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First of all, NBA TV is a joke.  I, having cable, did not have the luxury of relaxing at home and watching the game.  But that's fine, gave me an excuse to go to a bar and enjoy my social life a little bit, no big deal. 

After I walked into Buffalo Wild Wings and found out they didn't have NBA TV, I became a little pissed off, but after walking across the street to another bar and finding the game I was able to enjoy myself, so again no big deal.

The main problem was its atrocious coverage.  Was it just me or did the coverage seem a little biased to you?  All I know is I didn't see many replays of Rockets highlights, most of them were of the Blazers, usually shooting jump shots.  When I did get to see a replay of the Rockets it was generally when they fouled or were getting swatted by Aldridge.  Is a national broadcast on NBA TV supposed to be as slanted as it was?  I know the Rockets aren't the most entertaining team, but isn't Von Wafer's steal and dunk worth another look?  If they showed Brandon Roy's contested lay up that could have been a foul on Yao one more time I might have flipped out.  Seriously, when Aldridge picked up his fifth foul was it really necessary to show a play that happened 10 or so minutes ago?  Not to mention every time there was a close foul call or disputable play they showed some irrelevant highlight from before.  When I'm that vested in the current play I don't want to see a highlight of an Aldridge jumper, I was to see the foul call on Battier.   I just hope the Rockets are never on NBA TV again, because that was a disgrace to Rockets fans everywhere.

Kudos to the Blazers fans, your team won an important game for you and I don't want any excuse or lame bias to take that away from your team.  I just want a little love to the Rockets.  Good luck in Houston, the refs will be on our side for games 3 and 4.

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NBA TV doesn't have it's own crew

they use the feed from the home team. Thus, you were getting the Blazer-employed play by play and color commentator.

How did you guys win that?
"We scored enough points. We scored 107, they scored 105.
-Nate McMillan Postgame, 3/4/2009

by douglast on Apr 22, 2009 1:39 AM CDT reply actions  

Lol

It was the Portland feed buddy. That’s kind of funny. You couldn’t tell from listening to super homer Mike Rice?

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 22, 2009 1:41 AM CDT reply actions  

Mike Rice is a stud

Albeit a super homer stud… That guy cracks me up!

by david1978pdx on Apr 22, 2009 3:00 AM CDT up reply actions  

Also a drunk

Seriously he has a few at halftime of every game…

Proud member of Duck nation!

by skywaker9 on Apr 22, 2009 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions  

Oh I love it

After all, its why he’s the only NBA play by play guy ever kicked out of a game for going after refs…

Proud member of Duck nation!

by skywaker9 on Apr 22, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL

I realized this 5 minutes into the game. I’m up in Philly and can’t watch the games on Houston stations but I was saying to myself “God damned these guys love the Blazers.”

Lol guess it’s because that’s who signs their checks.

by chrisjay84 on Apr 22, 2009 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

TouchĂ©, I was in a bar no audio… thanks for the clarifications

by clutchcitywillreturn on Apr 22, 2009 1:42 AM CDT reply actions  

That sounds pretty bad on NBATV's part

NFL Network, MLB Network both have their own crews and MLB is only 5 months old.

Why can’t NBATV have its own crew too??

Game 1 108-81 Rockets
Game 2 107-103 Blazers

Series tied 1-1

by TexasHoosier on Apr 22, 2009 2:10 AM CDT reply actions  

NBA TV is your punishment

Rockets drew the Blazers in the first round of the playoffs… So, welcome to TV ratings hell! If it’s West Coast and it’s not the L*kers, then it doesn’t count. :-)

by david1978pdx on Apr 22, 2009 2:59 AM CDT reply actions  

Our announcers were pretty unbiased for them

But they’re homers of course, they work for the team and Mike Rice in particular has been with Portland for longer than I can remember…

Proud member of Duck nation!

by skywaker9 on Apr 22, 2009 10:40 AM CDT reply actions  

Maybe that's why Houston fans are blissfully unaware of Yao's non-calls

We saw them half a dozen times with Mike and Mike’s well documented homer-istic opinion, while their feed showed the Pryz flop a couple more times

by hobbyshop_hero on Apr 23, 2009 4:56 AM CDT reply actions  

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