Thoughts on the Rockets and Warriors Officiating [FULL] | Inside the NBA

what everyone is talking about that game one between the Rockets and the Warriors and I guess we'll start with James Harden's last shot and the no call because there's no file okay we're just starting to hack all this sorry and the Rockets thought there certainly should have been and Golden State holds, so I don't think it's a foul, I don't think it's fun that lever, the letter of the law says "I know Shaq." I doubt he won't listen. I don't think it's a foul, but the letter of the law says you're supposed to give, oh, what a punchline.

ACK, yes, well, there were others and Mike D'Antoni had said that he had told them. the referee team we missed four of them in the first half, you know why they said that army, what do they do, because yes, and it's about fouls and it's about someone having the shot oh or having a chance to land or request between this lonoa. Because last week, James went a long way ahead with the laughter about Adesso's foul, okay, he really went a little forward and that wood there is a foul, it's the same, yes, just different, no, this is Kenny is the same. one no, one day is not the same from different sides of the court, never assume that there is one with cream, I think it was an exaggeration by Chris Paul personally and it all goes back to this thing that attracted all the attention was a Pachulia, well . let me jump in and Kawhi Leonard sprained his ankle and that's where he was the leader and that's where Kawhi Leonard was for that series.

I just want to say this, I'm the one who catches a bad day, I had a bad day because they were I can live with that play and the one by Chris Paul on James Harding at the end, but it was four net war fouls in the first half, if they go to do it a little bit, all the things will be there all season long and that's the dangerous game when you have guys falling on your foot, you can and but and I used this tonight and I was telling someone today that Klay and Steph had problems in ankles if one of the loud players stood under them when they fell and hurt their ankle much worse the wars will go crazy but that being said the referees had a bad day they had a right to have a bad day but they just had a bad day on Sunday in my opinion, you know, I spoke to Monty McCutchen tonight on the phone Monty and McCutchen is the vice president of referee development and training and we just talked about that because there's been talk of "hey, if you're going to call him that in the season regular, call it that in the postseason and that's the intention, but he said it." It was a fundamental failure on the part of the referee team.

He was honest and sincere about it. He said it was a fundamental failure because what they are trying to do and what they are ordered to do is in a shot like that you have a three-step thing. watch them land and then focus on the bounce and he said there was a fundamental flaw, they weren't watching the landing closely enough, you know, they saw it go up and that's what I thought, yeah, that's what he admitted there's only one consistency so if you don't call him during the regular season if you're going to call him call him James Harden Diaz get those legs up but a lot of guys have done it and I've gotten the call that's why he continues to do it but the lyrics The law says you have to give space to a Marineland guy.

I'm not saying you're going to say they're going in there on purpose, but when you play shooters like that, if you get too close to them, there's a 50/50 chance that when they come down they're going to really hurt your foot and you know what that does to it. to the shooter when you're under him like that, it takes his concentration to be a big shoe, Joe Borgia. Last night on NBA TV he explained it and take a look at a shot that should have been called and another that is Harden's at the end of the game and here is the explanation: The rule is that a defender cannot jump towards the jump shooter and It eliminates what would be the landing area for jump shooters basically under normal circumstances, so what we're going to see is this first play here, James Harden is going to take the shot and Klay Thompson is going to close it out now, Thompson. when he comes, he goes straight for Hardin and basically makes contact with him before James lands.

You can see the contact on her hip and his legs, so that should be a foul. Now there's another play at the end of the fourth quarter where Draymond Green is guarding James. Harden and us have a similar type of shot, but this play is a little different because you'll see that Draymond Green doesn't jump straight forward, he jumps in front of Hart and tries to get in front of him. Now the question is. refs have to decide if Raymond's contact would stiffen before landing under normal conditions, probably not on that play. The contact on this play if you look at it closely is difficult, you see it as a kind of knife on his waist and he takes his legs a little further than he did on the first shot and the only contact is with his feet down on the back. lower legs, so in our opinion, Draymond would not have contacted James under normal conditions.

