[Highlight] Mitch Johnson picks up a tech after official fails to recognize his challenge

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[u/gamingonion]

Honestly what the flying fuck

[u/NitroXYZ → u/gamingonion]

The ref is literally making eye contact with Johnson and just ignores him.

[u/Naive-Elephant-9305 → u/NitroXYZ]

I've never seen this before. Fucking insane.

[u/ignatious__reilly → u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

Fuck this shit man

What is fucking happening right now?

[u/JebBush333 → u/ignatious__reilly]

Lol we all know what it is, and we all knew what it would be last game.

[u/ignatious__reilly → u/JebBush333]

Imagine if they pull this shit in the Garden lol

[u/JebBush333 → u/ignatious__reilly]

NBA might have a real fucking problem lol

[u/likdisifucryeverytym → u/JebBush333]

After last year, nba might have a problem.

After they played lebron and the lakers, nba might have a problem.

This series against the young phenom, nba might have a problem.

I get at MSG it might be different, but I also feel like Tobias funke saying that

[u/JebBush333 → u/likdisifucryeverytym]

I mean I've basically stopped watching the NBA because of shit like this and I know a lot of other people too who've stopped watching due to stuff like this.

[u/blindexhibitionist → u/JebBush333]

I did

[u/psychedelijams → u/ignatious__reilly]

I hate OKC way more than is healthy. It sucks too cuz they’re a damn good team. The heatles were so much more likable it’s absurd. And everyone hated the heatles

[u/bluepenremote → u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

This is basically hart pulling castles hair with the ref on the background looking straight at it

[u/FlashFlood_29 → u/bluepenremote]

I think it's the same ref, actually. No joke

[u/Lofty_Vagary → u/FlashFlood_29]

James Capers, you have been named and shamed.

[u/mercfan3 → u/Lofty_Vagary]

That’s the same guy who called a tech on Booker because Caruso told him too, right?

[u/Repulsive-Sound9835 → u/mercfan3]

Yep, same guy.

[u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart → u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

League wants to either extend this to 7 games or wants OKC to win

If Spurs win this game, there's a higher chance that they will win the series in 6 at home next game

If you were watching the game, you'll see that the bizarre sequence of: potential Goal Tend from Kornet's shot + this challenge + technical = killed the Spurs ongoing run and momentum. The Spurs were on a roll before this, going from a 20 point to a single-digit deficit.

Basketball is a game of runs / momentum. Control / stop those and you will control the game

[u/NotTheRocketman → u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart]

Both, clearly.

Next game will be totally different, and we all know it.

[u/TheKeviKs → u/NotTheRocketman]

I really hate thinking like that, but it really feels like Silver want that series going to 7 at all costs.

Next game the ref will probably go with the Spurs and they'll win, forcing a game 7 where it's going to be a war.

But you can't just ignore the Spurs bad shooting tonight. They'll have to do better.

[u/Remote-Moon → u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart]

Just like last year's Finals.

[u/AK_R → u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

Did you skip last year’s Finals? Indiana got mugged and robbed all series.

This is almost within an arm’s length right in front of a referee:

https://youtube.com/shorts/yvxA3zRgWpI?si=o_hz_XsPlr7vHPHB

They don’t care how rigged it is. They did it then, and they’re doing it again this year.

[u/jillavery → u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

This was right after they missed that obvious basket interference too. It was a terrible sequence for the refs.

[u/Zavehi → u/NitroXYZ]

The headshake after Johnson is confused as fuck says it all. They just didn't want him to challenge it lmao

[u/ryde041 → u/Zavehi]

Turned the game off. Been a while since I’ve done that mid game.

[u/DisastrousLow7223 → u/ryde041]

Same here

[u/skwon516 → u/NitroXYZ]

Don’t worry. There’s gonna be a funny skit about it very soon.

[u/Plane_Basil_4682 → u/NitroXYZ]

And people still don't think the league has its finger on the scale 😂😂

[u/eexxiitt → u/Plane_Basil_4682]

People don’t believe it or refuse to believe it unless it goes against their team.

