Game Thread: 2nd Round: Boston Celtics vs Toronto Raptors

[Wamu]

Goddammit you're right.

Had I just said "damn this is some poor basketball right now".

Everyone would have assumed sarcasm and this crisis would have been avoided.

Sarcasm is not permitted in this thread.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Sarcasm is not permitted in this thread.

WELL NOW I DONT KNOW IF YOU ARE SARCASTIC OR NOT

 

[tlance]

I didn't attack lol

You said that you "weren't the one to come at me"

I never said you did. You said that all on your own. I provided quotes showing we were having a 1 on 1 coversation.

Then your disassociate disorder kicked back in and you started flailing around about me being triggered that you were coming at me.

You brought it up. Me and you were talking. So by default if someone was in fact coming at me, it would have to be you. That's just basic logic.

No man.

I wrote that attempting to clarify because it seemed from your prior post that you were blaming me for the conversation going sideways.

@Stakesarehigh kind of did call you out. He was the one who said “what game were you watching”.

That was when the back and forth started with him. And up until that moment our conversation was cordial.

Then somehow, by me saying that I didn’t call you out, you decided to launch into name calling.

It is all there. Pretty easy to follow. I made the “call out“ comment because I thought you were associating his comment with me.

And yeah, you were the one escalating and acting triggered.

At this point, a simple “my bad” would do just fine.

 

[Wamu]

WELL NOW I DONT KNOW IF YOU ARE SARCASTIC OR NOT

Hey no reason to yell.

 

[msgkings322]

I think he realized where he was when the ball was passed to him.

No way he was trying to bait a pass.

You can't be 100% sure of that

 

[tlance]

You can't be 100% sure of that

Okay, 99%.

He was just standing there. What are the odds a Celtic player is going to try to pass the ball to him?

Pretty low.

Certainly not high enough for a logical person (which Nick Nurse seems to be) to risk a technical foul by being out of the coaches box in that situation.

And by the way, Tatum actually making the pass astronomically increases the odds that the ref calls the T.

That is why he jumped out of the way.

Risk nowhere close to equaling the reward.

 

[Wamu]

Okay, 99%.

He was just standing there. What are the odds a Celtic player is going to try to pass the ball to him?

Pretty low.

Certainly not high enough for a logical person (which Nick Nurse seems to be) to risk a technical foul by being out of the coaches box in that situation.

And by the way, Tatum actually making the pass astronomically increases the odds that the ref calls the T.

That is why he jumped out of the way.

Risk nowhere close to equaling the reward.

Nurse should have been T'd up, seriously. Once he was standing on the out of bounds line. The commentators even mentioned it. And Tatum thing. Which led Mark Jackson to say he hates it when the refs directly determine the outcome of the game. The refs fucked up. But that's nothing new. They've been lousy for a while.

And don't start calling me a homer, you know I'm not. Just repeating what was said during the game last night.

 

[tlance]

Nurse should have been T'd up, seriously. Once he was standing on the out of bounds line. The commentators even mentioned it. And Tatum thing. Which led Mark Jackson to say he hates it when the refs directly determine the outcome of the game. The refs fucked up. But that's nothing new. They've been lousy for a while.

And don't start calling me a homer, you know I'm not. Just repeating what was said durning the game last night.

I agree it should have been called. It is clear Tatum was trying to pass to him.

I just don’t agree with people saying they think Nurse did it on purpose.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

No man.

I wrote that attempting to clarify because it seemed from your prior post that you were blaming me for the conversation going sideways.

@Stakesarehigh kind of did call you out. He was the one who said “what game were you watching”.

That was when the back and forth started with him. And up until that moment our conversation was cordial.

Then somehow, by me saying that I didn’t call you out, you decided to launch into name calling.

It is all there. Pretty easy to follow. I made the “call out“ comment because I thought you were associating his comment with me.

And yeah, you were the one escalating and acting triggered.

At this point, a simple “my bad” would do just fine.

Uhhh no man, because me and you were having our own conversation. So basically you just told me this is all because I made assumptions.........but I was supposed to assume that you randomly were referencing Stakesarehigh? I quoted your post, because I was responding to your post. Not his, yours. Really, really easy.

Also, for more irony you said I am acting childish.......yet you keep engaging with said child. You can't let it go. All you gotta do is admit you couldn't carry and keep up with linear conversation between just me and you.

 

[tlance]

Uhhh no man, because me and you were having our own conversation. So basically you just told me this is all because I made assumptions.........but I was supposed to assume that you randomly were referencing Stakesarehigh? I quoted your post, because I was responding to your post. Not his, yours. Really, really easy.

Also, for more irony you said I am acting childish.......yet you keep engaging with said child. You can't let it go. All you gotta do is admit you couldn't carry and keep up with linear conversation between just me and you.

If you say so.

It is all right there easy to see.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Hey no reason to yell.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

If you say so.

It is all right there easy to see.

Well aware, I had to attach the quotes for you more times than I would have liked.

 

[Wamu]

I agree it should have been called. It is clear Tatum was trying to pass to him.

I just don’t agree with people saying they think Nurse did it on purpose.

Obviously I haven't read previous comments. But I agree with you. The refs just spaced out again and didn't do their job. Hopefully game 7 will be better officiated.

 

[tlance]

Obviously I haven't read previous comments. But I agree with you. The refs just spaced out again and didn't do their job. Hopefully game 7 will be better officiated.

Not sure about this, but that seems like it should be a reviewable call.

Tatum should have lobbied for it.

Because the tech would have taken place prior to the pass when the Celtics still had the ball. Pretty sure that would have resulted in a free throw and side out Celtics.

 

[dtgold88]

Remember when Lowry used to be the playoff choker?

Those were the days...

Was a poster who really used to give him a hard time. Mecca maybe? Almost been a reverse curse for him.

 

[Wamu]

Not sure about this, but that seems like it should be a reviewable call.

Tatum should have lobbied for it.

Because the tech would have taken place prior to the pass when the Celtics still had the ball. Pretty sure that would have resulted in a free throw and side out Celtics.

Not sure the refs didn't space out? Does that means they were incompetent then? Have Around the Horn on right now. They even said what Nurse didn't was technically a violation.

 

[Gman]

A lot of folks fussing over Nurse's intention...

To repeat a point I made earlier more bluntly: his intention doesn't matter.

Just as intention doesn't matter in calling any type of common foul... it doesn't matter here, either. Regardless of intention, Nurse had his feet literally on the playing floor... clearly well away from where he was allowed to be.

It should have been called a tech... 100% and no doubt.

 

[tlance]

Not sure the refs didn't space out? Does that means they were incompetent then? Have Around the Horn on right now. They even said what Nurse didn't was technically a violation.

No, I was saying I am not sure whether or not it was reviewable.

And how is that not a violation?

He was literally touching the sidelines.

 

[Gman]

I went ahead and looked up the NBA "Last 2 Minute Report" for Game 6... because I'm a masochist, I guess...

The league admits that the non-call on Walker's drive with under 5 seconds to go in regulation was incorrect... should have been called a shooting foul...

L2M Report

Whoops!

That was such a clear, obvious foul... a no-doubter that should have been called and likely swung the game.

On to Game 7...

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Was a poster who really used to give him a hard time. Mecca maybe? Almost been a reverse curse for him.

I think it's fair to say had the Celtics had kevin love this series Is over