Series Thread: 1st round 2) Knicks vs 7) Sixers

[Sparhawk]

Bottom line, Sixers didn't hit their free throws at their usual clip.

 

[bksballer89]

I hear ya. It’s the coach’s job to fail safe a call to protect his team from blatant incompetence.

Let’s be honest though. As we sift through 2 games worth of performance from the refs this accounts for an important time in the game but only a fraction of the complete fuckery that’s taken place. The standard at both ends of the floor for what is permissible with contact has been widely inconsistent. Brunson’s grifting has become disgusting. Hes flat out doing exactly what the league put on the Trae Young James Harden video. I watched 16 months of James Harden doing that grift and it not being rewarded. Brunson hasn’t earned what Harden has earned in this game. It’s disgusting what he’s been allowed to get in this series.

Told you guys about Brunson a few weeks ago. He is treated like he his Houston Harden with the bs they calll for him

 

[bksballer89]

Bottom line, Sixers didn't hit their free throws at their usual clip.

Embiid missed 4

 

[bksballer89]

 

[fightinfunbags]

He hasn’t been useless though. He’s done a great job on Brunson. If Nurse wants more offense out of the “others” he has to call shit for them. Every set seems to be Maxey/Embiid two man game. They need to run shit for Oubre Harris and Hield if he wants to get them going.

He (like all of the Sixers) need to do more as a rebounder. That’s not on Nurse. That’s on hustle and will.

 

[Sparhawk]

He hasn’t been useless though. He’s done a great job on Brunson. If Nurse wants more offense out of the “others” he has to call shit for them. Every set seems to be Maxey/Embiid two man game. They need to run shit for Oubre Harris and Hield if he wants to get them going.

He (like all of the Sixers) need to do more as a rebounder. That’s not on Nurse. That’s on hustle and will.

When Hield and Embiid are out there together, where are the DHOs that Redick had????

 

[ducky]

You’re focused on a sliver of the fuckery that’s gone on in this series.

Nurse called time out at two different times. This has all been verified by video. Your narrative was pretty neat though. Would read again.

He absolutely did NOT call a timeout before the ball was inbounded. If he had, he would have walked out on the court and done so just like every other coach would have in that situation and Lowry wouldnt have thrown the ball in. Not meekly sat in the coaching box. That's not how you call a timeout and they know this.

Have people not noticed what timeouts look like after a made basket? Coaches walk on the floor and call it and the player never inbounds the basketball.

And once the ball leaves Lowry's hand, Maxey never gains enough possession of the basketball in the scrum that follows to be considered possession where the refs could grant a timeout even if they were looking at the bench.... which is not where they would have been looking. A coaches hands arent some magical button that instantly stops the game the moment he puts them together in a certain way. And its not like they would be able to hear Nurse calling for one at the Garden in that situation.

The 76ers know all this.

Them using it as an excuse post game is nothing but a distraction hoping people dont realize how f'ing stupid they were.

This was an EASY coaching decision that they fucked up. You call the timeout and advance the basketball. And then postgame made the excuse of "I tried" as a way to protect their coaches momentary incompetence. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[fightinfunbags]

He absolutely did NOT call a timeout before the ball was inbounded.

Yes he most certainly did. They were close to a 5 second call and he signals for a time out. It’s all on video.

If he had, he would have walked out on the court and done so just like every other coach would have in that situation and Lowry wouldnt have thrown the ball in.

So you’re not saying he didn’t call a time out. You're saying he didn’t fail safe an incompetent crew and walk on to the court

Not meekly sat in the coaching box. That's not how you call a timeout and they know this.

If his decision was an immediate timeout, you’d be right. He wanted to play on with a time out and not let Knicks set up. That changes when Lowry can’t immediately inbound and then he calls time out. That’s his right and it’s the responsibility of one of the three officials to see it. Literally their job in managing the game. You’re wrong.

Have people not noticed what timeouts look like after a made basket? Coaches walk on the floor and call it and the player never inbounds the basketball.

You don’t understand. He didn’t want the time out immediately. He wanted the time out after the ball didn’t go in right away.

And once the ball leaves Lowry's hand, Maxey never gains enough possession of the basketball in the scrum that follows to be considered possession where the refs could grant a timeout even if they were looking at the bench.... which is not where they would have been looking.

Maxey has two hands on the ball while on the ground. He is in clear possession there. Additionally, his ability to get possession was hindered pre inbounds by a foul on Brunson that went uncalled and then a foul by Hart which knocked Maxey to the ground.

A coaches hands arent some magical button that instantly stops the game the moment he puts them together in a certain way. And it’s not like they would be able to hear Nurse calling for one at the Garden in that situation.