He didn't take away the landing area, so we felt it was the right decision. on that play Jeff, okay, I'm going to speak as a shooter, every one of those was a foul, thank you as a shooter, even one with James King, every one, come on, every word, as a man, as a shooter, every one of those . It was a file and they would inhibit you from making the shot and to me, just looking at it, the fourth one, the last one with this one, James Harden's expectation is that you've missed three, you're not going to miss this one.

So yes, I'm going to exaggerate my drop and flop B a little too, but each of these is about everything, so you wouldn't live up to the expectation that you won't miss the fourth every time. like if Jack and John foul you in the post you know next time you're going to go a little bit harder in the post yeah because you know the refs are going to say you know what I missed so this 50/50 decision 50 I give you it's a 50/50 decision, I would say, and the expectation that all of these are files, every one of them, every single one of them, would inhibit you from taking a normal basketball shot, well, let me sound it, I would say than the last one, what is it? in a file but you would say you're not going to miss the fourth so I'm going to go a little bit over the top so you can see it and they did it would never have been so over the top in the history of basketball and civilization, I mean.

Of all the basketballs that I've been playing in all of civilization, there's just someone that came more than these two teams, oh, you too, these guys that there were and it was probably five or six times that a play ended. I agree and the referee came. I went back and called him, but Christmas, what a bad day James Harden arrived, two of the most complaining groups in history who like Rose, they got all the calls and that's how it is for the big boys now, they might even listen to it differently, Charles. You know, when you do a jump shot, you jump hook and as you grab a jump hook, that guy is boxing you instead of playing these, so he's trying to fake like he's boxing you while you're shooting, which inhibits you. to make a Shot at the same shooter to the extent expected in today's media availability.

The discussion continued. What do you think? It's disappointing because the focus should be on two tunes. It was played extremely hard. The game has arrived. There is both deception and part. part of the game that is very, very difficult to appreciate, but every coach in the league will tell you that you look at the tape afterwards and think we got screwed yesterday. I should invite you. I had a big pity party, you know me. So no one. appeared before me, it's over, I felt sorry for myself, no one really helped me, I got over it and I'll be fine, I definitely have to do better.

I shouldn't have gotten those messages, you know what I mean in that situation, but the gangs will always be a move if I'm not excited. It's not me, but I definitely have to be better for my team. Yeah, show me someone who liked to lose and I'll be in the playoffs, as the game is called. it's a little more physical and whether you're trying to foul every possession or not, there's going to be 50 50 calls and that's what it is, but it sucks that that's the narrative that comes out of this because we could literally exhaust our energy on that too, for true, $35,000 fine for Chris Paul for canceling the official night game.

I'll say this, the NBA, all the officials agree, they just misspelled, they had a bad day, but I don't think the NBA does our officials any service by saying they missed three calls down the stretch? Two of them would have been in Steph Curt, he would have shelved the game, but those players could have impacted the game in a different way, yes, but they don't have to. come out and add gasoline to the fire Shaq, they never changed anything, right, well why do you come out, he says they missed, they missed three calls, they're trying to be transparent, that's what he does.

I agree with you, but they also do this when everyone is arguing. like that and they'll say no, those calls were really good and we support them to do both and exalt that hate when they say you're right anyway, but the referee ministry calls down the stretch and two of them What's missing, Steph clear that up no one yeah well let's hope as the series continues there will be less referee talk and more. Hey, I will be. I think the referees are tired. Be honest. What is a check? Keep telling Barclays to show thanks for winning. every play the young players made, are you up here being a hypocrite?

That's dramebaaz mom. I know it's mom. Is right? Let me tell you something, actually, since the referees can be tired. I know what the saying is called for the Auburn Virginia game. mentally exhausted hey miss green you better stay away chuck i got your back mom green