How much say did the refs have in the outcome of the Clippers-Jazz game?

At the end, I thought it should have been a no-call on both ends. You can argue the "reach" by Big All was an automatic call but it was a cheap, phantom whistle IMO. About 30 feet from the basket, CP3 was not impeded or hindered in the slightest (not sure he was even touched). On the other end, the no-call on Barnes at the buzzer was correct but he could have been whistled just as easily.

I despise the Utah Jazz crowd but can't blame them for booing everybody off the floor. It felt like the refs determined the outcome of the game, not the players.

 

with the fakers now rendered irrelevant, stern still has to milk the key so-cal market someway the next few years

 

CP3 had an open path to the basket if they didn't call the cheap foul, and at worst he would have milked the clock for the final shot. I was not at all comfortable with the Jazz getting the ball back with so much time, so I didn't love the foul call myself.

At any rate, this game was poorly officiated on both ends. The refs called so many fouls that both teams were in the penalty early and that just isn't fun to watch.

 

If the Clippers win streak surpasses the Rockets then there will always be an asterisk next to it.

 

When in doubt, blame the refs.

 

no there won't