Yes referees hate the Rockets. Remember the Kevin Durant way out of bounds play. James Harden rescued the Rockets with a game winner.
https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.html?gameId=0021900303 Q5 01:02.5 Foul: Shooting Jakob Poeltl Russell Westbrook INC Video Comment: Poeltl (SAS) jumps from point A to point B into Westbrook's (HOU) body as he defends the shot near the rim. http://official.nba.com/last-two-minute-report/?gameNo=0021900303&eventNum=2284 Q6 02:00.0 Foul: Shooting P.J. Tucker DeMar DeRozan INC Video Comment: Tucker (HOU) brings his arm downward and makes contact to DeRozan's (SAS) arm that affects his shot attempt at the basket. http://official.nba.com/last-two-minute-report/?gameNo=0021900303&eventNum=2290 Q6 00:09.2 Foul: Offensive James Harden DeMar DeRozan INC Video Comment: After releasing his shot attempt, Harden (HOU) initiates contact to DeRozan's (SAS) face with his shooting hand. http://official.nba.com/last-two-minute-report/?gameNo=0021900303&eventNum=2305
James the GM does a better job of recruiting. Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, Austin Rivers resigned, Danuel House resigned, Tyson Chandler, When Tyson was a Free Agent, he was literally waiting for Chris Paul to get traded, Tyson played with Chris Paul before in New Orleans, I just dont believe he wanted to play with him. James is the GM, Daryl cant draft after Clint Capela, Montrezl Harrell, for years he is drafting busts.
He attacked the basket and got 2 free throws. After that play literally all his shots were heavily contested 3 point shots. I blame him
That call was inexcusable. But bad calls happen every game. Every game you lose two points, four points, six points to bad calls. Some games 10 points. However, if you don't ease up when you're up by 22 then you still win those games. I get that the refs made an all time colossal blunder, but I'm not convinced it made a difference. The Rockets had to go out of their way to give that game away to the Spurs. If the Spurs had an extra two points to overcome who is to say they wouldn't have found a way to give the Spurs those two points too? No matter how bad the call was the Rockets are still VERY culpable in this loss. They deserved to lose even. I love my Rockets, but giving up a 22 point lead to this lousy Spurs team is embarrassing and they earned that embarrassment. I hope they learn from it. Also, Hartenstein did not play meaningful minutes.
The paint was not stacked go back and watch. at one point last night during a possession James was on the right wing while literally every other player was on the left wing and what did Harden do step-back three
I'm struggling to see any contact to DeRozan's face on that vid. Also this explanation of the Harden "offensive foul" at the end of regulation is horseshit: 00:11.5 To 00:00.4 Q4 00:00.0 Foul: Offensive James Harden Trey Lyles CC Video Comment: Replay review of the foul called on Harden (HOU) pursuant to a coach's challenge was deemed unsuccessful. Harden leads with his elbow and makes contact to Lyles (SAS) in the face. After communicating with the Replay Center, the ruling on the floor of a common foul is confirmed and 0.4 seconds are put back on the game clock. Lyles was all up in Harden's space and gave no landing room.Harden had 0.8 to shoot and had to turn to square up to the basket. In no way did his arm extend, Lyles initiated all of the contact and got all of the benefit. This is all down to the narrative of Harden "tricking the refs". Nobody is scrutinised more for potential offensive fouls. These two videos are avsolute proof of the refs cracking down on him, holding him to a standard that no other NBA player is held to.
It was clearly a made field goal and you are telling me not one referee saw that? I would have been pretty sure that they would have at least counted the field goal and reviewed it if it counted later like how they check 3 pointers... Its really ridiculous how the rockets keep getting the craziest calls, the mavs playoffs games... the warriors plays off games... just crazy.
Shady **** keeps happening to Houston, yet anyone that's not a Rockets fan says we're whiny b****es for saying anything about it. The NBA knows they can F with the Rockets and 90% of NBA fans will cheer them on for doing it.
last year in LA.. -- scott foster fouls out both harden and paul with highly shady calls -- dejuan evans allowed to keep playing with 6 fouls for clipps in a game in which he was the biggest contributor to their win
Stop crying for a damn dunk. We are pathetic, our "stars" shooted 18/68. We have to blame for this, not for a f---- dunk. Come on now, we were up 16 in the 4th and we just sleep the entire quarter. We deserved to lose. Harden can not play with that ISO all the ******* time. Westbrook has to stop shooting 20-30 shots per game cause he can not hit those. I mean, first of all, our coach what is he doing? No schemes, no ball movement, it's only ISO Harden and we pray for him to create something. I can coach too like that! Our defense? Where is it? 2 years ago we had a great defensive team with CP3, Ariza, Tucker, Luc...now we don't have nothing, only Tucker. Russ can not play defense, Harden neither, Thabo neither, McClemore neither. Rivers? Nothing special. We are not gonna win **** and stop crying for a dunk, we should have won this game by 20+
does Rockets give the report and pay the fee to protest and ask for rematch or give back the win to Houston ?
LOL...we blow out an easy win and we are here complaining for 2 points. I remember that the Chandler dunk at the end of the 3rd quarter was illegal, cause Westbrook took the ball with a backcourt violation...so... we should be more concerned by the fact we blow out a 22 points lead in about 16 minutes. Pathetic.
It wasnt a call or a missed call. It was a missed field goal in a game that ended within that field goal's point total. This is not an everyday thing, and does not get to be ignored simply because the Rockets also had their own responsibility of playing hard. Both could and should be a legit concern, not just one or the other. The Rockets "deserve" to lose because they had a bad half-quarter? Well, they outplayed SA all up until then, where does all that "deserve" go? SA does not suddenly solely deserve it just because they played great bball for the final 6-7mins of the game.
Strangely enough, everything you said is true AND the Rockets have a legit protest on the dunk. Go figure.
