The W's played a miserable second half and 4th quarter especially, and probably deserved to lose, but, how can the NBA allow such awful officiating?
1. Thompson fouls Durant not in act of shooting, whistle blows, Durant throws up the ball. He gets three foul shots.
2. Bogut is called for a flagrant 1 on an otherwise loose ball foul under the limit (non-shooting foul) when he is going for the ball, and hits Westbrook in the head while swiping at the ball. Westbrook gets two FTs.
3. Thompson is hacked driving in the lane, tries shooting after the whistle, and ball is side out of bounds.
4. Thompson tips ball before Westbrook, trying to intercept a pass, Westbrook collides with him, Thompson is called for a foul and Westbrook shoots two FTs.
5. Iguodala is fouled while attempting a put-back dunk and he isn't given free throws.
6. Curry is being held by Waiters with two hands, and no foul is called.
7. Westbrook travels - blatantly - with all eyes on him and no travel is called.
There are lots of "50-50" calls under the basket that can go either way in games, but these seven things stood out like sore thumbs watching that game last night. By my count, those missed calls cost the W's a minimum of 13 points potentially.
Again, the W's played terribly in the second half and probably deserved to lose, but OKC played shitty in the first half and probably did too. The difference was the W's didn't get a litany of missed calls to aid them like OKC got. Were Pac-12 officials doing that game?
1. Thompson fouls Durant not in act of shooting, whistle blows, Durant throws up the ball. He gets three foul shots.
2. Bogut is called for a flagrant 1 on an otherwise loose ball foul under the limit (non-shooting foul) when he is going for the ball, and hits Westbrook in the head while swiping at the ball. Westbrook gets two FTs.
3. Thompson is hacked driving in the lane, tries shooting after the whistle, and ball is side out of bounds.
4. Thompson tips ball before Westbrook, trying to intercept a pass, Westbrook collides with him, Thompson is called for a foul and Westbrook shoots two FTs.
5. Iguodala is fouled while attempting a put-back dunk and he isn't given free throws.
6. Curry is being held by Waiters with two hands, and no foul is called.
7. Westbrook travels - blatantly - with all eyes on him and no travel is called.
There are lots of "50-50" calls under the basket that can go either way in games, but these seven things stood out like sore thumbs watching that game last night. By my count, those missed calls cost the W's a minimum of 13 points potentially.
Again, the W's played terribly in the second half and probably deserved to lose, but OKC played shitty in the first half and probably did too. The difference was the W's didn't get a litany of missed calls to aid them like OKC got. Were Pac-12 officials doing that game?
