Uh, yeah, no January game in the history of basketball has ever been more important than a 3 pt loss in a game 5 of a 2-2 series that we lost in 7. Sorry, but that's ridiculous.
If going for a loose ball you rolling into another player also going for it than that's a foul. It's not incidental contact - Tucker was no longer in the hunt - he had dived and had no chance for the ball and Durant was running along the baseline. Tucker rolled into him AFTER the dive - that's a foul.
no its not a foul. not even close. I guess that might be a foul in whatever pee wee league youre referring to, where you dont want your little kids hurt In no way is that a foul on Tucker. There isn't much to even debate here. if you actually think that's a foul you would be worse than the blind refs who didn't call KD out of bounds and thought he was in
Imagine if this happened in a playoff game, or even in an elimination game. This can't be allowed. You can't allow the refs to do stuff like this and not hold them accountable.
Ok well not need to insult one another here, from what I've seen be called for loose ball fouls in past games, that would certainly have been called. I'm not interested in debating the merits of whether it should have been called, just saying based on 30 years of watching basketball that normally they would call that ok?
i completely disagree and just by being around the game and watching all live loose ball situations in all levels of play and guys are hustling for live balls, those are never fouls. but hey youre welcome to believe it is. carry on
Dude, he rolled over into Durant's legs - he wasn't even making a play on the ball at that point. That's the definition of a loose ball foul. I mean, homerism I get, but seriously, why can't we also be impartial fans at times?
your take is incredibly exaggerated and dramatic. that's not being impartial, that's just called being incorrect. do yourself a favor a refresh your memory on live lose ball plays and watch all the crashing, diving, scrambling that the ones willing to go for loose balls. and let us know how many of them are called these so called loose ball fouls. Good luck "Tucker (Hou) makes marginal contact with Durant (GSW) while going for the loose ball and does not effect his SQBR" Review Decision: CNC
Well I am surprised that they say it did not affect his SQBR because Durant clearly went from being inbounds to out of bounds. But ok, there you go. I like how you describe my take as dramatic when it's you who seems to be getting all up in arms.
It's interesting they also listed that the contact with Harden was an INC before Durant lost the ball. Basically the refs just completely flubbed that last 35 seconds of the game.
Pretty much confirms what I’ve said. The refs decided they were not going to blow a whistle regardless what happened on the court. Didn’t matter what happened. Adam Silver will continue to allow this though.
They say the kicked ball with 5 seconds that bailed out Harden was incorrect because Curry didn't move his leg to try and kick it. Hmmm...I've never seen that called (or non-called). And Harden *was* fouled on his drive.
What is this report good for? Talking points? If calls go the wrong way and costs a team the game it changes nothing. The ref that was right in front of the play should be fined and/or suspended. It’s too blatant of a miss at a critical juncture of the game. It’s not even a miss, it’s a gift to the Warriors.
I believe the office and the refs review it along with video and determine where they ****ed up and where they did right.
watching it live, I initially thought my eyes had deceived me and maybe KD actually was inbounds because I couldn’t even fathom that a ref could possibly miss something like this this was 1 of the worst and most embarrassing missed calls ever
It isn't right that the refs did that. It isn't right that the play before this was one where they reviewed after the ball went off the Warriors and the Rockets didn't touch the ball. It isn't right that Draymond Green didn't get techs for his displays which are expressly against the rules. Then the Durant out-of-bounds no-call was the biggest one of them all. Yet, Harden won it anyway. And that win was that much sweeter because of the wrongs done to the Rockets. The bigger the odds against the Rockets the sweeter the victory.
