Gamethread: Houston Rockets @ Utah Jazz. 7pm MST.

[fgcamel]

https://www.basketball-reference.co...&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=pts

2nd most points ever by a player with 7 or fewer FGA, surpassing Dantley and Stockton.

First ever stat line of it's kind.

Warning: Cherrypicking ahead.

https://www.basketball-reference.co...l=7&c4stat=ast&c4comp=gt&c4val=5&order_by=pts

 

[JAZZGASM]

I kind of laughed at the sued comment... then I also laughed when you said sued based on what... this is Murica, no basis needed for law suits.

In all honesty... refereeing games is really hard. I subbed in for a friend in some high school games and there is a lot of guess work because it is so hard to see with that much motion and that many bodies moving.

Honestly, there probably have been lawsuits that were just summarily dismissed. Read Tim Donaghys book, it is eye opening.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

Steve Brown turning up that awkward. I want a TV show where Steve Brown has to break terrible news to people and we just let the cameras roll... it would be a trainwreck that you wouldn't be able to take your eyes off.
.

Oh I literally laughed loudly, out loud.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

ESPN shows a "highlight" of Josh smith switching or moving his pivot foot atleast 10 times while Lyles is guarding him and the ref is in the camera shot watching it all go down, but calling nothing.

We joke about conspiracies, but the refs are really bad, and it seems the slant is always in favor of the Other team.

https://thebiglead.com/2016/02/24/josh-smith-shuffled-all-of-the-pivot-feet/

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

To be honest, if you're Dwight Howard, do you expect Harden to pass?

U do realize Harden gets 7 assists a game, right?

 

[Coach Ellis]

https://thebiglead.com/2016/02/24/josh-smith-shuffled-all-of-the-pivot-feet/

This made my wife laugh. Until I told her that they didn't call the travel. At that point she was stunned and said "My (dead) grandma could have made that call. Everybody can see the travel."

I guess not professional NBA officials.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

This made my wife laugh. Until I told her that they didn't call the travel. At that point she was stunned and said "My (dead) grandma could have made that call. Everybody can see the travel."

I guess not professional NBA officials.

Lol. I remember screaming at my tv, and throwing my arms up in utter denial that a ref could miss this let alone all of them. I don't ever remember the officiating being this bad around the league, ever. I'm not just talking about Jazz games either.

It's become an epidemic around the league.

 

[silesian]

Clutchfans has that the NBA 2 minute report came out and there were 6 blown calls in the last 2 minutes. All in favor of Houston.

Jazz are now -10 on calls in such games.

Do you have the totals? Is it X blown calls for the Jazz, X+10 blown calls against the Jazz.

Sample size is still small, but I wonder if teams are making the case for bias.

Also I'd like for data to be analyzed to statistically test hypothesis of home team bias and superstar bias. Should be easy to do and given the number of quants in NBA front offices I bet they are running these numbers. Could be some good outcomes that improve officiating if this data is used constructively.

 

[fishonjazz]

Do you have the totals? Is it X blown calls for the Jazz, X+10 blown calls against the Jazz.

Sample size is still small, but I wonder if teams are making the case for bias.

Also I'd like for data to be analyzed to statistically test hypothesis of home team bias and superstar bias. Should be easy to do and given the number of quants in NBA front offices I bet they are running these numbers. Could be some good outcomes that improve officiating if this data is used constructively.

I'm probably alone here but I actually don't have a problem with home team bias.
All teams play the same amount of home games so I figure it should even out.

Superstar bias on the other hand....

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

https://thebiglead.com/2016/02/24/josh-smith-shuffled-all-of-the-pivot-feet/

That has got to make Shaquin a Fool. How could those refs possibly have been so bad? Someone earlier said how hard it was to ref with all the bodies moving around and everything, but c'mon. Does the violation have to hit you in the head like a two-by-four? Amazingly, they got worse after this!

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Also, although the league upheld the phantom Hayward foul on Harden you would have to admit that if they are going to call that a foul then there are an uncountable number of fouls every time down the court.
[video]https://official.nba.com/last-two-minute-report/?gameNo=0021500843&eventNum=606
In my opinion that call was wrong, too.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Also, although the league upheld the phantom Hayward foul on Harden you would have to admit that if they are going to call that a foul then there are an uncountable number of fouls every time down the court.
[video]https://official.nba.com/last-two-minute-report/?gameNo=0021500843&eventNum=606
In my opinion that call was wrong, too.

For sure... I think they need an inconclusive. Like yeah there was a touch but we can't tell if it did or didn't affect anything.