Please don't delete this, mods. I put a lot of time into this, and it doesn't break any rules.
I'm laying these out chronologically. I'm going to ignore off-ball stuff and travels unless they're egregious because they seldom get called and go both ways without the players kicking up much of a fuss.
1st Quarter
4:07 - Hill fouling Durant for his second personal. This one seemed a bit soft, but there seemed to be some illegal contact. I don't believe they showed a replay of this, so I can't fully confirm.
2nd Quarter
Going to gloss over a couple of fouls by Green and Korver plus a no call where Curry tried to draw contact that all seemed like the correct decisions.
3:07 - Green fouling Love for his second personal. This one was similar to the Hill foul in that it was a bit soft, but it didn't send the Cavs to the line or put him in foul trouble, so it's not a huge deal.
1:50 - Hill picks up his 3rd for fouling Green on a layup. Not a lot of contact, but there was a push.
1:05 - Green fouls LeBron in the face and then gets a tech. There really shouldn't be a lot of complaining here. It looked like an obvious common foul and a tech. I don't see how you give a flagrant here.
3rd Quarter
Glossing over a correctly called loose-ball foul on Tristan Thompson and a correctly called shooting foul on Curry.
6:11 - Hill gets his 4th for fouling Green. Is Hill just worse at hiding the fact that he's making contact? It's soft, but it's still a foul.
Also glossing over a couple of soft but correct loose-ball foul calls on Looney.
4th Quarter
9:32 - Korver fouls Thompson on the 3pt attempt. Come on Kyle, it's a foul.
Alright, here comes the good stuff.
6:43 - James called for the foul on Durant. LeBron strips him cleanly, but Nance has his hands all over Durant. The foul call is right, but they gave it to the wrong guy. The fact that none of the commentators noticed this is disappointing.
5:57 - Looney gets LeBron's hand but isn't called for the foul. Yes, this is a bad call. The only defence I have is that it looked clean in real time, so I wouldn't say it's
egregious, but the Cavs do have a right to be upset about this call.
3:54 - Here's something no one's talking about. Looney get hacked by James on a shot attempt, yet no call. It ended up being an out-of-bounds for Cleveland. They even showed a replay, but none of the commentators said anything.
0:37 - Durant charge overturned to a blocking foul by James. There's really not much for me to add here that hasn't been explained by the league. In my opinion, this is the correct call.
Overtime
4:06 - Hill fouls Durant for his 5th. Bad call, that's it.
3:54 - Hill wants a foul by Green on a layup attempt. I don't see a foul here. Play on.
2:50 - Durant called for a foul on James. Another thing no one's talking about. It was a clean strip. Not as bad as the Hill one because there were no free throws, but this is still a bad call that's being ignored.
0:03 - Tristan Thompson gets ejected. This is a weak call, but it didn't affect anything, so not a big deal I guess.
Conclusion
So if we look at the overall picture, the legitimately bad decisions were
- the no-call where Looney fouled James on a strip
- the no-call where James fouled Looney on a layup
- the call where Hill cleanly stripped Durant
- the call where Durant stripped James
Looks pretty even to me. Cavs might have been on the receiving end of more ticky-tack fouls, but people are letting their emotions get to them if they believe the refs ruined the game.
proves da fukk outta my point
if bron retired tomorrow y’all goofy nikkas wouldn’t do that for nobody else
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