The no calls on the arm-bar were mind blowing, where it should have been whistle blowing.
Hanlon is a non-factor without the forearm push-offs.
I was there, seats very close to the floor, center court with great views of perimeter action where the horrible calls were made and other stuff just let go.. Bad enough when the fore-arm shiver isn't called. Worse when 3 times over, a foul is called and it's called as a block. As I said to one of my friends as we watched, it looks like the rule is, foul on the defender if he gets close enough that the offensive player's elbows can reach the defender's gut. Giffey, Nappier and Boat were all victims of that.
However, one glaring reason why BC came back at us was totally atrocious shot selection in the last 5 minutes. We're in the 2 shot bonus, we go into our Bazz and Boat dribbling acts and hoist up contested 3 pointers. The team should have lived at the line at the end, and I don't mean just the last minute. Also, interesting sub pattern, with Calhoun and Giffey both on the bench with under 3 minutes left. 2 excellent foul shooters and with 3 minutes, Giffey's foul situation isn't an issue.
My thought is we need to learn that move. It is indefensible.
Stop crying and incorporate it into our offense.
Yep, horrid shot selection at the end. Well honestly, Napier took questionable shots all night. I had a hard time figuring out why he was taking so many faders, I mean it was almost like he was just testing his shot. It was very odd after the first 4 games where he was only taking good shots. I won't knock him much because he has been brilliant so far, even his bad game wasn't horrible, I just hope he adjusts for Indiana. It kind of looked like they were playing with the knowledge they had a second game tomorrow in the back of their minds, very odd.
Bazz has that move, he was discarding defenders at will with it in that Chris Paul camp video. Maybe like most people he would think in a real live setting it would be called an offensive foul.
Bazz has that move, he was discarding defenders at will with it in that Chris Paul camp video. Maybe like most people he would think in a real live setting it would be called an offensive foul.