The Howard lane violation wasn't really that obvious.. both Morris and Tucker were in the lane when that happened.
Yeah, to me it was a clear path but what I am saying the refs didn't call the first foul because parsons was about to go for a clear dunk so they let it go. But since he fell they called it too. In the espn broadcast it was hard to tell but you could see he did got tripped or Morris head moved parsons legs and made him tripped
I know. I am saying that the correct call should have been a foul on Morris BEFORE Parsons got tripped. That would have been an inbound foul.
Morris had his foot in the lane first. Plus, nobody benefited from stepping in the lane early. D-Mo made the free throw, therefore "let them play".
The refs were reluctant to make calls this game until they really had to. There were tons of late whistles. This was a "let them play" call.
Did anyone notice that Harden was attempting to block out on that play? That may be a first for anyone on our team beside Howard and Asik.
Don't agree. A ref should only make that call if the ball doesn't go in. Especially that late in the game.
There's been at least 10 games where the refs lost us the game, and this and one of the Memphis games are the only 2 that actually helped us so eff it
If Howard would have put his foot in first (which he didn't), then the "let them play" thing would have been bull****. I swear, my blood was boiling when Jon Barry was screaming bloody murder that this was a blatant lane violation on Howard. It's as if he was so fixated that the Rockets should lose that he could not bother to take a step back and look at the actual replay where Morris clearly put his foot in first. Dwight put his foot in literally a tenth of a second after Morris took a step in. The flop call on Harden definitely went our way. I felt that Dwight was getting away with some moving picks, but is not as if the opposition was not doing the same. I saw one where Markieff would not let Harden go around the pick to close out on Green (which he made the three). Overall, the game was poorly officiated. As you said, the refs were reluctant to make calls all night. Hell, they were trying to let play continue on on the Parsons clear path foul play, but they were forced to make a call once Parsons tripped. It should have been a foul the very second Morris try to hold Parsons from getting the ball, but they swallowed their whistle in that instance.
This! The open path Parsons call was a tough one. Looked like he got tripped in real time but the replay looked more like he tripped himself. The Dwight lane violation doesn't exist. Morris was in first, then Dwight, then whoever was standing next to Dwight (don't feel like figuring out who) was in...they ran a train on the lane. All before the shot went off. Harden is a genius at selling contact so you can't fault the refs for giving him the benefit of the doubt. Lucky...maybe. Happy to get a W...HELL YES!
Just 1 clear path foul which was difficult to call without the replay and the refs saved us. You guys are reaching.
