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Is Yao getting away with mass amounts of moving screens yet again?
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindbla...e_on_offi.html
TUALATIN -- The Trail Blazers broadcasters have harped on it. Fans continually bring it up. Finally on Monday, coach Nate McMillan addressed what has become a major talking point in Portland's first-round series against the Houston Rockets:
Officiating.
Despite the possibility of a fine from NBA executive Stu Jackson, who among other duties oversees officiating, McMillan without prompting criticized the officiating in the series. In particular, McMillan focused on the two games in Houston, both won by the Rockets.
"I don't want Stu to be calling me or anything like that, but if you look at the stat sheet and you look at the way the calls have gone the last couple games, it's not consistent," McMillan said.
McMillan is particularly unhappy with the fouls called against his centers, Joel Przybilla and Greg Oden, who have the already-challenging task of trying to contain Yao Ming, the Rockets' 7-foot-6 All-Star center.
In the Rockets' 86-83 win Friday night, Oden had five fouls in 21 minutes. Przybilla was called for four fouls and played 20 minutes.
Then, in Sunday's 89-88 Houston victory, Oden picked up five fouls in 10 minutes, several coming when Yao did not have the ball and Oden was fighting to keep him from getting deep post position. Przybilla had four fouls and played 27 minutes.
Yao, meanwhile, played 36 minutes and had three fouls Friday, and went almost 44 minutes while picking up one foul Sunday.
Brandon Roy, the Blazers' All-Star guard, rarely fouls out of games, but he did Friday. Meanwhile, Ron Artest and Shane Battier, the Rockets' stellar defenders who split the duty of guarding Roy, have stayed out of foul trouble, picking up a total of five fouls in the two games in Houston.
"Our guys, Greg and Joel, are getting called for touch fouls against Yao, and Artest and Battier are riding Brandon Roy every time he runs or he penetrates to the basket," McMillan said. "I'm just saying that it needs to be called both ways."
For the series, the Blazers have been called for 101 fouls, Houston 83. Portland has shot 79 free throws to Houston's 106.
Officiating was a major topic for the Rockets after they lost Game 2 in Portland as Houston coach Rick Adelman complained Thursday that the Blazers had been allowed to manhandle Yao.
"In the first six minutes, they must have called seven or eight fouls on both teams," Adelman told reporters. "Hand-checking, everything else. Then it was like, 'Let's don't call anything else the rest of the game.' They literally put their hands on him from outside the free-throw line all the way down."
McMillan said he was well aware that Adelman had used the media to get this point across.
"No doubt, no doubt," McMillan said. "He's talked about that, (then) our guys have been whistled for those calls. What I'm saying is, if you're going to call it on one end, then call it on both ends."
On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle's Richard Justice wrote a column in which he reflected Adelman's contention that the Blazers were manhandling Yao, writing, "When did basketball become mixed martial arts?"
McMillan said the Blazers have sent tapes of the games and their complaints to the NBA. Among the complaints is that Portland was called for 18 more fouls -- 52 to 34 -- than the Rockets were in Houston, resulting in a free throw advantage for Houston.
NBA spokesman Tim Frank said the league doesn't comment on specific calls, but that teams frequently send disputed plays to the league for review throughout the season, a process made easier with a new online system that allows teams to upload the videos.
In Friday's game, only two Portland players had free throw attempts, and Sunday only three Blazers shot free throws.
"They're playing just as aggressive, just as physical (as we are), and you look at their stats, and those guys, they have one or two fouls, "McMillan said. "The free throw line, there's a huge difference there. So it's something we have to address."
Is Yao getting away with mass amounts of moving screens yet again?
Apparently Nate thinks number of fouls is a function of time on court and not how many fouls commited.
No. That was Adelman after game 2.
What poor sports the Blazers are, just man up and play, stop using excuses.
Greg Oden deserves some of those fouls imo.
someone get a picture of a baby crying for Tlong.
at anyone comparing the defensive skills of Greg Oden and Vanilla Gorilla to Ron Artest and Shane Battier.
lol McMillan pissed because Yao is finally getting some of the calls he deserves. Oden is a hack-master. He needs to slim down. He looks fat and slow compared to the year he spent at tOSU.
I decided to figure out the discrepancy of fouls compared to the rest of the playoff series.
+/- fouls (Through four games)
Detroit -32 (Big number, but understandably against LeBron)
Portland -18
San Antonio -11
LA Lakers -6
Miami -4
Boston -3
New Orleans -1
Philadelphia 0
Orlando 0
Denver +1
Chicago +3
Atlanta +4
Utah +6
Dallas +11
Houston +18
Cleveland +32
Total fouls (Through four games)
Portland 101
LA Lakers 101
New Orleans 101
Denver 100
Detroit 95
Utah 95
Boston 93
Chicago 90
Orlando 89
Philadelphia 89
San Antonio 86
Miami 85
Houston 83
Atlanta 81
Dallas 75
Cleveland 63
Complete BULL !
Portland is a jump-shooting team. That's why there's a foul discrepancy like that. LaMarcus Aldridge is a jump shooting power forward. Their centers don't shoot the ball. And, Brandon Roy is the only guy that consistently attacks the basket. And, Roy has gone to the line 34 times, more than any Rockets player. Blake, Fernandez, Outlaw, Batum, Frye... they're all jump shooters first. Houston doesn't have great slashers, but their players will attack the basket. Brooks, Artest, Lowry will attack the rim. Scola and Landry attack the offensive glass and unlike a guy like Przybilla, they'll go back up with a shot.
If you understand the free throw and foul discrepancy between the Pistons and the Cavaliers, it's a similar thing with Houston and Portland. Portland stays shooting jump shots. The Rockets might shoot jumpers too, but they also attack the basket with much more frequency than the Blazers do.
And, back to topic, when it comes to criticizing how the game is being officiated, in all seriousness, the Blazers could be called for a foul almost every possession down because Przybilla and Oden have two forearms in Yao's back almost all the time.
Maybe if Portland played better they wouldn't get called for so many fouls.
Seriously, grow some nuts.
I'm a little surprised McMillan would take the "Phil Jackson whining, crying, baby" route. He's got a ways to go before he passes Adelman as the biggest whining baby coach in the league though.
Maybe if Portland fouled less they'd get called for fewer fouls. Greg Oden is the biggest foul machine in the league, and has been throughout the season.
What big man doesn't these days? Big Baby looks like a damn fullback clearing out space for Ray Allen in the Bulls/Celts series.
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OMG I think that was pee your pants worthy!
36 fouls from oden and priscilla.....probably should have been more
You need to remember that Portland in game 3 and 4 comitted a lot of intentional fouls at the end of games.
i don't think tlongii understands the concept of variance. you have to explain it to him in baby terms: the number of fouls each team commits depends on style of play.
what an idiot.
Despite playing only 21.5 mpg in the regular season, Greg Oden led the NBA in fouls per game. This conspiracy against poor Portland has been going on all season.
Or Oden commits a lot of fouls.
http://www.nba.com/statistics/player...DD=All%20Teams
This post brought tears to my eyes....such truth!
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