NBAFan93 wrote:Marcus_Shart wrote:The Harden missed dunk call was ridiculous as well, and people did put up a little stink about it. People weren't as up in arms over it simply because there was time left, and Houston was up double digits. This Gobert goaltend would have tied a game with mere seconds left. There was enough time for the Jazz to get a good look to ice the game, but it's no guarantee they make it. Seems to me like it was a combination of the refs just wanting to end a chippy game, and Ariza going at one of them earlier just made the decision to turn a blind eye easier for them. The stakes were a lot higher here especially for an injured team fighting for the last spot in the playoffs. Feels like Houston fans ITT are just displaying their victim complex over Harden.
Stakes are high for the Rockets too. One game could totally change their playoff seeding. I know both situations are bad, but the outcry of “poor Blazers, poor Lillard, what an outrage“...is what’s annoying. Even Woj was tweeting about it. The attitude was that cause the Rockets are the Rockets they should just suck it up and real w/ losing 2 points - when the game ended in a tie and an OT loss - so obviously those two points mattered.
There was a team Twitter that beat the Rockets shortly after that happened (or maybe it was after their protest w/ the league was denied) that tweeted “protest that” and everyone was laughing - I think it might have actually been the Blazers. Edit - it was the Kings. Still people were laughing like it’s funny for the Rockets to get screwed, but cause it’s the league’s lovable Golden Boy and his underperforming team everyone feels bad.
If non-Houston fans laugh when Houston gets screwed it’s only because Houston Rockets basketball is so damned awful to watch.
