Are they gonna ref Dwight like this the entire series?

what if the answer is yes, Howard will keep getting calls like this, but Harden will keep getting 17 free throws a game?

I might make that trade, especially if Harden is not hitting from the field.

 

You don't understand simpleton. Howard still deserved the other two calls. Then he made bonehead mistakes and committed obvious tacky fouls. Howard is known for this and foul trouble has followed him his entire career. Everyone is complaining that he didnt deserve the fouls. I remember the Yao screw job like it was yeserday, there is no comparison. Yao was called for a foul in bounding a ball that series.

 

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 5.1

 

he's only critisizing dallas because they didnt beat the rockets

 

These calls are made 100 percent due to his reputation. Really sucks.

 

He's criticizing Dallas for being stupid. Rondo kills their team no matter who they play.

 

12 were intentional. And this is not outside the ordinary for the Rockets and Mavs. Houston was 2nd in the league in FTA and Dallas was 16.

 

I think that first one wasn't called a foul it was a clean block J.R.. Amazing play by Dwight there.

 

Only 2 of those were legit. The foul on Chandler and the moving screen. The others were horrible especially the freakin flop from Dirk.

 

Just in general, Joey Crawford games are poorly officiated for all teams. He is too hell bent on impacting the game. It's just flat out ridiculous. I don't understand how he has a job with the NBA.

 

It was called a foul. Monta shot 2 FTs.

 

Thanks J.R.

First foul: what the heck?
Second foul: no question
Third: He had his hands up; I could see how a superstar gets that call in the reg season, but playoffs?? (The James harden drive into Dirk made up that call)
Fourth: Dont need to swing your arms out and let the Dirk accentuate the contact
fifth foul: JJ accentuated the contact, like any good flopper should...however Dwight opened up subjectivity by not remaining stationary.

 

I am 100% sure it was not called a foul!. If you watch these highlights you can see the block led to a fast break.

http://streamable.com/drd6

 

Definitely NOT called a foul. Was one of his tremendous blocks from the game.

 

This is the foul:

http://stats.nba.com/cvp.html?GameID=0041400151&GameEventID=45&mtype=&mtitle=#

The foul happened @6:54 mark of 1st quarter

The gif you have is the clean block @7:14.

 

Ahh I see what I did. I GIF'd the wrong play.

Yes, that was a block and fast break the other way.

My mistake, thanks.

 

Agree.

First foul: bad call
Second: Foul
Third: kinda ticky-tack
Fourth: Flop
Fifth: Foul

So I count 3 legit fouls. He shoulda played 30 minutes.

 

Dwight is well rested and fired up! The mavs have no choice but to flop him out of the games.

 

The fourth foul really pissed me off. Because the prior position Dwight set the exact same pick and Carlisle went bonkers that it was called a foul. The very next play that foul was called and it was less contact than the first one. Crazy, Carlisle really wanted Dwight to get that 4th foul. They no chance at beating us with him in the game. He's well rested and fired up for the playoffs.

 

#1 is unclear. Let's say it's a foul.
#2 was a boneheaded move. Howard needs to avoid this kind of unnecessary
move.
#3 was clearly not a foul. Howard raised his hand straight up and he didn't move his body. Stoudemire moved himself into Dwight. Per this year's rule, it was not a foul.
#4 was a Dirk flop. Suddenly Dirk's huge body got slapped away by a hand like a kite. LOL
#5 technically was a foul. The distance of Dwight's two legs was wider than his shoulder. But this kind of screens rarely get called. It's a shame that refs treated Dwight like a rookie.