Re: WCF: P6 | (1) Houston Rockets vs (2) Golden State Warriors | GS WINS 4-3

[510TWSS]

Im not a conspiracy theorist in the least, but some games...damn. I dont if the refs are subconsciously supporting the losing team or what, but holy, this was a ridiculous game by them. Houston was up double digits at one point and then the refs just let GSW do whatever they wanted the entire game. This wasnt game 6 LAL/sactown bad, but this looked pretty overt.

Right cause refs explain 47 points scored after quarter 1.

[cdubbz]

We all expected all the calls going in GSW's favor in Game 6. The real battle will be Game 7.

So many posts about the refs helping this team or that team. It's pathetic.

What can I expect from a bandwagoner to say?

Same old stuff.

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

the refs totally helped GSW, especially in that second quarter when rockets couldnt buy a whistle

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Draymond fouling Harden on purpose to stop him, even puts his hand up to acknowledge it was his foul, but no call.

Harden was in full flopping mode yesterday. It’s inevitable that would start working against him in terms of getting the benefit of the doubt from officials.

Look at that video. Harden created this problem for himself or really the NBA crated this problem by encouraging Harden to chase bogus foul calls.

The most blatant foul is an offensive foul by Harden on Nick Young near the beginning of the play. That foul is not extreme enough for me to want to call the foul on Harden. Harden is attempting to get tangled with young to draw the foul.

Then Harden gets a small shove by Draymond. I would not call that in the playoffs but I don't like those little cutesy defensive cheats so I might call that a foul on Draymond in the regular season just because it was intentional. If that was not intentional it was too minor to call.

I really don't want to reward offensive players that are creating contact just to create contact rather than as a by product of trying to

At the end Harden fairly blatantly flops.

The whole play is irratating. Harden driving into a Young hoping for a call is a weenie piss ant move. Draymond's little chicken wing shove on Harden is a weenie move and Harden flop is a weenie move. This crap is irritating garbage. I don't want these puddly fouls called in the playoff but fine Harden and Dramond. Go rework the collective bargaining agreement to get this babyish still cheating out of the game.


And what is wrong with the fan that posted the video and thinks Harden should be rewarded for his behavior. I am sorry that you don't understand real basketball. Go watch the 1982 76ers and Celtics eastern conference finals.

Pathetic babyish attempts to exploit the refs should not be rewarded. Harden is a great player but this jumping into defenders to exploit the refs is not basketball.

The no call is clearly the correct call. If you want to call something then call the charge against Harden.

[AustinRiversGod]

We all expected all the calls going in GSW's favor in Game 6. The real battle will be Game 7.

So many posts about the refs helping this team or that team. It's pathetic.

What's pathetic is the help a certain team needed to build momentum at home with one of the other team's best player out.

[cdubbz]

We all expected all the calls going in GSW's favor in Game 6. The real battle will be Game 7.

So many posts about the refs helping this team or that team. It's pathetic.

What's pathetic is the help a certain team needed to build momentum at home with one of the other team's best player out.

Lol. What's pathetic is blaming the referees.

[BBallchallenged]

This game is 50/50...I'll eat my hat if Thompson hits another 9 threes in G7 or Houston scores 25 in a half. Not going to happen. It will go down to the wire.

I'll eat my 6 empty beer bottles tomorrow night if this happens again:

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the refs totally helped GSW, especially in that second quarter when rockets couldnt buy a whistle

That's not true information.

https://www.si.com/nba/game/2042718/play-by-play
2nd quarter
3:35 James Harden makes a running layup.
3:35 Shooting foul committed by Stephen Curry.

[mademan]

Im not a conspiracy theorist in the least, but some games...damn. I dont if the refs are subconsciously supporting the losing team or what, but holy, this was a ridiculous game by them. Houston was up double digits at one point and then the refs just let GSW do whatever they wanted the entire game. This wasnt game 6 LAL/sactown bad, but this looked pretty overt.

Right cause refs explain 47 points scored after quarter 1.

They dont. GSW may well have still won. Doesnt mean the refs didnt help them a lot along the way/

[Michael Lucky]

ugh considering Harden is generally the biggest beneficiary of foul calls and getting away with push offs, i'm not going to cry foul at the Refs allowing some physicality for once.

[HoneyNutCheerio]

yeah refs shifted momentum. shoulve been a close 4th quarter

[Antinomy]

RealGM -

“James Harden’s ref baiting is disgusting. The officials shouldn’t fall for it and it needs to be eliminated from the game.”

Doesn’t get the calls against the Warriors -

“The league is rigged and I’m not watching anymore.”

Sure they shouldn’t fall for it.

But why arbitrarily decide to stop calling it in an elimination Game 6 of the conference finals after a team goes up by double digits?

Why would they suddenly REFUSE to call a foul on 20+ droves to the rim? You can’t really expect me to believe that the refs suddenly woke up in Game 6 & realized that Harden was baiting them.

The refs set the precedent before but didn’t uphold it.

[KingCurry]

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[510TWSS]

Im not a conspiracy theorist in the least, but some games...damn. I dont if the refs are subconsciously supporting the losing team or what, but holy, this was a ridiculous game by them. Houston was up double digits at one point and then the refs just let GSW do whatever they wanted the entire game. This wasnt game 6 LAL/sactown bad, but this looked pretty overt.

