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Dejounte Murray gets more foul calls than Curry.

LOL

Refs are not even pretending about the useless foul calls.

SmooshCHN:
Bro, that guy needs to stop making bricks. The refs won't stop with their horrific calls. We need to work on TOs..

Curry players too much.. The unnecessary flare and risky passes are getting too much.

I endorse this completely.

Once we get comfy we start playing rubbish.

Curry turning the ball over anyhow. Klay afraid to shoot. We cannot beat Cleveland this way.

I am disappointed.

Klay, we love you. Please don't go Harrison Barnes on us. We need you.

LOL refs using +1s to keep Spurs in this game.

Jesus. The NBA is a joke.

Refs give Curry his fouls. Stop cheating us.

KD is going to lead us into the finals people!

Klay please Catch heat and burn them.

But we knew nowww. There was no way on earth Perez was not going to fix the game. Diego Simeone had already said it last season that Spanish FA had felt it was preposterous for RM to go that long without the trophy. All season long they had some really dodgy wins- this one included.

Decale:
Ehen? How can I help you?
Why are you calling my name anyhow?

That is Iyanya's song "Kukere". I am singing it for you and our Cav brothers (I know you are not one but your babalawo is...)

Leo Messi, greatest ever/ haters? They can hate forever/ Messi just flows better. He did not create the river/

They act like they don't know him/ those homies, when they are lonely/ at home, we know they are calling his name/ 'Cause right next to the wall of shame, is the hall of fame/ so they see him on his throne- my man/

Chelseafan1:
You sabi Winners Chapel?

I know CFC are almost sure-fire to win. Especially with AFCs injury list but I want them to beat you guys so they will keep Wenger there. That way, all other EPL teams will be sure that AFC will not win the EPL for another 2 or 3 years.

SmooshCHN:
My bro said white basketball coaches on Instagram and twitter
I couldn't handle it mhen. I tore up completely

If we bash Brad when he shytes the bed, we better give him credit when he gets it right. That is what I have been advocating for my man Steve as no coach is infallible - even Pop.

I have never praised TLue because I still feel Bron is the coach of that team but if he makes some clever moves - let us not zero it down to having great players.

On the flip side, I am not happy Cavs lost because it will wake them up come the finals (if they get there). I wanted reality to hit them in the finals but it decided to get them earlier than I envisioned. Nothing spoil.

Someone said if you want to change a dollar with LeBald he would give you 3 quarters instead.

Chasing Jordan? Oga first pass Kobe.

All my ladies
All my ladies
Nse nse decale (oya decale)
All my ladies
All my ladies
Nse nse decale (oya decale)

SmooshCHN:
I just read Asian newspapers.


That last part about white basketball coaches on Instagram and Twitter and triple double.

"Why the fvck you lying? Why you always lying? Oh my Gawwd, stop fvcking lying"

^^^^ SMOOSHCHN

God will punish Silver and that referee. I would never forget that game. 25pts we dropped to within 7 and then Refs will immediately give Cavs FTs to extend the lead. Look at 3 of those fouls. The Kyrie, K Love and last Lebron one. They are so clear as day even Stevie Wonder could see the farce of refereeing decisions those were. I pray Curry and co use it as fuel to completely annihilate The Cavs come NBA finals (if we meet).

Decale:
Lol, you guys couldn't even sustain a 3-1 lead without Draymond Green and Bogut against Cavs, na Spurs una wan win comfortably without KD? Lol

Surely, you know Grizzlies will take at least a game from you? 2 may be stretching it but 1 most likely...

I said it here that Grizzlies and Rockets would take 2 from Spurs, the tougher teams. You guys met Jazz and Blazers not those two. Don't look at your sweeps like they're good or comparable to Lakers '01.

Spurs with a full fledged team will take 2 games from Warriors. I no need babalawo for this one

That team of last year is not this one. We relied on 3ball & Harrison Barnes and we did not have Javale McGee. Iggy was having back spasms etc. That is why hypotheticals don't work.

When we played Portland I did not expect a sweep neither did I expect one from Jazz but the fact remains, in our 16 win run, we beat both Memphis and Rockets (2 Times) without KD this is an aside from the fact that we beat Spurs 3times last season without him too.

Now we can back up to Mark's time and remember we took them to 6 without Draymond. In fact that game 1 in their home was a 2pt loss. And we stole the game 2. So if that ineffective team could steal 2 games from the almighty Spurs why is it hard for me to assume that down 23 in my home even with their star player would not have been a rock solid L. The narrative does not gel.

Pacers led Cavs by 25 going into the 3rd Q when PG13 was on fire but they still lost that game. If PG13 had gotten injured by the beginning of the 3rd Q the narrative would have been that Cavs won that game because he went out but it does not necessarily work like that.