You don’t understand the responsibilities of officials in this moment. You should sit this out. One person on the crew is responsible for having eyes on the inbounding coach. This is true of officiating at the high school college and pro level. You should sit this one out. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

The 76ers know all this.

Them using it as an excuse post game is nothing but a distraction hoping people dont realize how f'ing stupid they were.

This is just one layer of about 12-15 things they have issue with when it comes to how this series has been officiated.

This was an EASY coaching decision that they fucked up. You call the timeout and advance the basketball.

Nope. Not when the toughest thing to get in that situation is the ball going in from the baseline.

And then postgame made the excuse of "I tried" as a way to protect their coaches momentary incompetence. Nothing more, nothing less.

Nothing incompetent here. Nurse didn’t want the immediate time out. He wanted the ball in to Maxey who shoots fouls at an 88% clip. Ball goes to Maxey. Maxey gets fouled. Sixers got fucked.

You just wasted a bunch of words to confirm that the Sixers got fucked.

 

[packerzrule]

Is there a bigger crybaby in all of sports??















NO!!!

 

[bksballer89]

 

[fightinfunbags]

You gave me a heads up on Knicks Twitter too. Holy shit those fuckers are dumb.

 

[bksballer89]

You gave me a heads up on Knicks Twitter too. Holy shit those fuckers are dumb.

Yea it’s bad. Only Celtics twitter can compete with them

 

[msgkings322]

It's really fucked up how bad the refs were. Such a shit league.

A shit league you follow every day lol

 

[dtgold88]

Did Maxey being held have anything to do with him not being able to secure the ball?

In reality, this just makes the series longer, which is what the NBA really wants.

Putting a team up 2-0 makes the series longer?

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Of course the two teams that are routinely spoiled w/ the most calls (the Lakers and the Sixers) are also the ones shamelessly complaining about refs… Can’t wait for the next generation to finally take over. lol

 

[eaglesnut]

Putting a team up 2-0 makes the series longer?

Yup, when it's the team that can't win without help.

 

[dtgold88]

Yup, when it's the team that can't win without help.

The 2 seed couldn't win without any help?

Your team lost. It happens. Not a conspiracy.......and if it is they need to put someone else in charge as to be so close that person isn't good at what he/she is being asked to do.

 

[tlance]

@tlance here’s one of the two time out calls.

I hear you.

But here is the thing that every coach at every level knows to be true.

That is a panic timeout. It is a last second bail out when you see the possession getting away from your team. That is simply not being granted anywhere near 100% of the time. Probably closer to 50/50.

Because the official has to see it, has to recognize it, and verify that the 6ers still control the ball before awarding it.

That all takes time.

And we are looking at freeze frame stills because it was tenths, maybe hundredths of a second between that call and Maxey losing the ball.

Remember, it isn’t when the timeout is signaled, it is when the ref awards it. There will always be a lag.

If we want a different outcome and to be able to make it reviewable then the league has to change the rule.

I doubt that happens.

 

[Shanemansj13]

There is no defending the foul. There were multiple clear fouls on the play.

The timeout. It did look like Nurse and Maxey both called for a TO WHILE Maxey had possession. It all happens so quick but the job for the players is making the signal. The job for the officials is to make the right call. Even if they award the timeout a second later they need to award to Philly. These are things that can't happen at the end of playoff games.

You can't miss the fouls and the timeout call. That shit cannot happen.

 

[Shanemansj13]

76ers team is just a bunch of fake whining bitches at this point.

The timeout excuse isn’t even real. It’s just them making false excuses for them fucking up.

If they really wanted to call a timeout there, you know what they wouldn’t have done? INBOUND THE BASKETBALL. That’s how you know they were never trying to call the timeout. Inbounder would have put down the basketball and walked to the fucking bench just like they do on every other made basket late in a game where teams are actually trying to call a timeout.

If they pass the basketball in and THEN call the timeout, they don’t get to advance the basketball past half court which is the main reason you call the timeout in the first place. That’s how you know they were never trying to call a timeout there.

And once the ball is passed in, you need control of the ball and the officials attention to call a timeout. Something they never had.

This is a terrible look for a professional team. Trying to lie in the media about their intentions just to cover up the fact that they collectively pissed down their leg and hoping that people don’t know enough about the game of basketball to make it believable. Anyone with any basketball sense knows what a timeout after a made bucket looks like. And that aint it. The fact that it is being brought up by people still is sad.

I don't have a side here, I just want the correct call to be made.

Even if Nurse called the TO late. You do realize Maxey called a TO while he was on the ground and he had clear possession, right? But from multiple pics and videos, Nurse called the TO