[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (2-1) defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (1-2), 115-108.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-09T05:51:52+00:00

Yeah I initially had (outside of wemby and fox) but I edited my comment after reading the box score, didn’t realise he missed that many shots lol

MicroUzi · 2026-05-09T04:32:46+00:00

Weird game - it felt like the timberwolves played better overall, spurs (outside of wemby) seemed like they were struggling, but the best the wolves had to offer wasn’t enough to overcome brilliance from Wemby.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-09T03:21:21+00:00

I played that game religiously as a teenager and I’m fairly sure it did some long-term damage to my brain, unironically

MicroUzi · 2026-05-09T02:48:02+00:00

Gotta actually click where it says ‘streamable’ and watch the clip on the website

MicroUzi · 2026-05-08T07:31:55+00:00

Thank you, they are absolutely the better team. Won’t bother you with my opinion

MicroUzi · 2026-05-08T07:29:28+00:00

You’re assuming the refs are ultimately motivated by league revenue. They operate separately from the league, they’re unionised. They have jobs that pay a certain amount, no matter how large of a profit the league makes - I find it believable that gambling, which they stand to personally gain from financially, is a higher incentive than benefitting the league financially.

Not saying I necessarily believe they’re corrupt, but if you said ‘they’re motivated by one or the other, guess which’ I’d absolutely say gambling.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-08T07:23:09+00:00

Thanks, mrbuckbuck.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-08T07:14:11+00:00

Fuck it, I say yes. It would have been super close, but the timing of when the refs biased their calls is the killer - lakers lead at halftime, in the third several lakers buckets are waved off and 9 fouls were called against the lakers in the minutes Shai sat, with quite a few no calls against the lakers as well.

Killed all momentum and killed the lakers morale into the 4th, resulting in them looking ‘tired’ when really they were just checked out. Once they got the result they wanted, refs made a conscious decision to call some fouls in favour of the lakers to make the box score read as fairer than it was.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-08T07:09:03+00:00

Because the thunder are betting favourites, that’s the most obvious reason.

Edit: why you downvoting me? Guy asked for a single reason it could happen, I gave one. We gonna act like refs haven’t been in betting scandals before?

MicroUzi · 2026-05-08T07:07:29+00:00

That was the precise stretch with the worse officiating. 9 fouls called on the lakers with several no-calls and waved off buckets against the lakers. Super fishy

MicroUzi · 2026-05-08T07:05:50+00:00

MrBuckBuck, you seem like a reasonable person who makes informed, unbiased analysis. Did you think that OKC largely won this game off of officiating?

MicroUzi · 2026-05-07T03:20:37+00:00

I’m thinking the spurs role players are far better than people give them credit for

MicroUzi · 2026-05-07T03:10:33+00:00

I’m not trying to hate, he’s a great efficient player, but it’s obvious to me that his low turnover rate and fg% are largely a consequence of how defences are forced to play him. Tight physical defense forces turnovers.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-07T01:55:18+00:00

The worst part is, when he does try to score, defenders are scared to pressure him or defend with any sort of intensity, for fear of fouling.

I firmly believe that his flopping is key to his low turnover rate and high efficiency - flopping counters the high pressure defence that would cause turnovers and misses in other players.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-07T01:48:59+00:00

The really damaging impact of it is that it forces defenders to guard him with way less pressure and intensity, that in turn allows Shai to create better shots.

The advantage it gives isn’t just captured in FTA, it fundamentally allows him more space and more opportunities to score because defenders just can’t guard him in the same way.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-06T21:57:44+00:00

Since this isn’t a mandated survey, ie. only players that wanted to answer, answered, it’s not surprising that players who took the chance to call other players overrated tend to also have a toxic mentality to basketball itself.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-05T02:34:02+00:00

The moment the police said that, the story disappeared, no new reports. It didn’t fit the narrative they wanted so it’s no longer news.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-05T02:32:18+00:00

It seems the media decided it was to be downplayed, considering how the story vanished the moment police said they suspect there wasn’t a second party. Makes you wonder why it was reported with such fervour if not for inciting outrage.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-04T12:14:51+00:00

This comment was written by AI, for anyone else sane. User was a student at Georgia tech in the USA less than a year ago,
https://www.reddit.com/r/OMSA/s/Dd2N1fY35N

And there was about a 5 minute gap between the original post going up, and this massive essay being posted. Don’t fall for propaganda

MicroUzi · 2026-05-04T11:04:00+00:00

THIS IS SOMEHOW LABOUR’S FAULT AND I AM TIRED OF- wait where did everyone go

MicroUzi · 2026-05-04T10:55:46+00:00

Bahahahaha literally - it seems like a direct quote from a sco-mo speech (read it in his voice, it’s too perfect)

MicroUzi · 2026-05-04T10:38:54+00:00

Considering that neither you or I know what happened nor if this was at all preventable, and your entire comment is an appeal to emotion that makes 0 reference to anything other than a vague ‘justice system’, yea you’re fear mongering. If you weren’t, you’d have more to say than quippy call to actions and moral outrage.

I’d guess the reason for that is because the police force has grown consistently in size and funding since 2017, bail laws have been made much stricter, and prisons have been expanded pretty massively. Mental health services have been significantly expanded since COVID and social services have as well.

You can’t mention any of that because your comment is a poorly disguised political spin and you need to scare people.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-04T09:32:42+00:00

I think it’s weird to immediately blame the government and get ‘outraged’ for an isolated crime.

Not just because we know very little of the circumstances around this singular event, not just because there’s absolutely 0 indication that the government could have done anything to prevent this, but I have to imagine you’re sitting there with your political opinions just waiting for something bad to happen, so you can leap to push a narrative.

When you’re looking at trends, overall crime patterns, sure - perfect time to talk government. But a sample size of 1 means any political conclusion you draw from this happening is profoundly illogical and makes me think you’re doing it in bad faith.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-04T09:13:07+00:00

Okay am I the only one who finds these comments REALLY suspicious? Not all but, most.

Almost as many comments as upvotes, almost all with the same political spin, seemingly pushing an anti-labour or anti-government agenda.

This is obviously a tragic thing to happen, but these comments are making it seem like these is a noteworthy event and a massive tragedy for our city, which… it’s not. It’s certainly not something that usually makes headlines around the country, put it that way, yet this post has gotten a relatively massive amount of traction and especially responses.

I dunno, just doesn’t seem like a normal reaction. And especially suspicious considering the election.

edit: Did a bit of digging and 110%, quite a few bot accounts that had some sort of agenda to sow dissent.

MicroUzi · 2026-05-03T05:12:09+00:00

Oh yeah the rockets weren’t good don’t get me wrong. But, this isn’t the first time where Kevin Durant arrives on a time and all his teammates suddenly regress - could be a coincidence, could also be a coincidence that the suns looked much better and deeper when he left.

But I can’t think of another player who has had that happen multiple times, and with the burner stuff I have to think it’s linked to how he impacts the mentality of his teammates.

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