Harden was outplaying Kawhi in the series until game 5 that he fumbled in the OT and cost his team the lead. I have mad respect for Pop and what he has achieved with the Spurs but that OKC win against them last time was a chink in his armour.

Decale:
Dynamics change every game. I can as well ask if Durant and Iguodala got hurt at the same time against a fully stacked Spurs, will the Warriors go 3-0 up? Lol

Remember, you used Bogut's injury as one of the reasons to give up a 3-1 lead; and a Draymond's game 5 absence. Why are you suddenly giving your Warriors all the credit?

Because after KD went down to Gortat at Washington I feared we may not get it past Round 1 of the playoffs. Then pundits started saying the same thing - "they need him. They don't get past Round 2 without him"

16-1 (and that 1 was even with him). Including those back to back games where we came from 22pts against them at their home, without KD.

So yea, we can beat them indisputably, comfortably and any other adjective even without KD and Iggy.

Also, Spurs conceded 2 games to Memphis and Rockets (without Kawhi). Surely, we are substantially better than those teams.

SmooshCHN:
I thought I was the only one who paid that much attention to the detail especially on the 3rd foul. But let's see.. Hopefully the calls would be fair especially that gruesome pick and roll the Cavs usually put Curry in like last playoffs.

That pick and roll they keep referring to was not Curry's issue. I wonder why many pundits are just regurgitating the same armchair narrative. Even if Iggy is matched with Lebron or Kyrie you cannot completely shut them down as they are elite iso players. Curry's issue was all the shoving and pushing he was receiving on one end and then if he even as much as attempts to play good D refs blow and foul him. It was pathetic.

If the refs will just blow consistently when he is shoved to deter them,

Make I close mouth for wetin dem go see.

Decale:
Well, you can be shyte in the regular season and good in the playoffs and vice versa. Klay Thompson is a perfect rendition of that this year.

And yeah with Kawhi and Parker, Spurs would take 2 games comfortably, freely, indisputably plus any other adjective.

I no blame Warriors sha, na Cavs start am with the super teams.

Klay has been elite defensewise. On offense, he struggled but he would shake it.

How can a basketball head like you fall for 2 and a half quarters of abysmal GSW bball compared to spotless Spurs ball?

Even if I give you game 1 what other game would they have comfortably taken based on what you have been seeing?

SmooshCHN:
They are not letting him off the hook from the lottery pick. People questioning if Celtics and Lakers getting top pick was for ratings. I hope we come through this finals so Silver doesn't have to pull a game 4 LeBron shoves Curry leading to Curry fouling out or game 5 LeBron snitch leading to that suspension.
I don't expect the calls to change. The league is always on Brons side.

I thought I was the only one who thought it conveniently curios that both got top picks in the draft. Anyways he deserves the heat.

Mehn, the Curry thing is troubling me because that is exactly what Cavs will do. They did it games 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 and that Dec game as well. Jesus, if SC gets the calls Kawhi gets he would average 30+ on 12 shots per game. #Word

I would complain less if he wasn't racking up touch fouls for doing nothing but play good D. See what Dedmon tried to do to him yesterday and the refs unlooked.

Manutd19:
Many that couldn't see through what the Cavs were doing, relaxing during the regular season. LeBron is the best player in the NBA and is not even close. Many were hoping they for wizard in the finals as if they have any chance of getting a game against a serious Cavs team.

I don't see the warriors winning more than 2 games against LeBron.

Let us seperate some facts from myths. Lebron is the best player in the NBA? Yes. It is not even close? Myth.

Y'all relaxed during the regular season because you could afford to. Trust me, Lebron cannot play Pop with Spurs having home court advantage. Besides your win % would have placed y'all like 5th in our conference and the matchups may not favor you guys.

Nobody was saying the Wiz would beat you guys but they at least match up better. After all,why does it appear that Raptors and The Celts are ostensibly easier than The Pacers were? It is because of the matchups. Lebron had to think about PG13 but against Celts they have no one that can match him heightwise and with the shooting prowess of the Pacers talisman.

Fernandowski:
if not because of Kevin Durant, I can never waste my time watching golden states warriors play.... the only thing they do is 3s and nothing more.... no good game play....... spurs is the best team in the NBA..... no doubt about that one...........

clippers makes the game more interesting...... Deandre Jordan and Blake Griffin...... I have been repping cavs since the days of Anderson varejo

Mehn, e be like the last time you watch basketball na last season. We have been different this year. I wonder why people don't say it enough. Rockets and Cavs were more 3pt shooting teams than us. The evidence is even in the stats; they attempted way more and made more than us despite having lower percentages.

These days, we only shoot 3s when absolutely open or with our backs against the wall.

iPopAlomo:
As a Barca fan yourself... at the start of this season... didn't you envision your team lifting La Liga...

