2012 NBA Playoffs: I love this game!

[Colly Wolly]

The refs are screwing Miami right now.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I wish this game would have started at 7 instead of 9, I'd be there.

We really need to merge central and mountain time zones. Where are the candidates running on important issues like this?!

[Surfah]

Crazy half. Ugly officiating. If either of these teams were tough there would have been a fight.

[smokymountainrain]

Crazy half. Ugly officiating. If either of these teams were tough there would have been a fight.

Either that or the players don't want to get kicked out of the most important game of the NBA Championship series. Maybe the assistant coaches should duke it out or something to prove they are tough.

[Surfah]

I don't understand the defense the Thunder is playing. There is no way a team as young and athletic as they are should be getting torched in transition. Their defense on Lebron is stupid. I'd play him like Rondo. Let the dude shoot twenty footers because they keep closing out and giving up the drive. Worse they keep doubling from up top and giving up open threes.

[MarkGrace]

Good thing Funk isn't watching. His head would have exploded on that last call.

[MarkGrace]

I don't understand the defense the Thunder is playing. There is no way a team as young and athletic as they are should be getting torched in transition. Their defense on Lebron is stupid. I'd play him like Rondo. Let the dude shoot twenty footers because they keep closing out and giving up the drive. Worse they keep doubling from up top and giving up open threes.

You can't play him like Rondo because of the post-up option -- and that's where most of the open 3's are coming from. The only person that can really force Bron to take jumpers is Bron.

[smokymountainrain]

Good thing Funk isn't watching. His head would have exploded on that last call.

Despite the fact that Harden hit James hard on the play and then on that rebound foul, Fisher pushed Battier into Durant and Battier got the foul.

[MarkGrace]

JVG just floated the option of going into a zone to force him out of the post-ups. The Heat are shooting it well enough tonight that they may force them out of it, but it's worth a shot because Bron is destroying their defense getting the ball on the block.

[smokymountainrain]

JVG just floated the option of going into a zone to force him out of the post-ups. The Heat are shooting it well enough tonight that they may force them out of it, but it's worth a shot because Bron is destroying their defense getting the ball on the block.

It's crazy that the Thunder haven't tried it early and often against the inconsistent jumpshooting Heat.

[fusnik]

I've really enjoyed this series.

LeBron will have a triple double, guarding multiple positions, incredible player.

[fusnik]

Durant bailed out, bet Stern mandated that call.

[DrumNFeather]

Brooks needs to sit Harden down

[MarkGrace]

Bron getting forced into more jumpers now with OKC using Collison and Durant on him. I'd still go to the block if I were him -- also Heat need to run screens for him to get switches.

[smokymountainrain]

Westbrook. wow