Right cause refs explain 47 points scored after quarter 1.

They dont. GSW may well have still won. Doesnt mean the refs didnt help them a lot along the way/

Yeah. About as much as 21 rockets turnovers.

[BBallchallenged]

RealGM -

“James Harden’s ref baiting is disgusting. The officials shouldn’t fall for it and it needs to be eliminated from the game.”

Doesn’t get the calls against the Warriors -

“The league is rigged and I’m not watching anymore.”

Sure they shouldn’t fall for it.

But why arbitrarily decide to stop calling it in an elimination Game 6 of the conference finals after a team goes up by double digits?

Why would they suddenly REFUSE to call a foul on 20+ droves to the rim? You can’t really expect me to believe that the refs suddenly woke up in Game 6 & realized that Harden was baiting them.

The refs set the precedent before but didn’t uphold it.

Specifically, what drives do you believe he was fouled on?

[nuttybuddy009]

I’m not a fan of either, but i hope GS wins game 7 for the simple fact that I mouthed off all year saying the Rockets had 0 chance against them. If the Rockets do lose though I don’t want to hear about Cp3’s injury, as the Warriors clearly weren’t right either health wise.

You are without question a hater.

It’s not that I don’t want to see Rockets win, it’s just i don’t want to look like a fool for not giving the Rockets a chance lol.

Maybe it’s just me, but I’d say you already look like a fool (by your definition) considering the series is going to 7 when you said they had 0 chance. No outcome at this point will change that.

[Antinomy]

RealGM -

“James Harden’s ref baiting is disgusting. The officials shouldn’t fall for it and it needs to be eliminated from the game.”

Doesn’t get the calls against the Warriors -

“The league is rigged and I’m not watching anymore.”

Sure they shouldn’t fall for it.

But why arbitrarily decide to stop calling it in an elimination Game 6 of the conference finals after a team goes up by double digits?

Why would they suddenly REFUSE to call a foul on 20+ droves to the rim? You can’t really expect me to believe that the refs suddenly woke up in Game 6 & realized that Harden was baiting them.

The refs set the precedent before but didn’t uphold it.

Specifically, what drives do you believe he was fouled on?

Doesn’t matter.

The refs set a precedent the entire year up until last game then suddenly decided to turn a blind-eye. I’m not a Harden fan or fan of any team in general. I just call it like I see it on this one.

You can’t honestly believe that NO fouls occurred on the drives. Hell, the refs will blow the whistle a lot of the time just anticipating that a foul occurred but in this case it’s like they said “we’re not even gonna think about calling a foul”.

[Mylie10]

4th year with the same finalists, i still do hope that it's different.. but it's not going to change

I hope so too....I really want to see Warriors Celtics

[CS707]

RealGM -

“James Harden’s ref baiting is disgusting. The officials shouldn’t fall for it and it needs to be eliminated from the game.”

Doesn’t get the calls against the Warriors -

“The league is rigged and I’m not watching anymore.”

Sure they shouldn’t fall for it.

But why arbitrarily decide to stop calling it in an elimination Game 6 of the conference finals after a team goes up by double digits?

Why would they suddenly REFUSE to call a foul on 20+ droves to the rim? You can’t really expect me to believe that the refs suddenly woke up in Game 6 & realized that Harden was baiting them.

The refs set the precedent before but didn’t uphold it.

It’s not some pro-Warriors conspiracy though. It happens to him in the playoffs every single year. Better crews, less games so more time between games for the officials to analyze what players are doing, more lobbying by opponents, etc. Bottom line is that he isn’t getting the calls everyone complains that he shouldn’t be getting by and large.

[Guest202]

Sure they shouldn’t fall for it.

But why arbitrarily decide to stop calling it in an elimination Game 6 of the conference finals after a team goes up by double digits?

Why would they suddenly REFUSE to call a foul on 20+ droves to the rim? You can’t really expect me to believe that the refs suddenly woke up in Game 6 & realized that Harden was baiting them.

The refs set the precedent before but didn’t uphold it.

Specifically, what drives do you believe he was fouled on?

Doesn’t matter.

The refs set a precedent the entire year up until last game then suddenly decided to turn a blind-eye. I’m not a Harden fan or fan of any team in general. I just call it like I see it on this one.

You can’t honestly believe that NO fouls occurred on the drives. Hell, the refs will blow the whistle a lot of the time just anticipating that a foul occurred but in this case it’s like they said “we’re not even gonna think about calling a foul”.

The drive and foul EVERY drive is so awful to watch. Maybe the NBA saw fan reaction and mentioned it to refs to chill out? And Harden is the biggest flopper in the NBA. And he gets to travel with his "step-back" and push off EVERY play.

[aemannarwal]

When was the last time when both the home teams lost game 7 at home in the conf finals ???

[Mylie10]

We all expected all the calls going in GSW's favor in Game 6. The real battle will be Game 7.

So many posts about the refs helping this team or that team. It's pathetic.

What's pathetic is the help a certain team needed to build momentum at home with one of the other team's best player out.

I thought Harden played in game 6?