Sometimes I think this game would be better if they actually hired professional referees.
he did! that would have been the funniest travel call I've ever seen. definitely not an offensive foul on doncic. I think he leaned in to sell the fake. too bad dak Prescott can't do that to hit an open guy.
I agree about both players lowering their shoulder into people. that wasn't a play where an offensive foul should have been called. the more important observation of the night for me is that the spurs still suck and Klay Thompson hit six 3 point shots.
well I've also seen him get fouled 20 times in a game and not get many calls. he plays to contact so I'm surprised he doesn't get more offensive fouls. you know dirk and shaq both used to drill people in their post up game. dirk kind of cheated because he would throw his body in and then fade away. I think offensive players adapt to being more aggressive when defenders body them to defend.I'm thinking you have been watching Luka get away with this stuff, much too much.
in basketball it always does. just joking, idk the right answer. doncic definitely gets away with a lot.
yeah and it was a good fake by doncic to freeze the defense. he's a smart player.
Luka should be called for offensive fouls all the time, but not enough contact on that one with Wemby.
Really? He gained quite an advantage from that contact, that's more than enough AFAIC. The rules change and get interpreted differently all the time so who knows, today, what really has to be called and what can be overlooked? I certainly don't. But they always used to say when calling or not calling a foul that they judged it based on whether a player gained an advantage from initiating that contact. This game would be a lot better if they still officiated that way IMO.
He intended to make solid contact with him, but it seems like he missed the target. Had his shoulder landed on Wemby's chest I could see it being called, but he simply didn't really connect.
Yeah, they are deep, they are very well coached, they play hard and they play together. And I think they'll take advantage of more than a few teams early in the season, especially teams with veteran stars that might not hit their stride until somewhere between Christmas and Valentine's Day.
They may be scrappy, but they are severely talent deprived.
I wouldn't say "severely" but yes, I agree they have fewer star/near star quality players than most playoff teams have. And they will likely be on the outside looking in come playoffs unless Kawhi shocks us all.
