If the NBA is controlling refs to change results, should they not favor New Orleans? More drama, longer GS series = more revenue
Spurs shot 40 more free throws than Warriors in the first round, Pelicans just aren't good at defending without fouling.
No need to divert the topic @durvasa come on stick to the current situation in hand and in discussion. There is something to the inconsistency within a single game from the refs that has been causing problems all season but especially so this current series. Both sides aren’t being officiated the same so far. Draymond and the warriors are able to be physical but the pelicans can’t. Jrue holiday. ———— Anthony Davis Regular season 15.4 fga/gm ——— 19.5 fga/gm 2.9 fta/gm. ———— 8.0 fta/gm 1st round 20.3 fga/gm. ——— 21.3 fga/gm 4.3 fta/gm. ———— 9.5 fta/gm This series 19.0 fga/gm. ——— 22.0 fga/gm 1.0 fta/gm. ———— 2.0 fta/gm . . . Golden state warriors in the regular season allowed 22 fta a game while committing 19.6 personal fouls a game. Golden state in the first round of the playoffs allowed 23 fta a game while committing 19.8 personal fouls a game. Golden state this series? They’ve are allowing 10 fta a game while committing 17 personal fouls a game. . . . Pelicans in the regular season allowed 20.5 fta/game while committing 19.1 personal fouls/game Pelicans in the first round allowed 15.8 fta/game while committing 19.5 personal fouls a game. Pelicans this series? They are allowing an insane 29.5 fta a game while committing 21.5 personal fouls a game. . . . . . There is a distinct pattern found in the numbers that points a certain way.
Thanks for this, totally supports what we already knew: - AD and Holiday are getting substantially less FTs per game, with AD it's statistically so skewed that it's fishy - Warriors are all of a sudden giving up 10+ less FTs away while intensity goes up in the playoffs. This is partly because the Pelicans are a bit of a soft team, but they were getting inside the paint where they scored 66 points so.
What are the numbers when the teams play on their home floor? I assume that is a factor. And do two games constitute a large enough sample for us to say there is a pattern here? The point I was making was not a diversion. The Pelicans coach said after that Rockets game that AD not getting calls was a season-long pattern. So if that's the primary issue in these two games, do we attribute that to league favoritism towards the Warriors specifically, or to the general trend pointed out by his coach of Davis not being officiated in a way that is favorable to his team?
I don’t have the time to look and type the numbers but I gave you the regular season blend that matched the 1st round almost seemlessly but something goes awry in the 2nd round. Is 2 games a small sample size? Sure but it’s the topic at hand of discussion so to dismiss it to sample size is to dismiss the conversation. I understand the point your making and Davis probably has gotten an unfair whistle all season long but the averages tell you us something. The averages are then almost matched identically in the 1st round followed by this ubsurd anomaly of discrepancy this series. My argument isn’t much of anything other than shining light in a situation that doesn’t seem organic. Davis averaged a certain set of numbers with year long unfair officiating. Jrue did the same. Pelicans the same. Warriors the same. All season and through the first round everything seems to match up and seem in line. Then this matchup occurs and everything is flipped upside down with across the board inconsistency in the numbers all favoring one side of the ball. I’m not arguing conspiracy right now, I’m just presenting data that paints a seemingly strange picture
