2015 NBA Playoffs Thread: The Zebras are Loose

[elcheato]

Ryan Dirkerson 

 

[buzzy]

glorious beard on the ball boy tho

 

[CameronCrazy06]

 
There's a shortage of officials where I'm at. I might actually do it as a winter job.

 
Oh god the world isn't ready haha

 

[BwareDWare94]

 
Oh god the world isn't ready haha

 
Eh, where we are we pretty much would have to let them play because small towns don't have crazy depth. I assume we'd pretty much be trained to be positive that any foul we call put a player at a disadvantage.
 
Officiating philosophy is entirely based around advantage/disadvantage. That decides which moments of contact aren't fouls, etc. 

For example, most officials like to call "body" fouls on blocked shots, but if the shot had no chance to even get to the hoop, why call minor body contact? Etc, etc.
 
I bartended at a favorite gathering place of game officials. We were always discussing basketball rules. It was fun. 

My favorite story revolves around the 3 second rule. They were all like, "why would we focus on 3 seconds when we should be watching the ball? 9 times out of ten, we're not going to call it unless a kid is camping in the lane."

 

[Pugz]

TL;DR

 

[elcheato]

golden state back? 

 

[elcheato]

TL;DR

just the tip next time pl0x

 

[BwareDWare94]

Yeah. This just turned into a likely Pels loss. Fourth quarter collapse, indeed.
 
Someone tell Nola to go to bed lol

 

[elcheato]

He came he saw he browed 

 

[BwareDWare94]

Klay just traveled, hardcore. Drag that pivot foot!

 

[BwareDWare94]

Good call. Didn't even look close but it was right.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Klay just traveled, hardcore. Drag that pivot foot!

15

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Good call. Didn't even look close but it was right.

16

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Fuck these refs

 

[elcheato]

Why give the ball to Anthony Davis when you can have Jrue Holiday take a 30 footer? 

 

[elcheato]

Stephen Curry tried to dunk, it didn't end well 

 

[BwareDWare94]

Why do teams insist on going iso when their offenses have worked all game.
 
Run your damn offense. There is nothing beneficial about a highly contested, difficult shot. So your star might make it. Big deal. Run your damn offense and try to get a good shot.

 

[Pugz]

usually an iso burns time off the clock. that's just a guess though.

 

[buzzy]

Pray on, Nola*

 

[BwareDWare94]

There were 3-4 fouls on Golden State during those rebounding sequences and they choose to call the foul on Cunningham? SMH.