hayden wrote:hands11 wrote:hayden wrote:Meh, I'm a Rocket's fan, so I'm biased. I'd be pissed for sure if this happened against my team, but again, this seems just like a 50/50 call that went in favor of the Rockets that put Harden at the line to give him the opportunity to score an extra point.
Ok, sure. Let ignore Harden initiated the contact and pushed Trevor.
50/50 call. So why not a double foul ? Jump ball.
Ok, fine. This one goes to HOU.
How do you then explain this one the very next play. You see the ref under the basket near the end. What and the hell was he watching. Howards feet never stopped moving. I'm pretty sure that is part of the rules for a pick. You feet have to be set. Kind of reffing 101
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Is that a moving pick on Howard ?
Is Howard not holding Walls arm ?
Even if they blow the first call, they shouldn't have missed the 2nd one.
Wizards ball up 1 with like 3 second left. Highly highly unlikely Houston win that game.
Wiz go into the break at .500 having just beat OKC, GS, PHX, POR, MIA and CHI 2x all since Mon, Jan 13 and lost to MEM by 3 and took SAS into OT.
They would also have Wall in his first AS game and Beal in the 3 pt shooting and whatever that other game is called. That would have been great momentum for them. They deserved to win this game.
Refs should not be stealing game from team with back to back bad calls with the game in the balance.
They didn't deserve to win this game. It's not like they were up the entire game or were up 5pts at the end of the game with a sequence of bad calls. And what does their current run have to do with anything? The Rocket's have won 7 straight if you haven't heard.
Questionable calls happen throughout the game, you can't just focus in on the few plays at the end unless it's completely blantant (like the shooting fouls that weren't called in a few games this season the the league officially addressed).
Harden also had to sink a clutch free-throw and make a layup on three wizard players. If anything you should also blame your lackluster, ball-watching, defense on that layup. I've already admitted my bias and know that Dwight/Harden was being a bit crafty.. maybe you oughta acknowledge your biases and realize the refs didn't hand Houston the win.
So you reply to a post that have video and a snap shot of Howard setting a moving pick and then holding while the Wizards are still up 1 after a bad ( or at a bare min a very questionable call that cuts the lead from 2 to 1 and give HOU possession ) but you fail to comment on the blown call on the very next play that would have given the Wizards possession up 1 with like 3 seconds left and you conclude the Wizards didn't deserve to win even though they would up by more with only 3 seconds remaining and possession ?
Last I checked it's whoever has more pts when time expires. Up by 1 wins the game. It doesn't matter what the score is at halftime. Just who is winning at the end. Speaking of halftime, another terribly blow call. Wizards advanced the ball on a pass to Beal who get it just past half court, Harden tries to run across his front and clobbers Beal as he is advancing the ball to shoot. Literally turns Beal entire torso with the the contract. No Call. And this was in plan view just past the half court line. All eye on both player for the final shot of the half.
But back to Howard. So on the play before, you claim TA was holding TA so a foul call was correct but ignore Harden pushing off, then on the very next play you say its ok for Howard to set a moving pick like an offensive lineman and then hold Wall with two hands as shown in the still picture ? Wall was the primary defender on Harden to stop him from driving. I thought you said it wasn't ok to put your hands on a player and hold them.
Yes, you admitted your bias, but that is no excuse for lack of logic and consistency. That's just showing willful ignorance. If you fault TA for the hold, then fault Howard for the hold and admit its a foul.
Wizards possession. Up 1 with 3 seconds left. They inbound the ball and get fouled because Houston has to stop the clock. Heading to the line with 2 seconds left and Wall the likely shooter. Wall shoots .836 from the line.
Its about the calls and the refs and the douche bag way Harden plays the game. I don't want to see LeBron crab dribbles or flops, nor CP3, and I don't want to see Harden flailing and flopping and getting away with it. I want to see competitive basketball and the refs calling the game correctly. I don't want to see that other BS ugly crap that diminishes the game. Specially from otherwise talented players.
They have been changing the rules in an attempt to clean up the game. They no longer call the arm swipe through as a shooting foul. Its still a foul but it only a possession foul. They say they want to end the flops and have done something, but not enough in my book. They have been calling carrying/palming more this year as well. Again, its an illegal play so its good they are calling it. I hated how much palming that had allowed for like 10 years. I love watching basketball. Its my favorite sport. I hope they do more to keep the quality and integrity of the game up by cleaning up these bad calls.
