12/29 - Clap the Raps
- Thread starter DeadlySplitter
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They made up some BS it was a call on the floor, but clearly that was not the case. Nobody signaled it, and nobody blew the whistle.
It was pretty bad. Not quite Donaghy bad, but suspect that the refs will get some feedback from league on that situation——they are lucky it wasn’t a nationally televised game
6. If it was a one or two point game at the time it would have been a full Donaghy.
I don't know any other possible explanation that covers what happened. 72 watched the play the entire time, did nothing, waited 3 full seconds until the ball was passed up court and released, then blew the whistle and pointed at White. Never seen anything like it.
Yeah, even if the explanation is something like “wanted them to have a chance to run their play” it still doesnt’ work—-you eitehr call the foul or you don’t
I don’t disagree with most of this. Just distressing to watch a quicksand situation in realtime and nobody’s throwing a lifeline. I also don’t really know if there’s any long-term value or learnings to be had from letting the bench suffer through a massive run in a random December game.
After the timeout JB came back in and the game stabilized from there.
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He reffed it like soccer, except he let them play advantage and then called the foul anyway. Which, for many reasons, doesn’t work in the NBA.
DVRs save hearts.
My daughter, who was with me, while walking out said “That’s why you love this, that was awesome!” She’s just a casual fan no more. And I might be paying for a lot of number 9 stuff in the near future.