But your team fell short of the glory...


FYI... As fans of Arsenal football club... lifting all the cups is our minimum expectation... even if it's far fetched... but as FANS!!! imagining the impossible is why we support our club... if you do not know what it means to be a fan of a club... you can Google it up...

We only just fell short not crash and burn since February plus we put pressure on the coach to resign because we deserve better.

Your stubbornness to hope on regardless of hard cold facts is what exemplifies the typical delusional standpoint of fanatics.

So yes, I know about fanatism. I did not need to read it up on Google. I see it virtually every time I come here to read posts.

May Conte not bludgeon your hearts come May 27.

SmooshCHN:
Cmon Bro, we would win the series, yes but definitely not sweep or won game 1 vs Spurs. And the East teams not even trying also makes it disgusting to watch. It has been a difficult to watch. Largely because opponents aren't doing enough. I know my feelings, it's disgust not sympathetic. Maybe you've been enjoying this playoffs but I'm very sure so many would prefer watching something else.

Remember I challenged someone on here who said we would sweep them. I did not expect it too so I have not made any claims. All I am saying is "we would never know". We played a full strength OKC team last year and we still beat them. We were 3-1 up against a full Cavs team as well yet we ended up not winning. These things could go either ways.

I don't watch Cavs games anymore. The last game I saw was against Raptors game 1. I saw the first half of game 1 against Celts but did not waste my time any more but I don't blame Cavs per se for it. I actually blame the Wizards for losing game 7 when they would have matched up better.

Anyways make we forget story. Abeg, are you seeing the way Curry got manhandled yesterday without the refs blowing a damn whistle? It was so frustrating. What pains me the most is the cosmetic fouls they now call against him. People say our team is making the playoffs boring but the refs are making some away games closer than they should be. Jesus! If they let Cavs do this again Silver will choke on his Glasses.

We really need to stop pretending about being disgusted. Sympathetic because of some injuries? Yes, disgusted? It sounds rehearsed and played out.

Another thing that needs to be shelved is that notion that with Parker and Kawhi Spurs don't get swept. Parker was Shyte all regular season and there is only so much Kawhi can do.

It is not the sweeps that makes the playoffs uninteresting but this feigned feeling that we don't need to predict who will get to the finals. The reality is, for years on in, many have been deciding which teams will get to the finals and have been right.

I did not see these sweeps before the playoffs began. Heck, many predicted Cavs would go 12-7 before the finals (myself included). We were wrong but it did not take the joy out of watching them until they got heavily mismatched against the Celts. After all, they swept the Pacers but the series was watchable.

You AFC fans crack me up a lot because you can be so delusional. If I may ask you, what about your season shows next season will be any different?

You guys are the type that see 2 men building houses at the same time and when one of them finishes his Bungalow comparatively quicker than the other you begin to gloat that he has failed - forgetting to consider that he may be building something better than a bungalow.

As time passes and the edifice of the second person is done and totally dwarfs the bungalow of the first friend, you guys will change mouth and start saying the one with the edifice simply had better engineers.

I pray you win your 13th FA Cup so that Wenger will retain his managerial position. Well done.

Spy360:
You sure can write epistles.

On Pep:
He won titles on his first seasons with Barcelona and Bayern, which informed City's appointment of him. Everyone thought he is that title winning machine. I had argued that he was yet to be really tested, seeing that Barca and Bayern had big names in their squads being the reason for his successes. That his real test would be in the EPL where the competition is strongest. Your likes opposed me, so I challenged Pep to win a title like he ALWAYS does to prove me wrong, HE FAILED. Couldn't even win a broken glass.

On Wenger and Arsenal:
Wenger built this club from elative scratch. It has never been perfect, but it has been remarkable. You talked about having finantial strength, not true. There were years when he had to sell to maintain the squad- Henry, Nasri, Fabregas, RvP, etc. Nevertheless, change is needed now for the club to step up.

On Poch:
I think he is a brilliant guy. But he's got his work cut out, being in a similar position as Wenger was- the new stadium. Except if Daniel Levy supports him with money, he may have to sell some of those young stars to maintain his squad.

Winning titles in his first season was a bonus in Barca. That is not just what he was hired for. The legs you are calling big names were players who had 2 years without a trophy. Xavi for instance was to be traded to Bayern but Pep put it off.

Pep was hired to continue the Barca tradition that Cyruff begun. Play an attractive style, use La Masia grads, create a sustainable playing style and team capable of wining titles and dominating. That squad of 2007/08 has done everything he set out to achieve and are still very relevant 10 years after.

Then came Bayern. "Pep please come and do for us what you did for Barca". Bayern could win most things without Pep but not with the "condiments" and " addendums" that come with him. His foundation is still there and even Carlo said it; that Pep made his work easier.

