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Even though Memphis pulled out the win, they need to do something about the way their games are being officiated.

Ja got clocked by a moving screen, no call. Oubre with his head down runs into a stationary Hill & he comes away with the TO. It was the theme on the night for calls & non calls. If Baynes had followed through on Lebron the way he did Jonas going over the back he would have been called for a flagrant, instead somehow with Baynes climbing his back & following through on the back of his head, Jonas was called for the foul!!!!!

Amazing how when Suns were down 20 4th Q they racked up all those TO's from traveling violations to supposed moving screens, lol.

It's blatantly obvious to anyone that will admit to what they're seeing.

The young Memphis team won this one 5 vs 8 & the worthless bitch was smiling too while trying to steal the game.

The refs were rough, but we shouldn't have let them make that run there at the end. Luckily we buckled down at the very end, but trying to play keep away that leads to a fast break turnover is a bad idea when JJJ is open under the basket for an easy 2.

VCfor3 wrote:The refs were rough, but we shouldn't have let them make that run there at the end. Luckily we buckled down at the very end, but trying to play keep away that leads to a fast break turnover is a bad idea when JJJ is open under the basket for an easy 2.

While I agree Memphis could have done better to avoid the situation, the refs aided that failure to execute. A ref can literally make a call on every play if they wanted too. One team will get away with a moving screen (Suns on Ja), then they will call that same violation on the next (Hill on Oubre) though Hill was stationary & those two subjective calls alone can swing a game 12 potential points ... They called 3 travelling violations on Jonas all in the 4th & a moving screen on Hill who was stationary, that's a potential 24 point swing impacted by the "subjectivity" of the officiating crew with the Grizz up 20.

The refs basically tied Brooks hands in the 4th to not allow him to guard Booker, with how he shut him down earlier in the game, eventually fouling him out for the final minutes. While simultaneously Suns were allowed to ratchet up their physicality in pressing. Brooks literally picked up a foul putting his hands behind his back for a Booker & 1. There's not much Memphis can do about that other than Booker missing but he would have been put on the line regardless & that official decision was to follow up Memphis nailing a 3 on the other end to open back up the lead....

They basically gave Booker the & 1 to erase the 3 Memphis just put up to help them crawl back into the game. Not to long after they called Jonas on a clean block in response to the other Brooks 3 made earlier.