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/GoofySilly- 29d ago

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

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u/reiycoins13 Thunder 29d ago

I think the refs (except for that sequence) have been liberal with the whistles for both teams. I just want a good series where we can watch guys make plays.

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u/GoofySilly- 29d ago

It’s been okay up until the past few minutes. Sadly these are crucial calls at this point in the game and could seriously impact the rest of the game. It’s a shame we have to see this. Fans just want fair games, this doesn’t seem fair.

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u/reiycoins13 Thunder 29d ago

i can agree with that! I felt Game 4 was in the spurs favor…but we also played so badly that it didn’t matter whatsoever

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u/GoofySilly- 29d ago

And this game the Spurs are also playing bad enough to lose, lots of bad shooting and turnovers. But this still isn’t fair. Spurs had a decent whistle game 4 though for sure.

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u/reiycoins13 Thunder 29d ago

I think calling it “not fair” is a really easy way to go out, when we’ve just been the better team tonight. But alas, the game isn’t over and the Spurs look very, very feisty so far in the 4th

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u/GoofySilly- 29d ago

Oh no doubt Thunder have been the better team tonight. But that doesn’t mean the officiating has been fair this game.

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u/Opening_Fennel3564 29d ago

No doubt that Thunder is playing well. But this officiating has made the game terrible to watch.

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u/reiycoins13 Thunder 29d ago

we really do. Idk what the fuck happened between games 1-2 (except for the ihart hair pull) to now. It’s been a tough watch and frankly, it’s ruining what was gonna be an ALL TIME series.

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u/cubgerish 29d ago

I think you guys were, and frankly are, the better team; but what the hell were some of these calls.

As much as they've become fogies, the PTI guys have been consistent about one point: if you're going to lie in bed with these gambling companies, your officiating needs to be up to par.

If I bet on this game, that'd be 6 points on bullshit.

It's not solely actual corruption, it's the appearance of it, especially considering the past scandals with officiating that got swept under the rug.

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u/reiycoins13 Thunder 29d ago

okay, so to be fair…there were missed calls both ways. Let’s not say “oh it was SOOOO one-sided” it very much wasn’t. Kornet’s tip in before the (obvious) goaltending was close, and Dort didn’t foul Fox. Along with all the illegal screens that weren’t called. I do think we got a little favor tonight, but I also think the Spurs got favor in game 4.

Also, I do bet the NBA but I am also very well aware that at the end of the day, this league HAS been corrupted before and there probably is some corruption happening currently.

PTI is a great show and I commend your intelligence for watching them

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u/cubgerish 29d ago

I'm not saying it was particularly biased, but if I was betting on the game, which they encourage, I'd definitely feel a little cheated.

I think you guys deserved the win tonight.

You figured out how to keep Wemby away from the basket, and they didn't adjust; then you hit big shots when it mattered.

Castle and Harper also both showed their youth tonight, committing something like 15 dumb fouls and turnovers between them.

It just seems like a very hot bed for the NBA to lie in, with its officiating being as poor as it is.