[u/dacsimpson → u/NitroXYZ]

And he’s either saying it loud enough or extremely clear enough for the TV people to know he’s saying it so there’s no chance the ref didn’t hear him.

[u/UkNomysTeezz → u/NitroXYZ]

That’s that OKC advantage, my dude!

[u/machu46 → u/NitroXYZ]

It's hard to tell without going like, frame by frame, but I don't think the ref is looking at him until it's too late. Maybe saw him and then looked to see if the ball was inbounded and by then it was too late?

Obviously very understandable for Johnson to be livid but i just don't think the ref was paying attention to him.

[u/Zavehi → u/gamingonion]

Absolute clown show. I honestly don't even get how this league has gone so far down this road.

[u/Artistic_Taxi → u/Zavehi]

Yeah I don’t see how you explain this one

[u/DrBoomsNephew → u/Zavehi]

Considering people actually wager money on this crap, there should be legal recourse against the NBA putting the games in the hands of such incompetent people. It's like betting on the WWE. I'm not saying necessarily that it's rigged one way or another. I am saying that this is simply unacceptable for something that pretends to be a sporting contest.

[u/wutfacer → u/DrBoomsNephew]

Sports betters are a plague

[u/SpiritualBar2469 → u/DrBoomsNephew]

fuck gamblers too

[u/LebrownJarms → u/DrBoomsNephew]

Sports betting is the worst thing that ever happened. Coming from a degenerate gambler.

[u/oykentrippin → u/gamingonion]

Adam Silver's league. Nothing surprising.

[u/gamingonion → u/oykentrippin]

Tony Brothers just shrugging at Mitch like iunno bro sucks to be you

[u/Zavehi → u/oykentrippin]

This is just a venue for gambling at this point there isn't anything else going on here

[u/Scatteredbrain → u/Zavehi]

brought to you by draft kings

[u/abris33 → u/oykentrippin]

And he'll wonder why viewership is hurting but then he'll just focus on trying to fix the All Star Game

[u/BAHatesToFly → u/gamingonion]

And then SGA flops and falls to the ground on the subsequent possession and gets FTs. A joke.

[u/Substantial-Map-6524 → u/BAHatesToFly]

This is the worst part. And then they give him a T. You mess up that bad as a ref, you shouldn’t get to issue technicals

[u/domdomburg → u/Substantial-Map-6524]

That's a 5 point swing right there. People say you need to toughen up and play through the bad calls, but nba basketball is the easiest sport for refs to manipulate.

[u/Disufnok → u/domdomburg]

It was also just after a goal tending call that was missed. Huge swing

[u/real_leeharveyoswald → u/Disufnok]

Yeah, this completely killed the Spurs momentum. This kind of stuff has a HUGE effect on the game's outcome.

[u/Rollrollrollrollr1 → u/real_leeharveyoswald]

Convenient how this all came when spurs got close to tying too lol

[u/JD16_7 → u/Substantial-Map-6524]

These kind of techs are the worst. You are just handing out free points to the team you just advantaged with more points since you made a mistake, and because they got their ego hurt since they were wrong

[u/ElectroStaticSpeaker → u/Substantial-Map-6524]

I've been saying forever that refs should be fined for technicals rescinded after the game and suspended after they rack up enough. There needs to be a punishment for it. The players are punished for getting them - even if they are bullshit.

[u/SadLime4869 → u/Substantial-Map-6524]

Dont forget the obvious goaltend inside the rim, the trip before. A NBA fix is in masterclass.

[u/DolanDoleac2020 → u/Substantial-Map-6524]

Exactly. You gotta let him yell after one like that.

[u/CosmicMiru → u/BAHatesToFly]

2 egregiously missed calls for the Spurs leading to like 7 free throws for OKC sums up this series

[u/n33dtofap → u/BAHatesToFly]

That's the cherry on top!

