Tim Leger "outburst" Rockets fall to Spurs, Harden's dunk waived off in 4th Qtr

Dreamshook is not pushing a narrative, the ball went into the basket. This is not a story, this is undeniably what happened.

Only narrative is coming from you with the post hoc rationalization BS. Just because you use a fancy phrase does not mean you are using it accurately.

Harden's dunk is not a rationalization it is a fact.

 

This is my claim

The refs missed seeing Harden successfully dunk the ball. The refs also missed calls in favor of the Rockets such as Westbrook's blatant backcourt violation that led to a dunk. Are we going to start now reviewing game tape and seeing both sides of the ledger and adding and subtracting 2 or 3 pts based on bad wrong calls?

 

Are you aware that the NBA has replayed 6 games for similar egregious missed calls in its entire history?

There is precedence to correct these types of injustices. This is the reason for why the protest process is in place.

The better question is why a Rockets fan is so adamant to eat a loss?

 

a missed backcourt violation may or may not lead to a bucket...an uncalled travel may or may not lead to a bucket...those calls can be missed, u see it all the time

converting on a dunk is a bucket, and missing that is egregious

u can’t say somebody didn’t make a dunk when they did...u can’t say somebody didn’t make a layup when they did...u can’t say somebody didn’t make a free throw when they did, etc...Harden made a dunk and the refs said “nope”

 

I'm more adament about how the Rockets blew a 22 pt lead and if you are going to tell me that a blown call caused the downhill collapse, then I'm more worried about how fragile the star players on this team are emotionally.

The missed dunk was a blown call. Blown calls happen every game. The Rockers lost a 22 pt lead. That's on them.

 

In this case the missed backcourt violation led to a dunk literally 2 seconds after the missed call.

 

And? Refs miss backcourt violations and other stuff like that all the time. Teams benefit from it constantly, that’s a part of the game. How do u miss a made basket?

 

You can be upset about both, but be an adult and realize that 2 wrongs never constitute a right.

 

How? By having the dunk look like it bricked out in real time. I know everyone here who watched the game love probably also thought Harden bricked the dunk. Only after the broadcast reply did we see the ball clearly go in first.

 

the refs are right there...missing that is inexcusable...stop the nonsense

 

Missing it was a honest mistake. I missed it live. Thought he bricked it. Not being able to review it is the problem here.

 

You're literally turning a black and white issue into something it's not. The whole point here is that what happened in real time is reviewable, and the Rockets literally asked them to do JUST THAT. After that, all the ****ery started, and you have the refs making BS excuses about why they didn't even though video evidence literally shows the opposite of what they're saying.

 

It IS reviewable. The ref said we didn't request to review it in time, even though there's clear video evidence of MDA and Harden asking for it basically right after it happened.

 

It has to be submitted to the league office. EVERY game counts. When it's the last game of the season and we are in a 3 way tie for home court we're all gonna ask why we didn't push harder today. If this scenario happened on the last game of the season would we push it? Of course, so why not now?

 

Nobody is gonna fire a referee for 100 blown block/charge calls in a season. But a ref who'd waive off 100 made baskets during the season would at the very least be fired, and possibly put under a criminal investigation.

 

Is this true? I change my whole stance on the issue if the refs had a chance to fix it and didn’t.

 

Per the strict letter of the rules, they may not have. There was confusion in what exactly happened and D’antoni may not have issued a direct challenge on the actual call that was made in the required 30 second window.

To me, a play like that shouldn’t have to be reviewable. Just go over and see the video if it was a made basket or not. What possible reason is there to not want the officials to be able to do that?

 

Don't care what he had to say but I must admit his makeup was on point!

 

The dunk didn't do much in the grand scheme of things!