Playoff Officiating

[gigabyte056]

Balderdash.

It's all talk.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

I was thinking donnybrook actually.

So...these are words with a "D" this time?



Though I'm apparently the only one with sufficiently obscure musical tastes for these references.....

 

[Scar4343]

Watch the Bulls last possession, where Butler eventually gets a layup. At the beginning of the play, Noah's right foot is a good 3-4 ft out of bounds when he sets a screen. Crawford is 5 feet away looking right at him and misses it.

The possession where Rose obviously travelled(I think Butler ended up getting a 3) was atrocious. Not only did Rose obviously travel but Noah, who passed Rose the ball, blatantly travelled immediately before that. Noah was doing his pivot around wildly looking to pass the ball thing and drug his pivot foot about 3 feet from inside the 3 point line to outside the line and towards the middle of the floor. I was yelling at the tv about the travel still when the Rose travel happened. They blew two travels on one play.

I saw your out-of-bounds screen play too and couldn't believe that went uncalled. The screens set by Noah and Gibson are blatantly fouls about half the time as well. Noah grabs the guy he's screening with both hands regularly and holds him. He's almost always moving(Rose sets a lot of moving screens as well). Even on the Delly kick play, Gibson in addition to all of the other stuff grabbed Delly during the initial screen.

 

[Helium filament]

Really anxious to see the last 2 minute report for this one. Would love to see some acknowledgment of the moving screens, but also not expecting it because I'm sure they don't want to report too many incorrect non-calls that hurt the Cavs. They'll probably try to find a few INC's that hurt the Bulls as well to make it look even.

 

[Tampa Zack]

I thought the foul they called on James Jones on Mirotic was bad in the second quarter. Gets 3 free throws for nothing. If there was a foul it was before he shot. He had time to gather and then get the shot off behind the 3pt line.

Also anything that Noah attempts on the basketball court is basically illegal. Travels, Defensive 3 seconds, every screen he sets is illegal. Man I hate that dude

 

[petes999]

What I hate the most is the broadcasters who can't stop piling on Cle. When JR elbows, it is unacceptable no matter how much he got mugged before hand. Gibson kicks to get out of leg lock, even though by then he is out, but Delly is to blame. Refs cost Bulls game 4 by missing the timeout yet refs aren't to blame for missing Noah grabbing LeBron or Dunleavy flopping on the double team.

Just wondering what will be said if Gibson isn't suspended for game 5 (probably nothing). Yet, if he is, the league will be portrayed as wanting Cavs to win despite suspending JR. for 2 games.

 

[scopedog]

Gibson should be suspended, but I doubt he will be. Everything has been a double standard against us since the playoffs started.

To be honest though I think game 5 was one of the least biased officiating against Cavs so far and ultimately one of the only 2-3 games where I wasn't very frustrated (first 1-2 games against Boston included).

The refs certainly made some bad calls, just saying it wasn't as lopsided and felt more like normal incompetency rather than the refs trying to force us into a loss like they did in game 4. Thank god for LeBron's miracle shot or we'd be done.

 

[fujikuro]

So...these are words with a "D" this time?



Though I'm apparently the only one with sufficiently obscure musical tastes for these references.....

Great album!

 

[enigmatic]

Great album!

It is. The Adrian Belew-era King Crimson was fantastic. Beat was just as good, too.

 

[Helium filament]

Two incorrect non-calls, both on Noah in the final 2 minutes. One for traveling and one for an illegal scree.

http://official.nba.com/nba-last-two-minute-reports-archive/

 

[Otsego Mar]

Two incorrect non-calls, both on Noah in the final 2 minutes. One for traveling and one for an illegal scree.

http://official.nba.com/nba-last-two-minute-reports-archive/

Is this the first year the NBA does something like this? This is really useful.

 

[David.]

Is this the first year the NBA does something like this? This is really useful.

no it offers a bit so fans dont bitch about ALL the no calls.

you think these are the only missed calls from lat night?

 

[Otsego Mar]

no it offers a bit so fans dont bitch about ALL the no calls.

you think these are the only missed calls from lat night?

No I'm pretty sure it's labeled the last 2-minute report because it's an in-depth review of the LAST TWO MINUTES of the game.

It's an immediate acknowledgement from the league on how they view how the referees handled the game down the stretch.

 

[mrbeaks]

All the incorrect calls/non-calls in last two games went against Cavs. Don't tell the crybaby Bulls fans!

 

[SteelSmack]

Imagine if they did the whole 48 minutes, there would be so much Joey Crawford guilt on that paper. There would be massive amounts of boycotting of his games.