Clutchfans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 8/24/2020 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 4)

Right..... and let me ask you, what do you think happens the rest of the game if MDA challenges Brothers.

Ask Paul what happened after he flipped out over Brothers not calling a delay of game in the thunder's game against the wolves....... Paul was hammered by Brothers the next time he officiated the thunder.

There is no retribution because the league wants a select few officials to control the game.

 

i can't believe that any refs do this on their own. has to be mandated from above

 

the more i think about this call the more pissed off im getting. Why do they hate this man so much ?! Damn I want to break something. This is ridiculous!

 

Bull after bs. The refs obviously want to keep the score close like last game. They been calling a bunch of bs calls on us. Bens flagrant foul and Harden step back “travel”. And they will dictate how the 4th quarter goes. Since OKC isn’t making that many shots. They want us to not have our flow on. Little bumps or touched on OKC players a foul especially on rebound or lose balls. We get no calls like that. Gordon and Harden get bump or smack and they swallow the whistle.

 

we've been playing well despite absolute bs calls.

That travel call was UNBELIEVABLE and inexcusable GARBAGE.... Tony Brothers the resident Harden hating ref.

 

I don't think you can challenge that

 

ONE MORE THING

Can someone explain to me what Illegal Defense is again

Rockets have a guy at the top of the key
3 men on the opposite side of the court
Harden by himself

OKC counters with a man on Harden - two men about 4 feet behind him - One guy at the top and one man 4 feets from him
Literally their whole defense is on the Harden side of the court for the whole possession .
Then the Announcers go: Great defense by Dort

WTF?

Rocket River

 

It’s tied. Just in case some of you guys missed that little detail. Relax baby! We bout to blast off!

 

thunder wouldn't be getting penetration like this if the rockets were allowed to handcheck like the thunder.

 

They have to put OKC away this game or they will think they can win the series. This second half is CRUCIAL.

 

bullard looking at the replay multiple times contended it was absolutely not a travel at all

 

disagree, this looks like his standard stepback with 2 steps after the gather



that’s a BS call

 

RULE NO. 14 – Coaches Challenge
Section I—Overview

1. On a one-year trial basis for the 2019-20 season, a head coach may trigger instant replay review of certain events subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this rule. Instant replay review triggered pursuant to this rule shall be referred to as a “Coach’s Challenge” (or “Challenge” for short).
2. Each team is entitled to one Challenge throughout the entire game (regardless of whether the Challenge is successful).
3. A team may utilize a Challenge to trigger instant replay review of only the following three events: (1) a called personal foul charged to its own team, (2) a called out-of-bounds violation, or (3) a called goaltending or basket interference violation; provided that, in the last two minutes of the fourth period and last two minutes of any overtime, a team is no longer able to utilize a Challenge to trigger instant replay review of a called out-of-bounds violation, or called goaltending or basket interference violation, as review of these events during these periods will be exclusively triggered by the on-court game officials.
4. Any called foul, violation, or other decision by the game officials not listed in Section I—c above, or any non-call, is not a challengeable event. For clarity, instant replay review of the following events, among others, may not be triggered by a Challenge: (1) a called personal foul charged to the opposing team, (2) continuation—e.g., whether a defensive foul occurred prior to the offensive player beginning his shooting motion, (3) a Technical Foul or Flagrant Foul, and (4) violations such as traveling, carrying, double dribble, or an offensive or defensive three-seconds. As set forth in Section II—b—3 below, any aspect related to continuation constitutes a reviewable matter when a called foul is properly challenged, but continuation is not by itself an independent challengeable event.

https://official.nba.com/rule-no-14-coaches-challenge/

 

Somewhere with a mouth full of Johnson.

 

Pretty clear to me the Rockets are pretty much dictated to lose this game unless the officiating wildly changes or they shoot 90% from 3 the rest of the game. Tony Brothers baby.

 

Even if we can it still wipes the 3 off the board and just gives us possession... that call was so bad that its not simply a mistake.. THERE's ****ERY AFOOT by Mr. Brothers.

 

refs will decide how physical they can be on defense, cant afford harden to be in foul trouble

 

CP0 thought he was to cool for school and tried to get jimmy isolated and ended up in a big fail. Also watch how he is always screaming at his teammates . It must be a pain in the ass to play with this little midget

 

actually the refs are winning

 

dort went out of the game and harden tried to score like once. inexcusable lack of attention to details. i know they stole the 3 the one time he tried to score, but i can't believe how we ran the offense. MDA and harden gotta pull their heads out.