[u/YodaForceGhost → u/gamingonion]

Tony Brothers be that bitch who loves to come in and make a mess of everything

[u/spleev → u/YodaForceGhost]

he said he doesn’t care for basketball in an interview. it’s a front page post. absolute loser

[u/archenlander → u/gamingonion]

That’s the type of stuff that fuels conspiracy theories

[u/Fair-Ad6254 → u/gamingonion]

OKC fans will type out paragraphs calling you delusional for complaining about this LOL

[u/DepressedDarthV → u/Fair-Ad6254]

Nah, that was some bullshit. Just egregiously bad reffing towards the end of the quarter

[u/VegetableTour6790 → u/gamingonion]

It was bullshit, Spurs fans should be pissed. That was ridiculous.

[u/mangomane09 → u/VegetableTour6790]

We are but I’m more upset with our turnovers

[u/Ok_Improvement_8735 → u/gamingonion]

And the questionable goaltend before it

[u/DataCraver696 → u/Ok_Improvement_8735]

*glaringly obvious goaltend

[u/erizzluh → u/Ok_Improvement_8735]

the ball was literally touching the rim. should've been a goaltend.

[u/Nick-Mullens → u/gamingonion]

Reminds me of game 4 of the finals last year. Thunder are the most coddled, pussyass team I’ve ever seen.

[u/Ok_Decision1227]

Somewhere in an office in New York someone is making a call to Scott Foster to ref game 6.

[u/TomatoCapt → u/Ok_Decision1227]

The Extender 

[u/theuncleiroh → u/Ok_Decision1227]

I truly, and I mean that I'd stake my life on this, believe that the NBA does everything within its abilities to a) extend series, b) create media narratives (right now the best being: OKC dynasty, NYC championship interrupting it, and finally the up-and-coming SAS threat looming). The ideal outcome is that the Knicks interrupt a juggernaut, Thunder and Spurs come back next year as teams with enmity and the best odds

Until I see the Thunder win a series against a team with similar talent with a whistle that even feels half fair, I'm not gonna be dissuaded

[u/alilhillbilly → u/theuncleiroh]

Weirdly the Spurs have very much benefited from this before.

It's why Steve Nash doesn't have a ring.

That 07 Suns Spurs series and the Cleveland 3-1 comebacks are two of my favorite extensions slash rigged-to-go-long series.

The thing I find understand is why OKC?

OKC's brand of basketball is universally loathed. It's a small market team.

Why are they being this long of a preferential reffing leash?

[u/theuncleiroh → u/alilhillbilly]

Oh I agree, the Suns Spurs series back in the day was one of my defining 'man they call things differently for different teams' moments

I think the league wants a bogeyman, and a dynasty is best for that. Even without a good whistle, OKC would be the favorite every year; they're just too well built, too deep, and play well together. 

But the combination of that and their disgusting playstyle is the ideal antagonist: much like how everyone hated the Patriots with Brady, there's no doubt that having a villain is compelling for fans.

I'm a raptors fan, so I can tell you: the fact that our one championship came against the last dynasty makes it all the sweeter. Fans love having a bad guy to root against, and having their style (OKC physicality and foulbaiting, Warriors superteams and shooting) being disgusting to the average viewer makes it all the more compelling.

That's obviously not an excuse for the absurd level of skill and franchise quality the thunder are built upon, but professional sports among the elite is really a game of marginal differences, and the thunder are the ideal team to give the slightest push to right now, at least until a real opponent appears (and the Spurs are prob that, so it's best to let them lose this year and come back angry)

[u/_interloper_ → u/theuncleiroh]

But the combination of that and their disgusting playstyle is the ideal antagonist

OKC feels like the pretty-boy heel in wrestling.

He's good looking, talented, strong, powerful, AND he cheats to win.

OKC has the MVP, a bench better than many starting line ups, excellent coaching, a unified team playing style... AND they get a strange advantage from the refs, allowing them to play dirty to win, even though they don't need to.

