did you agree with the 2 no-calls on harden's 3s, and waiving off the 4 point play? did you agree with the no call on the moving screen and ego drives in OPs post? you can rationalize and say it was piss poor shooting that lost the game, but give me those CLEAR calls and we win even with piss poor shooting and no CP3.
This is why we keep getting crappy refs for this sport. People constantly make excuses for them. We had the entire Donaghy thing (Which involved Foster...) and people act like that didn't happen. People forget that the nba had a "rogue" ref deciding games who also said there were other refs involved.
It's stupid mentality that the 3rd quarter ref job travesty didn't affect hou and got them off of what they did in the 1st half. People can point to all the misses they want. In the end the casual fan will look at that and say hou had their chances bc that's what the script tells you. That's exactly what's going to happen when you give one team the momentum and completely kill the other. The refs didn't let two teams go at it for a final game to decide who goes to the finals without putting their impact on it. That's just garbage. This NBA finals is as fake as they come
It wasnt just the third qtr, harden was obviously fouled on multiple 3s in the first half, no calls. I think in the third he wasnt given an and-1 four pt play and another similar one (got 2 shots instead of three). Add on EGs missed call and the moving screens...how do you miss so many obvious calls...all against the rockets...
I mean, us missing a ton of threes was also a factor. Not saying it was JUST refs, but def factored in. I feel like they directly took away at least 10-15 points
Get this viral on social media. These call was so god damn obvious especially the 4 point play, moving screen, and 3 point foul.
there was absolutely no way they were going to let GS lose this game. even if we had made 20 threes, they would have found a way to make GS advance
I don’t know why people get their panties in a wad when it’s ever suggested officiating plays a role in the outcome of a game. Fact: If the refs call two obvious fouls on Harden threes in the first half, the Rockets are up by 15-20 at the break, not 11. Fact: James Harden makes a huge momentum shifting three that could’ve been a four point play, making an 8 point game a 12 point one, and, instead, the Rockets were lucky to get 2 points on the possession. Fact: Jordan Bell blatantly moves on a screen to give Curry a clean look on a three that gave the Warriors the lead for good. Yes, the Rockets missing shots tonight sealed their fate. But if the officials properly do their job, they would’ve had a decent chance to overcome it. In game 6, the entire game thread talked about how the refs enabled the Warriors to stay in the game and whittle a 17 point lead down to 10 by halftime. Those 7 points made it a lot easier to mount a third quarter comeback. Same as the six potential points the Rockets lost from non calls on Harden threes tonight.
I don't disagree. But what sucks is that with all those missed shots, people are going to dismiss the bad calls. It's infuriating. Why did they have to miss so bad?!!
14 possible points for Houston. 5 extra points for Golden State. Rockets could have shot 30% from the line on those plays and they still would have won. And that doesnt even include other plays the Warriors were clearly moving on a screen for a Curry three.
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if they give harden his 4 point play the rockets are up 60-47 with 9:31 left in the 3rd quarter. that could've been a turning point in the game and the rockets probably are not -18 in the 3rd quarter.
That play would have given the Rockets a momentous 12- or 13-point lead in the third. Most people underestimate the mental part of a bad call like that. Hometeam crowd is hype, players feel good about the play, extra pumped to get a stop to bust the door wide open. Instead, it’s a VERY obvious missed call by a prideful ref that deflated the crowd and the players, and it gave the opponents the feeling of a second chance. They dodged a bullet, time to take advantage.
