[sigh] Game 3: Kashi commits his first Foul of the series

Seriously
That tells the tale of the refs

Rocket River

 

I was under the impression that Game 2 was just a Tony Brothers special. Figured we'd get a decent whistle after that in Game 3. I was very wrong.

Rockets will have to overcome the refs, because it is clear that there's been a mandate.

 

Don't you know he is Michael Jordan.

 

Meh, Spurs fans will complain if Harden shoots FT's on a legit foul. But they will never complain about how their team gets away with mugging our players without fouls being called against them.

 

He's very disciplined defensively. And mot of the time he's guarding Ariza, right?

 

hes guarding harden, which makes this even harder to believe

 

Kashi?

The Spurs are doing a pretty solid job of being lured into fouls. Harden's best weapon is his ability to find hands and arms, both while off the pick and roll and while driving into the paint.

He got one last night on Mills off a three and on Danny Green off help defense but of this were any other middle of the pack team, he'd be finding a lot more arms in the way of his natural shooting motion. His main defender pretty much ALWAYS has his arms and hands up and away from Harden while backing up.

The only reason Harden isn't getting free layups is because guys like Gasol or Aldridge are camping down low to help and those kick out threes were being well denied. Harden and Capella need to work on the lob game because having that in sync will solve a lot of our issues.

 

On every play he pushes people off which is a blatantly obvious offensive foul but they turn a blind eye

 

I missed game 2. In game 1, don't remember him guarding Harden all that much.

In game 3, I don't recall any blatant missed fouls on him. Players with defensive reputations will get away with more contact, in general. Beverley is practically mugging the guy he's guarding every play.

 

So what you're showing here is evidence that Leonard generally doesn't commit or isn't whistled for a lot of fouls. It's also worth pointing out that this was true for him even as a rookie when you wouldn't think he'd be getting reputation calls.

My conclusion remains the same -- he knows how to defend at an elite level without fouling. That's a skill -- it's what makes him so effective on that end of the floor. So I don't see much point in complaining about it, unless you have specific video to point to in this series that shows something out of the ordinary for him.

 

Well.......I would show you the video of the shoulder he put in to Ariza on the baseline for one..... But I wouldn't want to do that to you right now.

 

That would be a quality contribution to this thread.

 

You know, I expect Kawhi not to foul...But this Pau thing is maddening. This guy is winning nearly every call.

 

He often pushes off with his left hand while dribbling and on his shots in the paint. Never noticed it until this series. But they haven't called it once.

 

Ask Memphis coach if the refs give the Spurs arm chair ride or not.The guy had to resort to publicly calling out the refs and their blatantly obvious one sided officiating. The Spurs for years have been riding the Ref's gravy train