GS and the referee bias cannot be ignored anymore

[Foxmulder]

yes.

a foul is a foul, no matter how much time is left.

and this is the NBA, they give leeway to traveling all the time.

what I rarely see is a player in plain view get blatantly hacked on the arm and it not get called.

I think it was a good no call.

Edit: I saw that fakkit Charles Smith get triple teamed by Jordan, Grant and Pippen and got hacked like 5 times under the basket with no whistle and the end of a playoff game shyts been like that forever.

 

[Flex Grossman]

If you're a lebron fan you're gonna say the refs were horrible all game. As a GS fan you'll say those clear missed calls for other bad calls that went against your team. It's how sports goes.
As neither a lebron or GS fan, refs clearly favored the dubs in the 4th and OT. I have no problem with the no call at the end of regulation, let the players decide it in the end. And no problem with the travels not being called, its the NBA, that's how it's always been.
But they let iggy get away with whatever he wanted against bron late. It's crazy to see a superstar get beat up like that. Not even the clear hacks on shot attempts, dude was holding and bumping him on every drive.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Nah 2011-'14 Heat Everyone hated them and complained about the refs being in their pocket..

But they actually were in 06

 

[Piff Huxtable]

shout out to the NBA refs

bad reffing hasn't decided ONE SINGLE GMAE in the playoffs thus far

most consistent officials in major sports

 

[Stealth]

Anyone else notice how many goddamn times they show Steph's family in the stands? They are pushing this pretty boy like no other star I've seen. And his team reaps the benefits as well. shyt is corny to me.

I SAID THE SAME EXACT shyt WATCHING THE GAME

EVERY GAME, AT LEAST 4 TIMES THEY SHOW HIS FAMILY. Never seen this shyt before, like we get it its his family who cares. God damn man

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I don't see how that non-call compared to these instances make it "inconsequential".

Bron got away with offensive contact all throughout the game
Thompson was getting away with hacking in the paint
Mozgov got away with traveling in the paint
Delly was only called for one foul in the second half despite bumping players out of their pockets on a # of possessions

If were to dissect the game; situations where each team had the benefit of the doubt when it came to calls/non-calls, you'd see that it was officiated a lot closer than you first imagined. Not to mention you'd eventually arrive to a point where ruling out a non-call/call for a non-call/call would be futile, due to disrupting what effect it'd have on the flow and momentum of the game.

This is problem when we describe the plot of the game - we aggrandize everything that goes on in the 4th quarter - failing to accurately take into account what went on during the rest of the game.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

yes.

a foul is a foul, no matter how much time is left.

and this is the NBA, they give leeway to traveling all the time.

what I rarely see is a player in plain view get blatantly hacked on the arm and it not get called.

The same could be said when they give leeway to the defender on the last play of a game (an example you gave in argument of the refs favoring GS).

 

[Born2BKing]

you beat me to it.. i was going to do this exact thread... those hacks arents slight swipes... FULL BLOWN KARATE CHOPS

Yeah that one where dude just chopped the shyt out of Lebron when he went for the short jumper was crazy. How the hell do you miss that call, if you are being unbiased?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Yeah that one where dude just chopped the shyt out of Lebron when he went for the short jumper was crazy. How the hell do you miss that call, if you are being unbiased?

I guess the refs were biased towards GS on these possessions too.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Yup

Typical of you to agree with that dumb shyt.

 

[Ritzy Sharon]

I don't see how that non-call compared to these instances make it "inconsequential".

Bron got away with offensive contact all throughout the game
Thompson was getting away with hacking in the paint
Mozgov got away with traveling in the paint
Delly was only called for one foul in the second half despite bumping players out of their pockets on a # of possessions

If were to dissect the game; situations where each team had the benefit of the doubt when it came to calls/non-calls, you'd see that it was officiated a lot closer than you first imagined. Not to mention you'd eventually arrive to a point where ruling out a non-call/call for a non-call/call would be futile, due to disrupting what effect it'd have on the flow and momentum of the game.

This is problem when we describe the plot of the game - we aggrandize everything that goes on in the 4th quarter - failing to accurately take into account what went on during the rest of the game.

I don't think Bron walking the ball up in the middle of third is as significant as a attempted game winner or crucial plays during OT. and like a poster mentioned earlier, not even the crowd caught it.

but context is important, this is a league where Corey Brewer got away with carrying the ball from half court. . traveling is the most unenforced rule in the book, but few get away with a blatant hack on the arm.

it's only natural that we place greater importance on what's called in the 4th since that's when the game is decided.

I gave my impression watching the game in real time but perhaps you're right, if I go back and dissect and scrutinize each play from the opening tip, my opinion could change.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I don't think Bron walking the ball up in the middle of third is as significant as a attempted game winner or crucial plays during OT. and like a poster mentioned earlier, not even the crowd caught it.

but context is important, this is a league where Corey Brewer got away with carrying the ball from half court. . traveling is the most unenforced rule in the book, but few get away with a blatant hack on the arm.

If we were to breakdown that possession where Iggy hacked Bron on the arm - the first indiscretion is actually Bron traveling, yet we have the majority of this board acting as if that play was completely based on the refs missing the foul (whilst disregarding the travel beforehand). If that play was called correctly - it would've resulted in a Bron turnover - not Iggy being called for a foul.

it's only natural that we place greater importance on what's called in the 4th since that's when the game is decided.

The game is decided over the course of 48 mins. No quarter is inherently more important than another. And although I do understand that it's only natural to place greater importance on what goes on in the 4th, what I'm saying is that folk need to realize everything that goes in during the first three quarters should be valued equally. This is the same culture that centralizes everything based on the 3rd act, rather than the acts as a whole.

II gave my impression watching the game in real time but perhaps you're right, if I go back and dissect and scrutinize each play from the opening tip, my opinion could change.

Take this for example - http://on.nba.com/1G6df72 (click on Tristan Thompson's steal to see the ensuing play)

Klay's called for his second foul in the 1st quarter [he exits the game], when he made NO contact with Shumpert's hand/arm when contesting the layup. At this point, he had nine of the Warriors' 11 points within the first five minutes of the game; the Warriors are leading and have the momentum. This mistake from the officials changed the flow of the game, which allowed the Cavs to equalize the momentum - taking away any advantage Klay and the Warriors potentially would have had in quest of extending their lead in the first quarter.

That blunder from the officials meant the Warriors went 12-13 possessions without a player that scored 81% of their points up until the point he left the game. Yet the majority doesn't wanna acknowledge the damming effect it had on the Warriors, because i) it happened in the 1st quarter ii) they're too caught up in this agenda of pushing the contrary.

And that's only ONE example of a call/non-call going against the Warriors.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Only Lebron fans can still complain about calls when they shot 40 free throws on another team's floor lol

 

[Harleminthe80s]

Only Lebron fans can still complain about calls when they shot 40 free throws on another team's floor lol

But it's strange how nobody on the Warriors fouled out

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

But it's strange how nobody on the Warriors fouled out

LeBron played for 50 minutes and was only called for three fouls.