Does anyone literally realize how bad the officiating is right now?

[jestersmash]

Quite the home cooking. The game was actually called consistently tight for the first half. The home cooking kicked in during a key run in the 4th quarter. The Matthews flop to the floor when he was reaching in (slightly) and Ginobili went up for the shot. That about sums up the refereeing in the 4th quarter, and it's a big deal. 3 less free throws, and another attempt for Portland. Potential 5 or 6 point swing.

I've got great respect for Aldridge, though. He is the real deal, and I respect his game. Portland also had some pretty solid defensive stretches throughout the game.

Disappointed that the refs didn't call the game fairly down the stretch, though. Would've been interesting to have it be a ball game through the end of the game instead of just giving the win to Portland prematurely. Oh well.

[TDMVPDPOY]

The leader of suck tonight was Tony Parker

lol at his fans who want him in the ASG, cant even defend a scrub like miller...fck that

[jestersmash]

Oh, and Portland was wise to abuse the Andre-Parker mismatch in the post. I was surprised Pop even allowed Tony to try and defend 1 on 1. Tony is consistently terrible against larger, taller guards in that situation. I'm not mad at Tony for it. I simply recognize that it's not within his ability to guard 1 on 1 in that situation.

[concken]

you watch glee?

[TDMVPDPOY]

they basically took blair out of the game after he beasted on them in the first half...he was like a negative outlier in the 2nd half

this is what i dont get, duncan was scoring well, and they stop going to him...fkn wankers on the team should know who has the hot hand and passin it to

[spurtech09]

you noticed that too?come on it was so obvious ...refs were really screwing the spurs....thank you refs

[duncanCOSTARICA]

there was also a ghost foul on ginobili where the nearest official didnt saw and the baseline one (whom was far behind) called for two made free throws, Gino couldnt believe it....that was terrible, i dont mind losing but losing like this turns my ing fire on!

[jag]

C'mon bro. Four straight calls (all questionable mind you) to kill momentum late in the game.


Sure the spurs played like , but even at that, they were close with 6-5 minutes to go, until the whistles came in.

Officiating didn't lose this game. Weak take

[Arc]

dont blame the change of ball either, didnt stop us from puttin the ball into the basket

fkn 8 on 5 with ghost fouls isnt fun....

anderson shouldve gotten more minutes this game after neal was pulling a stinker during a bad stretch we didnt need more salt to the wound...

that's been pop's problem his entire career. he doesn't play his players. splitter and anderson should have gotten at least 10 to 15 minutes. perhaps they could have provided a spark off the bench that was much needed.

there's really no excuse.

[GrandeDavid]

Hard to play well when you can't touch the other team without a whistle, and they're allowed to maul you on the other end of the court with no call.

Every time the Spurs started getting into a rhythm, the whistles came fast and furious.

One of the most poorly officiated games I've ever seen.

Agreed, and I admire Pop's self-control. He would just stand there looking numb in disbelief. Just comically poor officiating or gifting, whatever one calls manipulating the game to favor another team.

[jag]

BS. That sequence where the Blazers got 4 possessions off of offensive rebounds from clanked 3-pointers is more emblematic of this game than bad officiating.
Small ball and offensive paralysis (standing around and heaving jumpers) against the zone is what killed us.
Coaching paralysis as well. Pop couldn't be bothered to respond to what the Blazers were doing.

[Budkin]

Damn this loss has really put me in a foul mood.

[TDMVPDPOY]

that's been pop's problem his entire career. he doesn't play his players. splitter and anderson should have gotten at least 10 to 15 minutes. perhaps they could have provided a spark off the bench that was much needed.

there's really no excuse.

splitter wouldve been useful for the mismatch down low

anderson shouldve taken rj and neals minutes

where was RJ this game, fkn negative from this game...he basically did all, just another player on the court makin up the numbers

[spurtech09]

what do you have to lose pop...i think putting splitter in the line up wouldn't have hurt at all pop

[UnWantedTheory]

No, but I'd watch with a gleeful expression as this ref who ed up my night and my team's night and championship hopes as his family gets tickle chainsaw tortured in front of his eyes and he's crying watching it and i'm laughing my ass off and he gets ignited electric chainsaws shoved up his ass and skunk juice shoved down his throat and 500º acid thrown in his eyes

Now the little boy is using "manly" words. The Refs sucked, but damn, you went 15 year old overboard.

[Rynospursfan]

I realize, but only figuratively.

[greyforest]

Facts about NBA officiating:

-Players, coaches, and teams are given a large fine for publicly questioning referee's calls using the media.
-Players are given technical fouls for disagreeing with referee's calls on the court.
-Paul Donaghy, an ex-NBA referee released a book do enting an alleged illegitimacy of NBA officiating.
-The NBA validated Donaghy's allegations by vigorously trying to suppress publication of the book.

If you think the NBA officiating is in any way meant to be unbiased, you are an absolute ing re . The first fact listed there by itself is enough to show that, without a doubt, the NBA doesn't want any judgement of their officiating. They want ultimate control over it, and they explicitly suppress any dissension from within their organization.

[greyforest]

No, but I'd watch with a gleeful expression as this ref who ed up my night and my team's night and championship hopes as his family gets tickle chainsaw tortured in front of his eyes and he's crying watching it and i'm laughing my ass off and he gets ignited electric chainsaws shoved up his ass and skunk juice shoved down his throat and 500º acid thrown in his eyes

hahahah this kid with aspergers always cracks me up

keep rockin' gui ude27.

[jdiggy0424]

poor officiating yes, but its only the 8th time they've loss this season. Nothing to see here.

[UnWantedTheory]

hahahah this kid with aspergers always cracks me up

keep rockin' gui ude27.

[UnWantedTheory]

poor officiating yes, but its only the 8th time they've loss this season. Nothing to see here.

That's the point.

[UnWantedTheory]

poor officiating yes, but its only the 8th time they've loss this season. Nothing to see here.

This is not.

[UnWantedTheory]

Exactly, to the most of you posters. Good game by the Blazers, they wanted it more. But every damn time the Spurs got something going, a whistle was sure to be called. Phantom calls all day every day.


That Manu offensive foul call still has me laughing on the floor. You got to be kidding me.

C'mon bro. Four straight calls (all questionable mind you) to kill momentum late in the game.


Sure the spurs played like , but even at that, they were close with 6-5 minutes to go, until the whistles came in.

[phyzik]

No, but I'd watch with a gleeful expression as this ref who ed up my night and my team's night and championship hopes as his family gets tickle chainsaw tortured in front of his eyes and he's crying watching it and i'm laughing my ass off and he gets ignited electric chainsaws shoved up his ass and skunk juice shoved down his throat and 500º acid thrown in his eyes

Maybe you should stop watching basketball for a little while, take care of whatever problem you obviously have in your life.

[cheguevara]

I'm not one to about officiating ing. But Spurs got pounded by Portland plain and simple. Officiating is a lame excuse.