Post#2194 » by chefo » Tue May 29, 2018 2:53 am
If this were Greece, Turkey, or Serbia, and that game was called in such a fashion against the home team in the playoffs, these refs were going to leave the arena in an ambulance. The local police would have probably joined in, BTW; Just saying...
As somebody who played organized hoops, it's impossible to be mentally there when the refs are jobbing you on almost every possession. You drive, they nail you. You score, they take it away. They nail you in your shooting motion, they don't call it. EVERY player's mind will default to jacking up long shots with such CONSISTENT reffing. BTW, the team that's getting the calls knows the fix is in too. They'll foul more. They'll go WWE screening on O. Look at their confidence sky-rocket shortly.
I'm embarrassed for the NBA. I have not seen this kind of ref craptitude since the Kings and Lakers back in the day. And back in the day, they were freakin' subtle about it, pros, if you will. This is blatant.
Moving screens on the other end so obvious Steve Wonder can call them. On 2 GS 3s in a 2 min span.
If Houston pulls this one out, kudos. Don't like them, don't like their players, or coach, or how they play, or how much their 2 stars flop. But nobody deserves this kind of crap on their home floor in a game 7. Nobody.
I'm done watching such a freakin' travesty. And I'm a ball fan who loves an ugly game, but this is just on another level.