happened regardless.

I miss the days when the best player in the NBA wasn't a choker and was very good looking:(
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Kobe+Bryant+2011+NBA+Star+Game+ZD8AO1KXeFZl.jpg
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/4703663/peter-parker-crying-o.gif

[dubeta]

It was a freethrow. He was chucking up multiple airballs and splitting freethrows all game. Would've happened regardless.

I miss the days when the best player in the NBA wasn't a choker and was very good looking:(
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Kobe+Bryant+2011+NBA+Star+Game+ZD8AO1KXeFZl.jpg
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/4703663/peter-parker-crying-o.gif

:biggums:

[sd3035]

That was a legendary move by JC