The effort each are putting in on the defensive end of the floor is part of the reason another is the defensive intensity by the Warriors. We've seen similar results in Toronto when your offense is so heavily focused on two iso players to carry the load. Very different than your average free flowing regular season game.
Fran Frischilla tweeted this about 30 seconds before the missed travel call:
I don't have the numbers in front of me but I believe OKC is longer than Golden State at every position except the 2 (assuming Bogut is on the bench where he belongs).
Enes Kanter @Enes_Kanter 4m4 minutes ago
Trust me, they aren't. As bad as NBA refs have shown to be I've seen a helluvalot worse. My daughter is playing 6th grade AAU travel ball and I've seen some absolutely awful officiating. The amount of missed travels is mind blowing. The worst thing I've consistently seen is giving teams timeouts in scramble/tie up situations when the ball is actually on the floor and neither team has control of the ball. Trust me, having seen a lot of refs at that level the last few months, they are not remotely even close to being better than the dreck the NBA is tossing out in striped shirts.
I used to be as hard on officials as anyone especially back when I played. Then I began officiating rec games one winter and only one winter......that's all it took for me to recognize how wrong I was all those years. You simply cannot comprehend everything that is occurring, nevermind at NBA quickness levels, without experiencing it firsthand.
NBA reffing is certainly very difficult but missing a dragging pivot foot like Westbrook's is inexcusable. That's a very easy call to make.
From our couches I agree. At game speed without the advantage of the camera angle we had maybe not so much.
I agree that it's been a big problem however I don't know what solution is available aside from expanding what is able to be changed via replay which then brings into play other issues such as stoppage of play, etc. As you say this is a call you simply have to find a way to get right.
Exactly. How do 3 refs all miss that he was in the middle of a putback dunk attempt when he was fouled.
I agree with half of this. They can't just rely on Curry. As others have said, he's being well defended/mugged, and won't hit every shot he takes. That said, the "circus shots" (possibly too strong a description, but anyway) were what drove me crazy last night, in particular: (1) Draymond taking an out-of-sync three rather than giving the ball to Steph, who was being guarded by Kanter; (2) Klay rushing at least two threes in the 4th quarter with no one down to rebound; (3) Draymond trying a flip-shot layup rather than driving straight to the bucket in the 4th; and (4) Klay trying a weird reverse layup instead of going strong to the hoop. Maybe I'm underestimating the greatness of Adams's shot-blocking abilities, but I feel like the Warriors could've at least gotten to the line if they'd gone hard to he hoop on those latter two plays rather than doing all they could to avoid contact/being blocked.
It's brutal. I watch a lot of sports on tape delay, but I have to watch the nba this way because of the last few minutes.
The worst was after a steal late on the game, Thompson broke away ahead of the defense and ran straight to the corner for a quick three rather than a layup
And in this series, you have to wonder if Toronto can even win a single quarter, let alone a game.
