Good call there. But seriously, here are some thoughts on the game:
1) Durant's move past Danny Green in the last minute was big-time. He caught the pass and did not hesitate. Green is most effective when his man catches and holds the ball and then he can get into the guy's chest. Durant caught and made a quick burst to get around him for the floater. That was one hell of a play.
2) Ibaka's foul on Aldridge was completely stupid. Coaches do not teach how to do proper shot contests and Ibaka had a brain freeze moment.
3) Everyone will be talking about the Waiters-Ginobili moment. It is hard for me to pick a side there. On the one hand, Ginobili is a complete queer who was playing his normal gay ass defense with his hands in Waiters face not giving him any space, but on the other hand, Waiters is an idiot and the inbounds play Donovan set up was very poor. Why in the world would you ever have Waiters inbound in that situation? He is probably the worst guard on the team for that purpose.
4) As a team, the Spurs are a bunch of effeminate whiners. I thoroughly detest that organization. I hope OKC wins this series decisively.
Can't blame my prediction after what transpired in game one. I still think OKC should be ashamed, especially in light of game 2, where they showed what can happen when they actually show up to compete and put an effort on defense.
I thought Durant was very efficient and had his best game of the playoffs, with the exception of some alarming turnovers. I actually don't think he's played that well by his standards this season and his 3 point shot has been off, so I was happy to see he didn't force anything, only took two 3's, and just smartly played his way around the defense. That bucket you referred to was huge, and regardless of who's playing better between him and Westbrook (it's mainly been Russ this year), I trust Durant more to close. One key thing about Durant last night is he was making his move right off the catch a lot of the times and receiving the ball in rhythm.
Ibaka's foul drove me mad, but it's typical OKC in late game situations. They find ways to mess up wins on both ends of the floor, and they almost succeeded. They were up by 4 and the two things you can't possibly do is foul on a 3 point attempt and then turn the ball over. They did both. It's infuriating. They almost screwed it up exactly like they did in the Golden State game a couple of months ago.
The ref missed about 10 calls on that last play. In addition to the two moments you mentioned (and I admit the Waiters elbow is the most flagrant no-call), there was Kawhi pulling Westbrook's jersey as he attempted to get the ball inbounded to him, and Green clearly fouling Durant when he went up to catch Waiters' pass. And yet, the Spurs ended up with a far better situation from those no calls than they would have been had an offensive foul been called. A 3 on 1 fast break that they should have converted, but Steven Adams put on a super human effort on that play.
Waiters in-bounding was baffling call and it's not the first time he messes up in that situation (see Chris Paul stealing the ball off the in bound earlier in the season and putting the Clippers up by one before Durant hit the game winner). Waiters has actually been garbage since joining OKC, but he's had a solid series against Dallas and was good defensively last night. He's an underrated on the ball defender but a very overrated offensive player. Hit a big 3 though, to his credit.
