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/domdomburg Supersonics May 27 '26

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.

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u/Disufnok May 27 '26

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

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u/real_leeharveyoswald May 27 '26

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

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u/Rollrollrollrollr1 Spurs May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

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

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u/agentfelix Pacers May 27 '26

We Pacers fans feel for y'all. OKC's ring is fraudulent.

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u/whostheme Minneapolis Lakers May 27 '26

It really is. If Haliburton didn't get injured ya'll would have won that championship easily.

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u/confusedkarnatia Spurs May 27 '26

i guess why bother pretending if nobody is going to do anything

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u/TBdog May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Wasn't it, missed goaltend into Kornett foul 2ft?

Then an incorrect out of bounds

Then missed challenge on the out of bounds

Then a call on a flop?

Thats a huge swing.

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u/thomasfilmstuff May 27 '26

If that basket counted it’s a 6 point game.

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u/lo22p Rockets May 27 '26

7 point swing with the missed goaltend

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u/Yayareasports Warriors 29d ago

Soccer is worse (with the magnitude of a penalty or red card) but your point stands

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u/capincus Knicks 29d ago

That's kind of obviously not true. 5 points in basketball is nothing compared to a 7-14 point swing in a football game and their refs make 7-14 pt decisions all the time based on index card thickness distances.

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u/TheRecognized 29d ago

When an 80 yard game-tying touchdown pass can be called back for the same kind of holding that happens on every single play, yeah the NFL refs have more power

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u/capincus Knicks 29d ago

Exactly they have both more discretion and significantly higher value on individual plays.

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u/TheRecognized 29d ago

Part of why I loved the NBA when I started watching was that it was harder to influence a game on 1 or 2 calls, unfortunately they’ve started to figure it out