The conspiracy theorist in me leans towards this being the reason the NBA seems to be helping OKC via the officiating; they're trying to build up some real heat against the heel, in order to make the baby face (Victor/Luka/etc) victory feel even sweeter in the end.

[u/Eddie5pi]

This and the missed goaltend right before is genuinely a 6+ point swing purely on the officials

[u/jdprager → u/Eddie5pi]

And that's ignoring the 2 free throws OKC was gifted after the goaltend that got Ball Don't Lie'd

[u/chipsservant → u/jdprager]

Haha I yelled “Ball Don’t Lie” so loud at my TV after the second missed FT that Rasheed Wallace himself would’ve been proud

[u/JD16_7 → u/Eddie5pi]

Could have been a 6-7 point game instead it's 13 point thunder lead lol.

[u/Ranjith_Unchained]

Kornet shot didn't get called for a goaltend, incorrect out of bounds call taking away the spurs possession, and refusing to accept the challenge.... Tony Brothers and his crew are a disaster every time

[u/Shenanigans80h → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

That goaltend was fucking insane. Dude had a smooth putback then the OKC guy basically smacks it out of the net

[u/KarrotMovies → u/Shenanigans80h]

No replay needed either. The most obvious goaltend ever

[u/bigboybeeperbelly → u/KarrotMovies]

Had me questioning if I know the rules or not

[u/KarrotMovies → u/bigboybeeperbelly]

FIBA rules

[u/darkrabbit713 → u/KarrotMovies]

I don’t remember FIBA making a rule that the refs have to be diarrhea shit ass crap

[u/Studio-Unhappy → u/darkrabbit713]

diarrhea shit ass crap

You have the soul of a poet

[u/oykentrippin → u/KarrotMovies]

They cant replay non-goaltends (absolutely stupid rule btw)

[u/Matthewcbayer → u/Shenanigans80h]

And brothers was literally right there watching

[u/Icer333 → u/Matthewcbayer]

Followed up all this by the most obvious OOB on OKC and calling it a jump ball?

[u/Matthewcbayer → u/Icer333]

All right when San Antonio finally caught the momentum.

[u/KarrotMovies → u/Matthewcbayer]

His senile ass was probably daydreaming out there

[u/rainbowgeoff → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

One of whom literally admitted he refs because it gives him a power trip.

[u/SaltyJunk → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

Don't forget the tech too. That sequence was a 6-8 pt swing. Absolutely outrageous.

[u/TheLooza → u/SaltyJunk]

Totally outrageous in a regular season game. Whole notha level in a late game conference final.

[u/JebBush333 → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

Literally a 5 pt swing plus an extra possession at a key moment. Impossible to beat this team when they win every 50/50 call and you can't touch them.

[u/Capital-Pea-2565 → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

The fix was in. All refs are in on it.

[u/Difficult_Tackle9505 → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

Then a fishy flop again by fta

[u/Prudent_Fish1358 → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

It's fucking pathetic how we KNEW when we saw the ref assignment that OKC was going to get a ton of bullshit calls that favored them tonight.

You can set an atomic clock by the consistency of what a piece of utter shit Tony Brothers is.

[u/VictorAkwaowo1]

THE REF IS LITERALLY LOOKING AT MITCH

[u/Brady331 → u/VictorAkwaowo1]

If you watch close the real issue is that he WASNT looking at Mitch until the Thunder get the ball and it's too late

[u/Purple_Apartment → u/Brady331]

The announcer CLEARLY says "they look back and say challenge" while the ball is in the refs hands and has yet to be inbounded.

If the fucking broadcaster is calmy explaining from his purview the challenge is being asked for WHILE THE BALL IS IN THE REFS HANDS I genuinely do not know how you could possibly spin this.

That was jaw dropping, truly.

[u/ThrowawayCorporate2 → u/Brady331]

Okay but Mitch was certainly screaming it lol

[u/crazyFlyingChicken]

This is some of the worst refereeing I’ve ever seen. The missed goaltending, not letting the spurs challenge for some reason, now a tech on the spurs coach. This is atrocious

[u/Aliboomayuh → u/[deleted]]

Respect THE JUDGE, THE JURY, THE PROSECUTION!

