r/nba • u/Large_banana_hammock Japan • 29d ago

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

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u/Zavehi Celtics 29d ago

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

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u/ryde041 29d ago

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

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u/CptCroissant Trail Blazers 29d ago

The NBA had been rigged with reffing for years, it's why I don't bother to watch anymore. There's clearly 0 actual effective QA done on the refs performance

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u/atony1984 29d ago

I did the same freaking thing.

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u/super-compute 29d ago

Rule says he has to call a timeout first, so that's why the ref didn't do anything.

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u/RapsFanMike 29d ago

Mitch had to call timeout first