Getting fouled on shots often causes you to miss shots. Getting fouled on made threes then having the shot called off as well.
Or game 6 for that matter. I personally thought it was worse at the time. Or game 1 of 2019, with how many times Klay was running up into Harden and what the NBA discussed as a "flagrant 1" became a no-call not once, but at least three times. Good thing we choked the series so I can't blame anyone else.
On the road Ed Malloy in 2017 Game 5 against the Warriors when James Harden was on Fire in the 1st Quarter, when Rockets were without Chris Paul. I was watching the referees calling tacky light touch fouls on the Rockets in the 2nd half and lost that game that is where my suspicions started, Game 6, Scott Foster Epic Refereeing in Game 7 that really got me angry. That is where I didn't care about the NBA anymore. After Houston people went through with the Hurricane, the Rockets players work so hard for the 1st seed throughout the year. Very Heartless. NBA is WWE. No such thing as home court advantage. Only Jersey sales, Crowd Sales. Baby faces, Heels and Promos.
LOL LOOK AT THE hand of Jordan Bell and bear in mind he was a rookie, its unheard of that a rookie gets a benefit of the call vs a superstar
also remember after game 1 rig job last year almost all of the national media acknowledged the officiating was blatantly hurting rockets, later on they switched the tune to harden choking... well how it was choking when the series ended 3:3? one of the most ignored facts is that the game 1 set the tone for the entire series... in game 2 rockets were still playing timid not really believing the refs will allow them to win and the fouls will be called
What is Mike DAntoni score more points than them. The Referees is killing the Momentum, taking away baskets, terse ting their enemy in James Harden. Harden is Iverson in this league now.
