[clutch conspiracy] Are officials punishing the Rockets?

Payback?

The refs couldn’t get any worse than the 2018 playoffs, so from the Rockets point of view, Fug em!

 

It's not so much kissing ass, as it is framing the discussion in a way that benefits the NBA. Cuban, for example, switched from just complaining about how Mavs were impacted, and moving to how the NBA is impacted by officiating, and how 'fixing' it would benefit the NBA. It became a win win. Not sure how the Rockets do this, as the calls against them seem unique to them, and likely even intentionally orchestrated by the NBA. I would think the angle is that the perception of blatant bias is bad for the NBA.

 

Sadly, that's pretty much true.

 

if i am reading the correct section, there is no trigger to determine if a player was out of bounds on a shot (also not challengable). which means the trigger had to be to review 2 or 3. while it says boundary violation is a reviewable matter, that means they had to initiate a "2 or 3" review on a play where the player was apparently so far from the "2 or 3" line they were out of bounds in the other direction. which means they made that review reason up just to take away our basket.

 

How free throws tonight?

 

A lot bad calls but glad we pulled through. Someone needs to make a viral video of how the refs been tryna screw us over...

 

MDA put harden plays longer time even in rubbish hour to break Michael Jordan record if they dont give free throws for foul to Harden

 

It’s gonna be a long season with these refs. Pretty clear that a mandate has been made.

 

3 straight no calls for Harden. Harden wasn't even hunting for fouls. 3 no calls before Harden got frustrated and pushed Murray.

 

Shoulda punched him, just because.