James Harden right now.... 1/8 shooting, 20 points

[TheReal Kendall]

I'll admit I didn't watch the game but that's ridiculous.

I've said it before Harden doesn't play to score. He play for the fouls.

I don't like his game but its basketball. If I was reffing this game I probably would've stopped blowing my whistle for him

[ABfor3]

I'll admit I didn't watch the game but that's ridiculous.

I've said it before Harden doesn't play to score. He play for the fouls.

I don't like his game but its basketball. If I was reffing this game I probably would've stopped blowing my whistle for him

Please elaborate. How can someone play for fouls? Fouls=Points...Points=Scoring so therefore your post makes no sense. He is playing to score.

[SIRI1]

Z-Bo went off on the refs after the game. Fine coming..

Randolph, who had a team-high 23 points and 17 rebounds, said the officiating played a big role in the loss.

''It was the refs tonight,'' said Randolph, who received a technical late in the fourth. ''Eight against five. The game in the second half, a man was shooting free throws every time. We were out there playing hard, and they were dictating the game. It can't be like that. We are out there playing, too.

''It was horrible refereeing, it was a horrible game they reffed tonight. Awful. They dictated the game. We are out there working as hard as them.''

Link



Audio here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiYZgIJjp-g

[TheReal Kendall]

Please elaborate. How can someone play for fouls? Fouls=Points...Points=Scoring so therefore your post makes no sense. He is playing to score.

What I'm saying is he's always trying to draw a foul. I've seen plenty of times were he would ha easy bucket but he would make it difficult by trying to create contact to draw a foul on the defender.

[bdreason]

I wouldn't put it pass your dirty ass team to try to do this.

Back in my days that's how floppers and showboats were dealt with.

[moe94]

Back in my days that's how floppers and showboats were dealt with.

What the hell are you talking about? Who attacks a showboater and thinks they don't come across like a salty c*nt?

When was your day? When Kemp was pointing fingers after dunks and Chuck was barking after throwing someone down? Or was it when Magic was doing unnecessary no look passes as Bird talked more shit than anyone in history?

[bdreason]

If you're going to put him on the FT line, might as well send him to the floor. Maybe he won't be so inviting of contact next time he comes through the lane. From a coaches perspective, I'd be embarrassed if I gave up that many FT's to one guy.

[Solefade]

If you're going to put him on the FT line, might as well send him to the floor. Maybe he won't be so inviting of contact next time he comes through the lane. From a coaches perspective, I'd be embarrassed if I gave up that many FT's to one guy.

except these days you'd be thrown out of the game immediately and be fined 20k and probably gets worse after each time you do it.

[LakersForlife]

Goat

[bmd]

Grizzlies were playing bad defense. Aggressive defense... but bad defense. That combination creates a lot of fouls.

They'd let Harden get to the rim at will, and then bump, slap, hack, etc. after they'd get beat off the dribble.

Dwight only played like 2 minutes in the second half because the refs gave him his 5th foul about 2 minutes into the second half. So it goes both ways.

[edrick]

The funniest part is that the people talking shit didn't watch the game. They were legit calls. The game sucked though.

If every legit foul was called, the game would be boring as ****, as seen by the game last night.

[Mr Exlax]

If every legit foul was called, the game would be boring as ****, as seen by the game last night.

They didn't get called for a foul every single time. He was just attacking the basket that much. He couldn't get shit to fall from outside so he did what you're supposed to do and that's attack the damn basket. He wasn't fishing for contact, they were fouling him. He wasn't selling shit because those were legit fouls. I guess you'd rather him keep chucking up jumpers?

[DCL]

1/8 on 20pts.... you simply can't defend this.

i didn't watch the game. i don't care what happened.

a stat like that jumps at you like a guy having 15 turnovers.

[SilkkTheShocker]

OKC still lost that trade.

[Godzuki]

Harden is so smart getting the contact on his drives. he gets beat up for it but he's basically mastered contact while driving. a lot of other guards in the league need to learn it. he had that one drive where the defender is reaching his arm down low for the ball while its cradled, and Harden lifts the guys arm up to his neck and gets the call.

Lin is a beast too. he doesn't get enough respect by NBA fans in general.