joec32033 wrote:Luv those Knicks wrote:Im Coming Home wrote:True, but it makes it a little better that Sixers fans can't cry about Game 2 at all now.
I like LTM reports. It shows a more unbiased look at the final 2 minutes. Even if the game isn't overturned (and that almost never happens), the league admits ref mistakes. I'm OK with that.
I don't care about Maxey's travel, because, like game 2 - Refs can't call that in the closing minute.
The Knicks blew the game. Thibs blew the game. You've got to take that and move on. The report, while it takes some sting out of it, doesn't change the real culprit of this loss. Dumb mistakes. NY had this game.
Agree with bolded. The big issue I have is with the actual Foul on Mitch on that 4 point play. I posted this elsewhere, and will repost it here because I can't think of any different ways to word it.
I truly hate this play. Not only this singular play in particular, but this type of foul call in general. The player who inititiates illegal contact should get the foul called on them. Jumping into a defender in non-regular basketball motion should be an offensive foul. Last game Lowery initiated illegal contact by intentionally stepping/tripping on Brunson laying on his back and it was a foul on Brunson. Brunson laid down flat and had his arms crossed. That's an offensive foul IMO.Section IV—Fouls
a. A common personal foul is illegal physical contact which occurs with an opponent
after the ball has become live and before the horn sounds to end the period. If time expires
before the personal foul occurs, the personal foul should be disregarded, unless it was
EXCEPTION: If the foul is committed on or by a player in the act of shooting, and the
shooter released the ball prior to the expiration of time on the game clock, then the foul
should be administered in the same manner as with any similar play during the course of the
game (See Rule 13—Section II—b—ii).
b. A technical foul is the penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct or violations by team
members on the floor or seated on the bench.
c. A double foul is a situation in which any two opponents commit personal fouls at
approximately the same time.
d. An offensive foul is illegal contact, committed by an offensive player, after the ball
is live and there is team control.
e. A loose ball foul is illegal contact, after the ball is alive, when team control does
not exist.
f. A flagrant foul is unnecessary and/or excessive contact committed by a player against
an opponent whether the ball is dead or alive.
g. A punching foul is a punch by a player which makes contact with an opponent
whether the ball is dead or alive.
h. An away-from-the-play foul is illegal contact by the defense (1) in the last two
minutes of each period, and last two minutes of any overtime periods, which occurs deliberately
away from the immediate area of offensive action, or (2) prior to the ball being released on a
throw-in at any point during the entire game.
Getting someone up and making a normal basketball motion (like on a layup) I get. This James Harden chuck a shot and jump into the defender with a non basketball motion shot **** kills me.
And I don't want to be a bitch here. I tip my cap to Philly. The Knicks had chances to win and served up opportunity after opportunity to Philly for them to capitalize. Maxey is a BAD man. He is going to be a problem. Oubre and (ironically) Harris kept Philly in the game in the first half. The respect stops there. Nurse acts like a clown (but is a decent enough coach) and Joel Embitch...er...Embiid is a generational talent skill wise (but this series is showing a side of him I have never seen before). He is that good. He doesn't need to pull this dirty ****.
They basically permit the offensive player to jump at an angle, just not a severe one. They don’t define what that is so it’s BS.
Mitch should not be close to him. He def played that like it was over and he was just going through the motions.