re: “Rockets’ Game 1 ref rage rooted in extensive Warriors research”

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Casual fans most hated player. 

Nba players mvp three of five years. 

That says it all, really, doesn’t it?

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Lebron wouldn’t have beat any of the west playoff teams last year. He went to 7 with Indy and 6 when the Celtics didn’t have kyrie or Hayward.

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So, if Game 7 shows the Rockets should have had 18 more points,

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Here are a couple of examples of how Houston was breaking things down to give themselves extra points.

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With about 10:40 left in the third quarter, Eric Gordon lost the ball when he dribbled it off Curry’s foot. In the game, it was a live-ball turnover. The league deemed it a “potential infraction” kicked ball on Curry, according to Houston’s analysis—meaning it might have been a kick, but there is no way to tell conclusively. The Rockets counted that as 1.1 points lost, using what appears to have been an estimate of their average half-court points per possession, according to league sources. (They used that 1.1 figure for all such plays that ended Houston possessions.)

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With about 8:55 left in the third quarter, Kevon Looney rebounded a Klay Thompson missed 3-pointer. As Looney went up for a putback, Gordon made some contact with him that went uncalled. Looney missed. Looney jumped to try to tip the ball in, and Harden leaped to block Looney’s shot—making some contact with Looney’s arm and upper body. Again, no call was made. The loose ball ricocheted to Curry, who passed it to Kevin Durant for an open 3-pointer which went in.

The league cited Harden’s attempted block as a potential infraction—a possible foul, but one the league could not say conclusively was a foul even upon review, according to Houston’s analysis. Houston concluded that the non-call cost them two points.

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This is beyond pathetic.

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Casual fans most hated player.

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Casual fans like scoring and like big names in big games. None of that fits Hardin's criteria. Sorry but the ones that hate Harden's game are not causal fans


I think he's most hated in part because his style of basketball is repetitive. I very much agree with what PTM said. It's the same thing over and over and over again.

And probably most in part because he plays the refs instead of playing basketball. Like I'd love to see him in a pick-up game, where essentially no fouls are called. There is a large part of me that thinks he'd be a significantly worse player in that setting.

Pretty pathetic headline on ESPN. Houston should be ashamed

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probably most in part because he plays the refs instead of playing basketball. Like I'd love to see him in a pick-up game, where essentially no fouls are called. There is a large part of me that thinks he'd be a significantly worse player in that setting.

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Nah he'd be great in a pickup setting. That's really what frustrates me about watching him. He's ridiculously good WITHOUT playing the refs. He doesn't need to do that shite to be great. His stepback is lethal and he's a terrific finisher at the rim. He has a killer floater and can pop a shot in the midrange with the best of 'em.

He cheapens his own transcendent game by hunting for fouls.