Under Pep Bayern became boring. Boring because one team held the ball 70% of the time, created a ton of chances and scored loads of goals. If you watch Basketball, it is the same reason the Golden State Warriors are despised. Then critics hounded him for not winning the champions league - yet teams generally do not win that title every now and then. Also take note, Pep's team outscored Carlo's, lost fewer games and conceded less despite going further in all competitions.

The point of all these is to show you that different managers are hired for different things. If you need a quick trophy, Mou is the man for you. If you want a balance you go the Carlo way. But if you are looking for an expansive and attractive perpetual culture of winning then Pep is your man.

That is why I have told you to stop creating your own metrics to judge him by. City played more attractive than they did in the last 3years. Sure, Pellegrini's first season was a goal fest but Pep's team matched and surpassed that team in clear cut chances created. This implies that there is a potential for improved goal scoring numbers come next season.

I don't want to talk too much because the post will be too long but your assertion about Wenger is a lie. Wenger lied about the financial strength of his club all the while because he was unwilling to spend. Had AFC not lost to LFC season beginning he would not have signed Mustafi even with £200M to spend. He underpriced Kante, Lacazette and even Suarez back in the day.

Poch is different because Poch is very willing to spend and play the right way for the most part. I respect him too. He splurged on Sissoko yet barely plays him. So forget about financial power. Most EPL top teams can spend including Tottenham. The question is how many big money talents can they attract?

Spy360:
Stop comparing Pep with anybody, people succeed and people fail, everyone just has to look at himself objectively.

Pep got a 4year contract to win titles in every single one of them. You imply that he could just win a tea cup in any of those 4years and become successful? No!

Year1 - FAILED. Carry over...

Year2 - (we are watching in 3D)

Actually you are the one implying that if he won a trophy (just any trophy) then he did not fail and I am countermanding that assertion.

I am stating that winning is the final crux of the matter but the way to win, the flair and style and rebuilding a team that can win for years is part of his agenda. For example, I am one of those who knew that Inter will crash and burn after 2009/10 and time has proven me right.

Mou bought players who could do a quick job and after that the team could not translate into further years of success.

You are a Wenger man but maybe I need to recap why AFC were forgiven for going trophyless for a while. You guys were rebuilding and people knew the results will not be instantaneous. Ofcouse where Wenger failed was in letting his budding stars leave just before or right after they peaked.

Nobody ever questioned the way AFC played - in fact, you guys played the best football in England which nobody could deny. And financially etc the club was healthy. But what happened since then?

That is why I brought up Poch; to show you that the fruits he is bearing today started almost 3 years ago and that year he finished 5th. At the time, most Tottenham managers before him had finished 5th as well but why was his case different?

It was because he had them playing a certain way and the crop of players were young and promising. The following year he was close to winning the league but capitulated and finished 3rd. Now he has the potential of garnering 86pts which must be a record for them. The future is bright even without trophies. Same for Pep and City.

Sorry for my story.

Spy360:
Are you implying then that if Leicester had same resources as City, they would have fared better since they got the right players?

Stop twisting issues. You keep comparing with other clubs and managers.

Pep and City here is an isolated case.

Pep was brought to City to win titles simple. He won nadda, so he failed. How is that hard to comprehend?

Talking about next season is merely being hopeful, as nothing is certain. Postponing today's failure to next season is a lame excuse.

A man was pushed off the top of a 90-storey building and as he fell through each flight of floors kept telling himself, "at least I am not dead".

What he should do is wait till he lands on the ground floor before he declares that.

Pep was brought to do many things including win titles. I believe he signed a 3 or 4 year contract. 1 year now is gone. He has done some of the things on his list except win titles. You prematurely say he has failed but it is by your own imagined standard. A standard you do not seem to extend to other managers that you gleefully praise and extol.

What I am telling you to do is wait till his tenure in City is done before judging. If Fergie was judged on his first season did he fail? What about Mancini?

Did Carlo not win a double his first season and then get fired the next? Did he not win a UCL and LDR for RM in his first season only to get fired his next?

That is why I have told you wait. Period.

iPopAlomo:
Netherlands was 2nd... Spain 1st...

Inter Milan:
1st in Serie A
UEFA champions league winner
Best and beat the supposed best team in the world... Barca!!! that Messi plays for who eventually won the Ballon D'or...

And nah yours truly Sneijder dey carry him team got back... overlooked for Ballon d'or... nigga never attained that level again...

Listen clearly. Sneijder had this great season I agree but was he voted 2nd or 3rd best to whoever finished 1st? If no, then he was only cheated out of the position just directly above him.

In other words, Sneijder can not jump from 4th to say whoever was first cheated him. He should first convince the world he did better than number 3 and 2. You hear?