The Jan 22 Laker game exemplifies the effect of corrupt Referees on the Blazers on the home court. Adding up the incorrect calls + nocalls and the timing of the corrupt calls changed the outcome from a W to a L.
There were swish3s made taken away from Dame, fouls of Dame driving to the basket, fouls of Dame dribbling behind the arc, fouls of Grant, fouls of Driew, fouls of Nas, fouls of Josh, fouls of Simons, and fouls of Nurk that were not called. No wonder Laker defense intensity was greatly higher the 2nd half!
And there were ticky-tack fouls called against Dame and the front court that limited 3rd and 4th Q Blazer defense intensity. And there were blocking fouls called that were actually Lebron charges.
This pattern of Referee hostility to the Blazers on the Blazers home court is is strong contrast to the home court advantage usually (for example, Denver Nuggets) noticeable when the Blazers are on the road. This home court Disadvantage is a major problem that needs to be remedied to provide at least a fair shake on the home court!
The quality of NBA professionalism is severely degraded by the obvious bias and effect on outcomes that the corrupt Referees are imposing to spoil the games, adversely affecting the audience size for the games, and leading to manipulated outcomes.
The Blazer Front Office should take action to correct this situation, or the Blazers will not have a realistic chance to compete in even the regular season games or the playoff games. It is time to ask for review and accountability of the Officiating by the NBA National Office.
There were swish3s made taken away from Dame, fouls of Dame driving to the basket, fouls of Dame dribbling behind the arc, fouls of Grant, fouls of Driew, fouls of Nas, fouls of Josh, fouls of Simons, and fouls of Nurk that were not called. No wonder Laker defense intensity was greatly higher the 2nd half!
And there were ticky-tack fouls called against Dame and the front court that limited 3rd and 4th Q Blazer defense intensity. And there were blocking fouls called that were actually Lebron charges.
This pattern of Referee hostility to the Blazers on the Blazers home court is is strong contrast to the home court advantage usually (for example, Denver Nuggets) noticeable when the Blazers are on the road. This home court Disadvantage is a major problem that needs to be remedied to provide at least a fair shake on the home court!
The quality of NBA professionalism is severely degraded by the obvious bias and effect on outcomes that the corrupt Referees are imposing to spoil the games, adversely affecting the audience size for the games, and leading to manipulated outcomes.
The Blazer Front Office should take action to correct this situation, or the Blazers will not have a realistic chance to compete in even the regular season games or the playoff games. It is time to ask for review and accountability of the Officiating by the NBA National Office.