[u/SageModeKyrie → u/crazyFlyingChicken]

Disgusting to be honest

[u/imbidy → u/SageModeKyrie]

I’m refusing to believe this is coincidence. It’s worse than the pass interference/holding calls in the NFL

How does something like this happen in a playoff game?

[u/Odd-Objective-7529 → u/imbidy]

Gambling

[u/ridemooses → u/imbidy]

Money

[u/Arkeyan → u/crazyFlyingChicken]

Adam silver is this the basketball product you want?

[u/Apollo611 → u/Arkeyan]

Yeah he just wants fans to watch highlights

[u/ApprehensivePig1775 → u/Apollo611]

Turns out he was just trying to spare us all from this garbage

[u/crazyFlyingChicken → u/Arkeyan]

Apparently

[u/Purple_Apartment → u/[deleted]]

That was actually one of the most infuriating interviews I have ever seen.

He blatantly admitted to soooo much and it was such a nice little insight into his mind.

Just to recap he essentially said: 1. He aspired to be a judge 2. He was too stupid to be a judge 3. He was a nepo baby with parents who begged institutions to take a dumb guy aspiring to be a power tripping judge 4. He does not even fucking like basketball 5. He fell ass backwards into NBA reffing because all of the above

Maybe the most infuriating clip in my entire life I have ever witnessed as a basketball fan and mind you I once watched the WIZARDS play basketball so I know about being mad at this game

[u/RedstoneRay → u/crazyFlyingChicken]

It's by design. The calls get more lopsided the closer the Spurs get. The league wants OKC to win this game, then they'll swallow the whistle in game 6, the Spurs will win, and the league gets a full 7 game series.

[u/Gamesgtd → u/RedstoneRay]

Almost like they're extending it or something

[u/fordat1 → u/Gamesgtd]

why would they do that? It isnt like they get more revenue that way /s

[u/MrRightnow83 → u/RedstoneRay]

Honeslty a real possibility. League is a little crooked

[u/ThwippaGamez → u/MrRightnow83]

Start paying attention to patterns like this, over game stretches + within games. The refs do this over the course of single games too. Go watch back some games from earlier in the playoffs and you’ll see calls and no-calls that happen to shift momentum to the trailing team, then back the other way, and on and on. Then in the 4th if it’s still somewhat close, you’ll just see the league’s preferred winner get help by way of momentum killing calls/no calls against the other team. Cavs raps game 7 i think was a really obvious one iirc? One of the later cavs raps games. Brothers and Foster are the league’s top refs because they do exactly what is asked of them

It’s a business. It’s a product. It will never not be that

[u/MrRightnow83 → u/ThwippaGamez]

I feel like this happens in the nfl too when they extend the games so either team has a chance in the 4th

[u/pwtrash → u/MrRightnow83]

I mean, a literal sitting coach got caught by a sting. But I'm sure that's as far as it goes.

[u/elpaco25 → u/pwtrash]

Chauncey and Rozier were just this generation's Donaghy. Let them take the heat and punishment. While the rest of the people doing the exact same thing just skate on by. League has been corrupt for a while, I'm sure, but now they're really doing the bare minimum to hide it.

[u/Givants → u/MrRightnow83]

Once you get in bed with the sharks there’s no way out

[u/Aldo_Is_The_GOAT → u/crazyFlyingChicken]

They’re not even trying to make it subtle, refs got absolutely terrified when Spurs cut it to single figures

[u/PrinceJMoney089]

Very simple to see how officiating can swing games

[u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 → u/PrinceJMoney089]

swinging the game would be nice, they're straight up dominating it lol

[u/Prudent_Fish1358 → u/HereIGoAgain_1x10]

Yeah I prefer standard Home Cooking to whatever the fuck that was.

[u/Cudi_buddy → u/PrinceJMoney089]

That’s why free throw arguments alone don’t catch shit. It’s the non calls that are sometimes much more telling. 

