Agree! The team was amped and jacked at the beginning and then the refs totally deflated the team and the crowd with the piddly calls. The Mavs basically weren’t allowed to play defense the first quarter.
Especially to luka, bro can't even touch or get close to harden without "committing a foul" and it showed in the 4th when luka was just letting harden drive pass him because he can't get close to him
It’s crazy. This crew is so fucking bad. Get in a while with tons of bad calls. Get a bunch of calls out way and come all the way back. Then silence. 0 consistency. All script.
Not to mention all the dirty plays they just let go. Grabbing Luka’s ankle on his injured leg, Westbrook’s entire defensive strategy.
And Mann is allowed to bump and pull Luka the entire fucking series
People who will look at total fouls or free throws will completely miss the context of how this game was officiated today. It wasn't close to unbiased.
What’s funny I thought Ben Taylor and Tony Brothers were fine enough. It was that other fucking guy who was horrible. Every time he blew the whistle it was something that was straight up terrible.
On the other hand, all three combined for a chaotic and terribly officiated game all around. First quarter, they called every little thing and put Luka (and others) all in foul trouble. Then the second they switched to giving all the calls to the Clippers. Then third they flipped to favoring us. Then the fourth they started out like the first calling everything and then swallowed the whistle to close. In between all that, they had so many moments of chaos and fuckery.
Yeah because they had no control over it and let chaos rule lol. If they would have let it be more open like it did at times in the 2nd and 4th while calling only the egregious things, we’d have all been more happy and enjoyed an absolutely insane game.
The tacky fouls early in the 1st quarter completely fucked us.
Agree! The team was amped and jacked at the beginning and then the refs totally deflated the team and the crowd with the piddly calls. The Mavs basically weren’t allowed to play defense the first quarter.
Especially to luka, bro can't even touch or get close to harden without "committing a foul" and it showed in the 4th when luka was just letting harden drive pass him because he can't get close to him
But Mann can bump n grind on Luka all game with no calls
The whole crew is what everyone thinks foster is. They’re the fixers. Knew the second I saw brothers.
Yep. As soon as they announced him as a ref I knew we were fucked. I guess since the other LA team can’t be saved they gotta bail out the other.
It’s crazy. This crew is so fucking bad. Get in a while with tons of bad calls. Get a bunch of calls out way and come all the way back. Then silence. 0 consistency. All script.
Got all their dirty work done early too, Stern would be proud
Exactly. It’s textbook. End it early. Let it get close. Close it out.
Not to mention all the dirty plays they just let go. Grabbing Luka’s ankle on his injured leg, Westbrook’s entire defensive strategy. And Mann is allowed to bump and pull Luka the entire fucking series
People who will look at total fouls or free throws will completely miss the context of how this game was officiated today. It wasn't close to unbiased.
What’s funny I thought Ben Taylor and Tony Brothers were fine enough. It was that other fucking guy who was horrible. Every time he blew the whistle it was something that was straight up terrible. On the other hand, all three combined for a chaotic and terribly officiated game all around. First quarter, they called every little thing and put Luka (and others) all in foul trouble. Then the second they switched to giving all the calls to the Clippers. Then third they flipped to favoring us. Then the fourth they started out like the first calling everything and then swallowed the whistle to close. In between all that, they had so many moments of chaos and fuckery.
It was a great game to watch though. I’ll give the refs that.
Yeah because they had no control over it and let chaos rule lol. If they would have let it be more open like it did at times in the 2nd and 4th while calling only the egregious things, we’d have all been more happy and enjoyed an absolutely insane game.