Elise's Point of View on Sports

I decided to write this post because lately there have been many unfortunate situations in which sportsmanship has gone out the door. I know sports are competitive. If you know me really well you would know that I am one of the most competitive people out there. I'm passionate about sports and I have a love for them. Sometimes things go out of hand in sports. I understand you are playing to win and people's emotions gets the best of them in different situations. When calls are made that the players don't agree with they will obviously not be happy with it and some will go to higher degrees to show their displeasure. For example, in basketball the referees are obviously not perfect and missed calls are made. There's quite a bit of yelling both from the coaches and the player's themselves. It's nothing new to us basketball nerds (at least I refer myself as that). There's also fights that can break out and taunting as well. In basketball, it's a very phy...

Last night was game one of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Thunder. The Thunder ended up winning it primarily for a a few reasons. Turnovers, rebounding, out scoring them in the second half, and it helped also that Golden State was only 1 out 11 shooting in the 4th quarter on 3 pointers. The first half was definitely controlled by Golden State. They were hitting good shots, making good plays, and it also helped that OKC was missing their free throws. The game was in their favor and they held a 14 point lead but that all changed in the second half. In the 3rd quarter and an on to the end of the game the Thunder came out firing. If you look at the statistics you can see that both Durant and Westbrook didn't have the best shooting nights but they played brilliantly in the 2nd half to win on the road against the high and mighty Warriors, who have only lost one or two times this season. Westbrook was especially impressive. In the first half he was on a...