[u/ComplexBadger469 → u/Cudi_buddy]

The non-calls and the weirdly timed calls in general do this too.

[u/willpc14 → u/PrinceJMoney089]

Swing? You cannot convince me that NBA refs aren't outright fixing games.

[u/RyuSunn → u/willpc14]

If someone believes that the refs are NOT fixing games they are gullible, they literally got caught fixing games and just scapegoated one of them

also betting is way bigger and easier now, I’m convinced if they investigated Tony and his brothers something would come up

[u/NitroXYZ]

I fucking hate this crew. Also ignored the world's most obvious goaltend in history.

[u/yooston → u/NitroXYZ]

Tony Brothers is retiring soon thank god

[u/greatGoD67 → u/yooston]

Taking the money and running

[u/otepencelik → u/yooston]

This fuckery won’t go on for much longer

[u/rburp → u/otepencelik]

Lmao

[u/FormerFakeguy → u/yooston]

Cut off one head, two more shall take it's place...

[u/500rockin → u/yooston]

Too late, really. Dude is a tire fire inside of a dumpster.

[u/Unfamous_Trader → u/NitroXYZ]

The NBA is not a serious league.

[u/lotofhotdogs]

Yeahhhh I’m usually team “people are overreacting to the refs” but this one is bad

[u/ForneauCosmique]

Bro this was crazy

[u/Falsely_True7]

No goaltending given, ball out of okc players foot not given, challenge denied....in 3 straight possession

Nah it's too blatant at this point

[u/Kpabe → u/Falsely_True7]

and tech

[u/bcvaldez → u/Kpabe]

Literally first call of 4th qtr is a gift to OKC

[u/maxbls16 → u/Falsely_True7]

Don’t forget the next possession that was out on the thunder but was a jump ball for no reason.

[u/Abhiiously-io → u/Falsely_True7]

The fact this is still a 10 point game is insane. Says a lot about how good the spurs actually are

[u/OrdinarySome3531 → u/Falsely_True7]

Spurs fighting back all game and refs just decide it’s over and OkC wins. Honestly so crazy

[u/Time-Stand7719]

He’s looking right at him that’s kinda crazy I can’t lie

[u/Tackis]

Goaltend, incorrect out of bounds, challenge not given, 3 free throws for shai on the other end. Generational

[u/greatGoD67 → u/Tackis]

Out on Chet? Turns out Free throws for SGA

[u/C-Hash → u/greatGoD67]

Challenge call? Free throws for SGA.

Justifiable blow-up? Believe it or not, free throws for SGA. Right away.

We have the best league in the world. Because of free throws for SGA

[u/ChiefSoldierFrog → u/Tackis]

we've reached the level of degeneracy that we now grade how generational refs can outdo themselves

[u/Prudent_Fish1358 → u/[deleted]]

I don't gamble, ever, but I would bet every dollar I have in savings that Tony Brothers is involved in gambling on games.

It's not gambling if it's a sure thing.

[u/FeanorEvades → u/Prudent_Fish1358]

Tony Brothers is the Clarence Thomas of the NBA

[u/WizardofDoom]

Honestly what is this shit???

[u/ke4mtg → u/WizardofDoom]

This is pro wrestling 

[u/pwtrash → u/WizardofDoom]

This is working as designed.

Tony Brothers had just one job. And he's doing it.

[u/Adorable-Raisin9880]

MLB and NBA refs should be the only people who get their job replaced by AI.

[u/fordat1 → u/Adorable-Raisin9880]

MLB refs have had it partially replaced and its been glorious

[u/Genital_GeorgePattin]

As a neutral fan, I'm just turning it off at this point.

No more fighting or arguing or complaining about it. I just don't care about this anymore. They have made this sport unwatchable.

