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Last night was game five of the Spurs and OKC in the Western Conference finals. I together with family and friends and sat down to watch it. I'm still processing what I saw. This series has been all over the place. In game 1 Wemby and co came out with a vengeance and ultimately won out after a huge game that went into double overtime. Then in games 2 and 3 OKC took them apart. Finally in game 4…
What am I hoping for tonight? I'm hoping for a solid game that's well officiated, and of course I want the Spurs to win. I'll accept a loss, so long as it's clear that OKC is being awesome without foul baiting or locking Wemby down. I want two healthy teams to come at each other, try their best, and create a great product for us all to enjoy. I want to see Fox healthy, Williams to come back…
I gave up on basketball. I was done. When I moved from California to Indiana, I stopped following the sport. See, I was a real fan back in Sacramento because I had a team to root for. There were heroes: Bibby, Chris, and Vlade, and there were villains: Shaq and Kobe. It was a game I barely understood, but I knew that our guys had a fighting chance and could take down the unstoppable duo that were…
Game 2 the Western Conference Finals, Spurs vs OKC, was an absolute mess to watch. This, on the back of my favorite game in years, OKC vs Spurs game 1, was a real kick in the pants. Yes, I've heard all the conspiracy theories, I've followed all the Reddit posts—but at the end of the day it's the Thunder's job to win in anyway they can, and it's on the officiating to do better and stop some of this…