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Agree

And haven’t seen any definitive angle on it yet either

KD got an in-game warning for putting hands on a ref earlier in the 2nd quarter but his infraction was just emo not aggro.

how perfectly symbolic of life in 2019 that our two greatest hoops teams are locked in a battle of perpetual grievance:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26634745/rockets-audited-18-game-7-say-finals-bid-taken

The best part about it is that litigating this will never change a goddamn thing. Refs gonna ref and that includes missing calls. Frequently.

rockets really seeing how far they can take this unlikable thing

they should get fined millions for leaking this bs.

Wow. Beyond pathetic.

Feel bad for whoever's reffing game two.

just eject CP in the first couple minutes and set the tone imo

Do the Rockets not realize that most people would rather not let free throws decide a game? Also, if feel like the refs are not calling fouls on many of those obvious foul-harvesting moves that Harden (and, to be fair, Curry) is trying. Good!

man i hope we sweep f these guys lol

hubies old school the greek is so much better than the tryhard greek freak

https://youtu.be/CZhVAW9cAfU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZhVAW9cAfU

hubie is bad though

what no i love hubie

[NBA player gets assassinated on the court]
HUBIE BROWN: [playing replay back] now look, he's gonna get shot in the head with a bullet from a gun right....there. now you can't do that, you're gonna get arrested. big trouble...for that guy.

— Ethan Booker (@Ethan_Booker) November 17, 2018

hes right tho

hmm true maybe hubie is good

i like how he roots for all the players to do good and is sad when they dont

hes def preferable to like jvg or reggie miller

this rox thing seems like a transparent attempt to fire up an indifferent fanbase and/or head off a clueless owner.

its so wack

No suspension for Chris Paul for making contact with referee late in Game 1 on Sunday; $35,000 fine by the NBA.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 29, 2019

he just cant help himself.

ian eagle should announce most games

that spin move by siakim for torontos second bucket was sick

Why does ibaka keep biting on Embiid’s three point fakes? He’s hardly the only one in the league either. Joel shoots like 29% on threes, just let him brick em!

ibaka has never been the best maker of decisions.

Embiid does have a great shot fake tbh. But then again just let him shoot

jimmmmmyyyyyy

shoutout jimmy butler

out here saving the season of a team he doesn't even wanna be on

wow LOWRY made a big shot??

who would jimmy butler actually be happy playing with?

LOWRY TWO STRAIGHT

lowry should've just laid that up

wow siakam

this is great

damn joel dug deep for that one

helluva move by Joel

good stuff!

did kyle lowry seriously try and nutmeg tobias harris lmao

lolllllllll but danny green still had a good look to tie!

danny green has missed some wide open ones

danny green missed like 5 wide open threes in the final few minutes it felt like

yup

theres a reason we called him icy hot down here

who would jimmy butler actually be happy playing with?

i'm not sure there is a good answer to this question, seems like a misery loves company sorta dude

He would make a good Durant replacement imo.