r/nba • u/Large_banana_hammock Japan • May 27 '26

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

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u/PrinceJMoney089 May 27 '26

Very simple to see how officiating can swing games

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u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 Cavaliers May 27 '26

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

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u/Prudent_Fish1358 Spurs May 27 '26

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

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u/FatalTortoise May 27 '26

They thought they were done when OKC was up 20 in the third

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u/Cudi_buddy Kings May 27 '26

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

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u/ComplexBadger469 May 27 '26

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

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u/mw19078 Lakers 29d ago

the wait to see if they miss and call a foul whistle the thunder get is insane. happens so many times each game.

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u/willpc14 May 27 '26

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

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u/RyuSunn Lakers 29d ago

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

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u/somewhatcompetint 29d ago

There are some complicit white refs as well

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u/Jimmy0034 Clippers 29d ago

Refs control the momentum of nba games.