One of the more exciting matches in the NBA Playoffs to date are between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The teams are among those with the strongest fan base in the entire top-tier basketball league, resulting in an understandably massive rivalry. In the end, however, the mighty Thunder successfully amassed all the marbles against the fierce Spurs at the semi-finals.
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During game 1, Spurs seemed to be going to get by without a hitch in the series. Then came game 2 when an offensive foul call was nowhere to be found against Thunder’s Dion Waiters when he was inbounding the ball with Manu Ginobili defending with seconds left on the clock and the Thunder up by 1.
Waiters gave Ginobili an elbow shove with the ball still in his hand. However, despite the no-call, the Spurs still had a chance to win as they were able to steal the inbound and gain possession of the ball when Waiters threw the ball away and was taken by Danny Green. The ball then made its way to Patty Mills for an open look in the 3-point line, but he was not able to finish. There was then a scramble for the ball as the last few seconds of regulation ticked away and the game ending with the Thunder winning. Everybody was convinced after that that the refs stole a win from the Spurs.
Game 3, 4, and 5 of the series were especially close as well. Game 3 went to the Spurs while games 4 and 5 went to the Thunder. Each of the games has since ended with the audience crying foul over the referees’ calls or non-calls. However, in game 6, the Spurs just couldn’t get into their groove and was therefore defeated by the Thunder 4 wins to 2.
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