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...so you want the refs to purposely not call a foul when clearly there was one? The league (and fans) want the refs to be more consistent with their calls, it's only fair that they called it.

How was that not a foul?

ELSON = CLUTCH

AK47 = CLUTCH

AK47 with a huge three.

Milsap is a monster.

Denver's D wasn't all that, sure. But Indiana couldn't miss. I mean, literally. If it wasn't for Mcrobert's last second heave at the end, Indiana would have been 20-20, including 8-8 from 3. It was just crazy. And no, it isn't a record. GS did it in 1989, and Buffalo scored 58 back in the early 70s I think. Dunleavy was killin it out there. Wow.

Not really, some houses tend to over do it, but for the most part people just don't care.

Kobe's performances while great, still pale in comparison to the best of Jordan, Kareem, Russell, Magic, Bird, and Duncan. The only Kobe GAME that even compares is Game 4 of the 2001 Western Semis vs. Sacramento. If you want to make an argument, that's the game you should point to. I really don't think that Kobe's performance in the 2009 Finals was all that impressive, at least compared to the Finals performances of the players he's up against historically. Was Kobe's 2009 Finals better than Rick Barry's 1975 Finals? Hell yeah. Was it better than Dennis Johnson's 1979 Finals? Of course. But is it better than MJ's 1993 Finals? No. Bird's 1986 Finals? No. Magic's 1987 Finals? No. And that's my point. That Orlando team was a perfect matchup for him because they had terrible wing defenders that didn't have the size to guard him. Look at what happened to them against Cleveland. At the end of the day, Kobe is a great player, an awesome player, one of the all-time greats, a great competitor, dominant at times, but he lacks a certain level of transcendence, something just indescribably awesome about his game that separates him from everyone else. If you broke down the All-Time great list into tiers, I think it would look like this: 1. Jordan 2. Kareem, Russell, Magic 3. Bird, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe, Moses, Wilt It's pretty clear to me at this point Kobe is going to eventually pass everyone in Tier 3 when he decides to hang it up whether he wins another title or not. Bird's holding a slight edge in my opinion over Shaq and Duncan but I'm not even sure that holds up. You could make an argument for either guy over him at this point.

I'll probably wait to download the explicit version.

+1

He had no choice but to take the shot, the play wasn't designed for him to take it. Mavs played great D and forced him to shoot.

Yeah, almost every practice if I'm not mistaken.

One of the guys that attend the Wizards practices on a DC site had this to say: I just don't think Flip is much of a mentor/teacher of the game. I constantly see him losing his cool on the bench and just throw guys out of games. I understand that it is frustrating, but it's what you get paid to do. Hopefully this is a motivational tactic, that I don't mind, maybe I'm not giving him enough credit. I think there's a bunch of guys on this team that just don't fit Flip's coaching style. I am sure the faces will change over the years, but until then, Flip needs to stay patient.

Moved to the proper forum. Welcome to OTR

Mavs win, great defense by them to close out the game.

Crazy shot by Dirk, CLUTCH. Celtics gotta execute on this last play.

Pretty interesting how Bush said his worst moment in his presidency was being insulted by Kanye West....

Chase Budinger Wilson Chandler Blake Griffin Terrence Williams

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2010/11/08/trade-chatter-still-bubbling/

Jordan's performance in the 1996 NBA finals: 27 PPG 41% FG 5.3 RB 4.2 AS Game 6: 5-19, 26% FG, 9 RB – Finals MVP Kobe's 2010 Finals: 29 PPG 41% FG, 32% 3pt FG 8 RB 3.9 AS Game 7: 6-24, 25% FG, 15 RB -- Finals MVP Keep in mind that Jordan was being guarded by Gary Payton in the 1996 Finals, who is only the best defensive guard of the 90s OTHER than Jordan. I know, Bryant went up against a great defensive team, but here's one difference. Those were by far Jordans worst playoffs of his career. For the most part, these were on par or above average numbers for Kobe. That's a BIG difference.

http://i36.tinypic.com/343m1lf.gif I'm interested in seeing what happens at the end of the season. Will Jerry Jones take a step back to relinquish some power to interest a John Gruden or Bill Cowher? Or will he stay with a guy like Garrett that he can control. My money is on the latter.

Cannot wait for this, so glad that Conan is back.

Wednesday, November 10th Utah @ Orlando (ESPN) Winner: Orlando Leading scorer: Dwight Howard LA Clippers @ San Antonio (ESPN) Winner: San Antonio Leading rebounder: Blake Griffin Thursday, November 11th Boston @ Miami (TNT) Winner: Boston Player with the most turnovers: LeBron James LA Lakers @ Denver (TNT) Winner: Lakers Leading passer: Kobe Bryant Friday, November 12th Utah @ Atlanta (ESPN) Winner: Utah Leading scorer: Deron Williams Portland @ Oklahoma City (ESPN) Winner: Thunder Player with the most threes: Kevin Durant Saturday, November 13th Golden State @ Milwaukee (NBATV) Winner: Milwaukee Player with the most free throw attempts: Brandon Jennings