CletiusMaximus
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That’s Booker’s 7th foul on the layup.
Kinda??????I don’t care who wins but the reffing has been kind of bad against both teams.
I’ve been tough on Middleton but the dude flat out balled tonight. Bucks needed it too with Giannis being good, not great and Holiday terribleMiddleton was clutch…and Connaughton’s shooting won this game.
Booker was so good for so much of this game regardless of the foul/no foul call. Impressive bounce back from that young man.That felt like a 12 round heavyweight fight. The Giannis recovery block very late felt like the play to change the tide. Fantastic closeout by Middleton. Major props to Booker for putting in some big-time work tonight.
Holliday is so perplexing…so talented but so off too often.I’ve been tough on Middleton but the dude flat out balled tonight. Bucks needed it too with Giannis being good, not great and Holiday terrible
Not with Chris Paul playing like that. He was trash tonight.Bucks fans need to settle down. The Suns are so hate-able but they'll win this series.
In several years of posting in capella's nba threads, i've never whined about officiating. it's a general rule for me cuz the whiners can be so sadly wrong and annoying. but you're right, man. that was awful. impossible to say who it favored, so at least there's that.Kinda??????
That was some of the worst officiating I have ever seen. In any sport. Ever. My god.
That last turnover reminded me of his collapse for the Clippers against OKC back in the dayCP's got butter fingers tonight.
Holiday played good defense tonight.I’ve been tough on Middleton but the dude flat out balled tonight. Bucks needed it too with Giannis being good, not great and Holiday terrible
Most exhausted I've felt from bad refereeing since the last Hornets-Suns game this year. Just a complete, illogical mess.In several years of posting in capella's nba threads, i've never whined about officiating. it's a general rule for me cuz the whiners can be so sadly wrong and annoying. but you're right, man. that was awful. impossible to say who it favored, so at least there's that.
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Give me 16 fouls and I could score 30That felt like a 12 round heavyweight fight. The Giannis recovery block very late felt like the play to change the tide. Fantastic closeout by Middleton. Major props to Booker for putting in some big-time work tonight.
No way this is new to both fanbasesBucks fans need to settle down. The Suns are so hate-able but they'll win this series.
I know the exact play...That last turnover reminded me of his collapse for the Clippers against OKC back in the day
:( Agreed but He was brutal shooting the ball. He always hustles though so I’m hopeful for a rebound next game for himHoliday played good defense tonight.
Not a soul whining on twitter, nor in this thread could have done a better job officiating this game. I watched about 20% of the game, but I know that for a fact. Calling basketball is one of the hardest things I've ever tried to do and I only do HS. You have to be an expert at the rules, be in great shape, be able to know when players are faking and when they aren't, be more patient and level headed than everyone else in the arena (including players and coaches) and deal with being criticized by tons of people who could never do your job.
This is hilarious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUVtWZPmQvQ
And it is not new. NBA officiating has been this bad since the 80's (and maybe before).
My sarcasm detector is in the shop but this is sarcasm, amiright?Not a soul whining on twitter, nor in this thread could have done a better job officiating this game. I watched about 20% of the game, but I know that for a fact. Calling basketball is one of the hardest things I've ever tried to do and I only do HS. You have to be an expert at the rules, be in great shape, be able to know when players are faking and when they aren't, be more patient and level headed than everyone else in the arena (including players and coaches) and deal with being criticized by tons of people who could never do your job.
turnovers 17-5Total Shots
Bucks - 97
Suns - 78
Totally normal
these teams aren't remotely eventurnovers 17-5
offensive boards 17-5
Bucks had 20+ more possessions in the game.
Absolutely ridiculous. Like watching an hummingbird or insect in slow motion.Giannis' block in slow-mo. An astounding feat of athleticism.
Not a soul whining on twitter, nor in this thread could have done a better job officiating this game. I watched about 20% of the game, but I know that for a fact. Calling basketball is one of the hardest things I've ever tried to do and I only do HS. You have to be an expert at the rules, be in great shape, be able to know when players are faking and when they aren't, be more patient and level headed than everyone else in the arena (including players and coaches) and deal with being criticized by tons of people who could never do your job.
No. He's dead serious and also having officiated HS for almost a decade, I agree with every word of it. No one here or on Twitter could have done better (assuming no very experienced high level officials are tweeting this mess). That is a fact. BUT @Jayrod, only seeing 20% of this one doesn't qualify for you to say much more. Explaining just how incredibly difficult officiating is doesn't defend what we who saw the whole mess observed. There are 100s of officials, NBA, international, NCAA, who could have done better than this crew. It was that bad.My sarcasm detector is in the shop but this is sarcasm, amiright?
When the announcers were like "CP3 with the rare crunch time mistake" my son immediately said "did they miss his entire playoff experience with the Clippers and last season with OKC?!?!"CP3 you blew this one.
I'll take stinky bait for $1000....Game 5 - blowout Suns
Game 6 - close game due to lopsided officiating, Bucks win
Game 7 - Suns win
NBA gonna NBA
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Yeah, that's the thing - it wasn't really a contributing factor in the outcome other than the Bucks probably should have won by more or had an easier victory. And I'm not like mad or anything; just astonished at how magnificently horrible the refs were in the 2nd half.In several years of posting in capella's nba threads, i've never whined about officiating. it's a general rule for me cuz the whiners can be so sadly wrong and annoying. but you're right, man. that was awful. impossible to say who it favored, so at least there's that.
No. The NBA tapped 10 refs for the finals and two alternates. So they have 7-9 choices going forward. I don't know if it was all 3 tonight, and I sure don't want to watch again to find out, but seems reasonable to leave these three at home the rest of the way,Yeah, that's the thing - it wasn't really a contributing factor in the outcome other than the Bucks probably should have won by more or had an easier victory. And I'm not like mad or anything; just astonished at how magnificently horrible the refs were in the 2nd half.
Do the same refs do all the games?