Playoff Officiating

[Otsego Mar]

We're only 4 games into the opening rounds and I have been very displeased with how officials have been calling games.

It seems many blatent calls are being missed and even more are being called that aren't fouls.

I was thinking that maybe another official having his/her eyes on the game could be useful. However, it doesn't much matter when you're standing right in front of a play - for example when Isaiah Thomas reaches from behind LeBron while he is inbounding the ball and fouls him, but no call is made.

Is there anyone that really thinks officiating has been acceptable? Has there been a series that has been better than the rest?

My complaint is across all series so far.

 

[Sticker114]

We're only 4 games into the opening rounds and I have been very displeased with how officials have been calling games.

It seems many blatent calls are being missed and even more are being called that aren't fouls.

I was thinking that maybe another official having his/her eyes on the game could be useful. However, it doesn't much matter when you're standing right in front of a play - for example when Isiah Thomas reaches from behind LeBron while he is inbounding the ball and fouls him, but no call is made.

Is there anyone that really thinks officiating has been acceptable? Has there been a series that has been better than the rest?

My complaint is across all series so far.

10 years of Cavs basketball and I can honestly say that is the most ridiculous missed call I've ever seen

 

[Ohio]

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015...up-behind-lebron-james-disrupts-inbounds-pass

Never in my life...

And there was a ref RIGHT THERE.

That's all you need to know about NBA officiating.

 

[Otsego Mar]

I didn't think they called this a foul, but apparently they did.​

 

[CHIMOCHIS]

Doesn't shock me anymore

LBJ gets no love from refs

Laughable they let Thomas get away with that

Things will get worse next series and every other series

Lebron is not loved by refs, they did the same when he played elsewhere

 

[col63onel]

Let me remind you that this was not called a foul.​

I thought they did call a foul.

 

[The Oi]

The Isaiah on LeBron non-call was absolutely unreal. I was laughing my ass off and not only because my wife's demented grandfather was talking to his reflection in the mirror thinking it was his brother Peter.

 

[Otsego Mar]

I thought they did call a foul.

I don't think so.....can someone confirm?

 

[enigmatic]

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015...up-behind-lebron-james-disrupts-inbounds-pass

Never in my life...

And there was a ref RIGHT THERE.

That's all you need to know about NBA officiating.

That was as bad a non-call as I've ever seen and I'm shocked they didn't T up LBJ just to screw w/ him some more. Shameful.

 

[Sticker114]

The Isaiah on LeBron non-call was absolutely unreal. I was laughing my ass off and not only because my wife's demented grandfather was talking to his reflection in the mirror thinking it was his brother Peter.

Oh, is your wife's grandfather also an NBA ref?

 

[Soar]

On some level the job of the refs is to keep players safe. They keep players safe by punishing those who commit unsafe acts.

Failures to keep players safe:

Kevin Love sustained an intentional cheap shot. No big punishment for Olynyk.

Perkins blasted Crowder. Even if we liked it, Perkins should have been ejected.

Letting Crowder get away with shit put our players in danger. And an inability to call the 3 fouls he committed on Smith led to Crowder actually getting hurt.

 

[Surge]

The Isaiah on LeBron non-call was absolutely unreal. I was laughing my ass off and not only because my wife's demented grandfather was talking to his reflection in the mirror thinking it was his brother Peter.

You still think the officiating has been ok this series?

 

[The Oi]

You still think the officiating has been ok this series?

I expect physicality in the playoffs and I also expect the refs to let it go. Not because they SHOULD ref differently in the playoffs, but because they always have.

So I judge them by that standard. And I thought through the first three games, when they were missing calls they were missing them both ways.

Today...today was unbelievably bad.

 

[Sebastian]

One would think instant replay would allow the refs to make better calls.

Noooope. They actually got worse.

 

[Surge]

I expect physicality in the playoffs and I also expect the refs to let it go. Not because they SHOULD ref differently in the playoffs, but because they always have.

So I judge them by that standard. And I thought through the first three games, when they were missing calls they were missing them both ways.

Today...today was unbelievably bad.

I forget the thread and don't really care, but I remember telling you Crowder was getting away with shenanigans and it wasn't good. Today he gets pummeled by Perkins and bitch slapped by JR.

Moral of the story, apparently I can tell the future...