agreed, lets blame tracy. i think the refs are always so feared by those utah fans that they unconciously get biased to the home team.
The refs were good tonight, it's pure bs to blame the loss on them when our 2 starplayers on the team combined for 11-38 from the field but on the other side I won't whine about Ron's performance, he almost had a triple double and in all he was solid and Yao can't be perfect in every game. It was just a loss, get over it.
I respect the OP of our clutch fans but here is my point. The reason why I made this thread was because of an observation or take I had on the game. The Jazz are allowed to play a physical game in utah they are rewarded for their aggressive play by getting to the free throw line. I am fine with that until the refs stop rewarding our guys for their aggressiveness on the offensive end. The Rox started to press the issue last night by taking it into the paint they were getting hit with no calls. I know some of you will still disagree with me and maybe I am being biased, but consider this. Utah is a fabolous team they execute consistently on a nightly basis no matter who they are playing. How can they be so good at home but so horrible on the road? If you don't believe look at the numbers except for Dwills the team does not go to the line nearly as much. As a matter of fact it could be said the refs are one-sided to the Jazz when they go on the road because they do not reward them for their extra hustle.
i didn't notice the refs at all last night, which means they must have been doing their jobs pretty well. plenty of times i was expecting a whistle against us that never came. i think the refs understood the implications of the game and let the players go at it. crawford and co. treated it like a playoff game, which is appropriate. we took bad shots, had too many turnovers, couldn't convert the offensive rebounds, and missed wide open looks. the game was there for the taking. that said, i still hate the jazz and their fans are a-holes.
Officiating wasn't bad this game...the Rockets offense was. Several missed and out of control layups. Artest couldn't make a shot. 34% shooting as a team?!?!? If we played good offense, we could have won this game. No excuses.
Well both wafer and lowry ran us out of the game in the 3rd. Refs was fine. They didn't call a couple flops by brewer so that was excellent.
for once in Utah we got a fairly officiated game and couldn't make our layups. You can't blame this one on the Refs
for the most part i thought the game was called fairly... there was a lot of physical play but that's how it's gonna be in the playoffs... i think bill and clyde mentioned during the spurs game that the refs are preparing for the playoffs.. so they're allowing a lot of the physical play
My sense of the game was the Jazz went to the rim looking for a basket. We went into the paint (not the rim) looking for a foul to bail us out. FYI, I live in Ausitn and watch games on the NBA package. That means about half are non Houston announcers - and they all complain about the season long lack of calls on their team. I think the refing is fairly poor, but it is not biased.
This was by far the best officiated Rockets vs. Jazz game I have ever seen. Yes there were times where our players went in, drew contact, and there was no call made. On the other side of that, there were plenty of times their players went in and drew contact from Yao, Hayes, etc... and no call was made. They let the players play and let the players decide the outcome. That is how it should be every game. The refs also didn't fall for the one Kirilinko flop that he tried on Scola. They called the foul on Kirilinko instead. We lost this game because of our atrocious shooting. We had uncountable fast break opportunities which we scored on about 30% of the time. That is our fault for not executing better. We had plenty of wide open shots throughout the game as well which we missed. Not to mention some questionable passes made by our perimeter players which resulted in turnovers and fast breaks for them. I know it's natural to blame the officiating after every Jazz game, but this was an exception. I hope that's how they call the games in the playoffs. I think the Rockets will be better off with it. They don't usually play such horrible offense every night.
Anyone who watched the last game vs Utah and thought the officiating was biased has no concept of how to watch a game. I'd take this level of officiating any night of the week.
This was a pretty even game, they didnt call many flops for the jazz. But Yao still gets hit on the arm almost every time he takes a hook shot.
