Perfect example of this is the contact Harden made on the Suns defender when Green hit the game-winning 3. That was a non-call and rightfully so. The defender stopped short in front of James which resulted in an unavoidable collision. Hence, no call.
I couldn’t watch the game because I was at work. I was able to watch some parts and usually the ones were the refs call bs calls on us. How do you change 2 calls just because the player is telling you it’s their ball. I mean come on that was totally bs, that refs either has no judgement of his own or mind of his own or probably more likely had something bet on that game or okc to make the playoffs that he was calling everything against us. He was the same guy that called Nene for an offensive foul on a lose ball on a 50/50 play. Where Nene clearly gets his body before PG. Paul George just jumps into Nene and tried to swiped the ball. How it is an offensive foul when the player set his body first and is just boxing out the other player. Nene didn’t even move his legs or grab PG. I’m kinda glad I wasn’t able to watch the full game. Now I’m seeing there were even more calls I just didn’t see. I was seriously imagining the team just walking out of that game because of the refs. The game didn’t matter to us anyway. What would be the consequences of walking out on a game? A big fine? I bet the NBA would eliminate us from the playoffs if we did.
I think that was actually called correctly. I believe there was a rule change that says if you stop in front of a player to draw a foul like that it’s an offensive foul now. Feel like bull explained that in a game a few games back.
Idk how it happened don’t know if there’s a video but if Paul stopped and russel jumped on top that’s still a foul on Russ pretty much every time u fall on someone it will be a foul on u. Even if Russ jumped and Paul Moved back or the side, he still has the ball. Btw I forgot about that so-called steak on Russ. On the replay you can see he clearly swiped on Hardens elbow then Ariza couldn’t handle it. So that should have been a foiled and russ shouldn’t have gotten credit for it. I’ll if he did but Marc and Jeff were saying he stole it.
In the mind of an NBA ref, probably not. Those guys are twitchy, set to blow whenever two players even get near each other. ... Granted, I am a hockey fan.
During live broadcast, cp3 moved to his right. The replay (different angle) didn’t show that right movement. Maybe optical illusion. I thought the right movement was why an offensive foul was called.
Now that I 100% agree with, it should be a no-call, but the NBA is about television and it's a bad look that guys fall down and nothing is called + referees love to be the one to embelish / create drama. I think that's why they call flops as well.
Yes, he moved, which is why it was called. So my guess is Westbrook jumped to get around CP3 for the steal and CP3 was smart enough to notice and moved slightly into him to get the foul. Smart, but the ref spotted it and made the call against him.
In 40 years of watching and playing basketball, I have never seen this called an offensive foul. Its a common trick to stop in front of a player so that they run into you. Its always a defensive foul. 19/20 times is being generous. That was a historically bad call.
It's called creating space between the ball and the defender. The offensive player should never be impeded in progress while the ball is in or out of their hands. This should always be called as a defensive foul and Westbrook knows this better than anyone as he's used this same tactic on our beloved ex-Rocket Patrick Bev numerous times through the years. This is how you make an over-aggressive defender back off a bit. The foul should have been on Lil Westbrick.
Lol well tbh I was implying 19/20 it’s a defensive foul and 1/20 it’s a no call. This is the only time I’ve seen it be offensive
And if one team that was hyped pre-season was teetering on the edge of missing the playoffs entirely. FIFY. Thank me later.
The refs NEED MORE HERRLP. Signed, Thunder fans who have suffered enough, having to live in Oklahoma 24 hours a day.
