I agree that it's on the Clippers for losing their cool. Ignoring bad calls comes with being a championship team. Of course, getting the calls helps you BECOME the championship team. That last quarter the clippers were getting mugged on their shots and there was never a whistle, meanwhile things like Daiw got an "and one" when there was no one within 2 feet of him towards the end. Or Parker getting the call when he grabbed Crawford as he went along the baseline. Garbage.
And what in the world was the technical foul call for? You don't call that in a close game in the 4th. You SHOULD have called the over the back, but not the technical for being pissed about the no call.
The Parker on the baseline foul on Crawford was the right call, although it could have been ignored since both players were making contact. Crawford moved his lower body to block Parker out of bounds. The only two calls for the ref to make would have been out of bounds on Parker or foul on Crawford. Foul was the right call, but a tough call to make given the circumstance.
There were plenty of phantom calls on against the Spurs on Griffin and Paul, but rival Manu/Parker for flopping and creating ghost contact. One was an and-one with Paul driving to the lane untouched. Flailed and threw his had back. Replay showed no contact was made. He was fouled plenty of times, but that one was a complete wiff, yet it comes down to the angle the ref sees. Those calls go both ways many times.
I thought the calls seemed to favor LA early in the game (first half) then pretty even in the 3rd, then the Spurs in the 4th.
Clips are a pretty mentally fragile bunch, as evidence of Paul throwing little fits when things don't go well.
Game could have gone either way last night.
trying to pinpoint one bad call that would have definitively changed the outcome of the game is a moot point, as there's no way to know what would have happened differently after said call. I know Clipper fans are upset about that offensive goal tend call, but in reality that one was correct.
As for the technical on Paul passing the ball to the ref, only the ref knows why he called that one. It's possible that Paul said something just before that, but it's unclear from the replays that I saw. Originally thought maybe he flung it at the ref in anger, but I don't see it. Ref had enough time to catch the ball, so hard to argue that was a good call.
Tough game, but that's basketball.
And with that, sleep time.