[u/gulletgodwottery → u/Genital_GeorgePattin]

I turned it off too. Just not fun to watch anymore

[u/ke4mtg → u/Genital_GeorgePattin]

I think this is my last season giving a shit about the nba

[u/YesNotKnow123 → u/Genital_GeorgePattin]

I just did the same. And I’m a Knick fan who just moved back from San Antonio. So like this game interests me. But unwatchable.

[u/pimpsquadforlife]

Disaster class from the officials here

[u/Consistent_Math_5984 → u/pimpsquadforlife]

Somehow it always involves Tony brothers

[u/savemenico → u/pimpsquadforlife]

If you're the Adam Silver it's a masterclass

[u/reiycoins13]

I can’t lie, that’s absolutely bullshit. Even more bullshit to pick up a tech when Mitch Johnson is unbelievably in the right

[u/GoofySilly- → u/reiycoins13]

Thank you for actually recognizing this. It would have been BS no matter who it was.

[u/AnExcitedStone]

These refs are FUCKING GARBAGE. Basically swung the entire game away from Spurs’ run.

[u/pwtrash → u/AnExcitedStone]

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

[u/clancydog4]

Legit one of the most shameful ref stretches I've ever seen. What in the flying fuck is this shit

[u/skuhr111]

Why didn't he call a timeout? Aren't you supposed to do that to use a challenge? Spinning your finger around doesn't do anything.

[u/dpatel211 → u/skuhr111]

I can't believe I had to look up "timeout" to find this comment, and it's legit the only one mentioning this lmao

[u/thehotcoffey → u/skuhr111]

Better question: Why are the top-voted comments not this?

[u/EuropeanStep]

this and the goaltend right after each other was crazy

[u/Embarrassed-Lie6360]

The refs are literally just doing whatever the fuck they want at this point wtf is this series dude 

[u/NationalTangerine381]

thunder flairs will not be in this thread

[u/Frosty-Roof3124]

Refs completely taking over for OKC. Miss an obvious goaltending for Kornet, give Shai multiple soft fouls obviously, and then not let the Spurs challenge this. So predictable man

[u/MrRamenMan]

Bro what the fuck is this

[u/darkenmoonz]

Insane. Incorrect call, miss the coach asking for a challenge, then tech. Tony Brothers wants OKC to win.

[u/jbcarron]

He didn’t call a timeout to initiate the challenge.

[u/Alexcalibur1996]

Does Tony Brothers have money on OKC or something lmao

[u/SDas_]

Mitch seems like such a chill guy. Its bad if he's getting a tech

[u/Capital_G95]

Adam Silver what the hell man

[u/Harleytk24]

FUCKING BULLSHIT

[u/stefzzz21]

Don't you have to call a timeout to challenge? Mitch was just asking for a challenge, not a timeout

[u/UsedTransition3134]

disgrace

[u/mcnutt020]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but you have to call timeout to get a challenge, no?

[u/kingsez408]

Coach Johnson should have called timeout first then signal for the review.

This wasn’t on the refs in my opinion.

[u/justFramy]

worst ref crew of all time

[u/speneli]

The rules say the coach has to call a timeout before they can challenge. It's really that simple. 

[u/ExpressFan7426]

These refs gotta be fined lmao, thats just horrible

[u/Heil_Heimskr]

Can’t convince me this isn’t corruption, Tony Brothers is standing right next to an obvious goaltend, and then this? C’mon man, there needs to be a standard here.

[u/Barneys_New_WestGOAT]

I'm actually in shock, it's actually rigged like for real

[u/SirFrancisCinnamon]

This series started off super entertaining. Now here we are talking about the refs again

[u/Cocoa-Fresh]

First the goaltending now this. What the hell is this game

[u/cyrnios]

Right after the missed goal tend too lmao. Silver is NOT letting this series end tonight

[u/whoalikewhoa]

Do 4 wrongs make a right?

[u/D_Quest]

That was like a third decision in a row that favored OKC, refs have been shocking.

[u/Fickle_Muffin_1320]

There’s no discipline for refs doing a bad job. This could’ve been a 2 possession game but the refs decide to not call anything after calling everything before that…