Rockets Frustrated With Officiating

[santeesioux]

According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, the Rockets are frustrated with the way that officials are allowing the Blazers to play Yao Ming.

“They were very physical,” coach Rick Adelman said. “They put their hands on him. They wrestled with him from the top of the key all the way down. It’s up to us to have more patience, to move the ball more. It’s up to him to understand what they’re doing and counter it. ... If the officials are going to allow them to manhandle him like they did, we’ve got to find an answer for that.”

Added Yao: “I know coach has complained to the league for me. I just have to do my job.”

Adelman said the whistles were inconsistent.

“In the first six minutes, they must have called seven or eight fouls on both teams,” he said. “Hand-checking, everything else. Then it was like, ‘Let’s don’t call anything else the rest of the game.’ ”
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/58743/20090424/rockets_frustrated_with_officiating/

 

[maxiep]

And the lobbying has begun. The sad thing is, this crap usually works.

I expect Yao to get away with murder tonight and for Gregzilla to be saddled with foul trouble all night.

 

[RoyToy]

Yao is a flopper. Loved watching him purposely lock arms with one of the Blazers and then flailing and getting the call. Total bs.

 

[maxiep]

I hate to say it, but we need to respond. We need to talk about what Scola/Artest and Battier are getting away with with their grabbing, holding and pushing while Yao is allowed to clobber any guard who penetrates. They'll call the first couple on him, but they won't put him into serious foul trouble because they don't want to decide the game. However, by not putting him in danger of fouling out, they are deciding the game.

 

[blazerboy30]

I know this garbage is just a chess match... but damn it is annoying to see a team complaining about officiating when the opposing team's big men all had 5-6 fouls, each.

Also, the Blazers were in the penalty, with the Rockets shooting free throws by halfway through each quarter except the 4th.

 

[RoyToy]

16 total fouls on Przy/Aldridge/Oden I believe.

 

[MAS RipCity]

Nate better start his own bitching , b/c we are going to get murdered tonight. I can just feel it.

 

[Webster's Dictionary]

As I read that entire article I just kept thinking, "Take the freaking blinders off and look at Battier and Artest. We matched your physical play you morons. Kind of sucks doesn't it? Only difference is our superstar isn't soft and can dominate even with all the holding and grabbing. Sorry if yours can't do the same.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

Crap. The complaining is getting too loud. It's now become THE issue. Will Nate have the team prepared? This team is going to have to jump off to a quick start or this is going to be looooong night. They need to play with some under control aggression. Keep that damn crowd and the refs out of it!

 

[ironcrotch]

wow, blaming the officiating, own up to the game.

i know we bitch about refs effecting games but if comes down to the officiating to win the game you probably weren't in position to win anyway.

btw, have the blazers recently ever complained publicly to the media like this and played the victim card?

http://wawaweewa.ytmnd.com/

 

[Umair1]

Nate better start his own bitching , b/c we are going to get murdered tonight. I can just feel it.

I can feel it too! haha jk. I dont know if the refs have something against Yao, but I remember Van Gundy also complained for Yao and got fined for a good $100,000 from the league.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

This is hilarious! If anything, we are the ones getting hosed by inconsistent calls! Roy drives the lane and gets bumped, no call. Von Wafer does the same thing and the whistles are a blowin!

 

[Minstrel]

As I read that entire article I just kept thinking, "Take the freaking blinders off and look at Battier and Artest. We matched your physical play you morons. Kind of sucks doesn't it? Only difference is our superstar isn't soft and can dominate even with all the holding and grabbing. Sorry if yours can't do the same.

It's just lobbying for an advantage. I doubt they really think they're getting unfair officiating. Any advantage helps, including as favourable officiating as possible.

 

[durvasa]

Another thing the Rockets didn't like were what they considered moving screens by Portland's bigs to free up Brandon Roy.

 

[OddEnormous]

According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, the Rockets are frustrated with the way that officials are allowing the Blazers to play Yao Ming.

“They were very physical,” coach Rick Adelman said. “They put their hands on him. They wrestled with him from the top of the key all the way down. It’s up to us to have more patience, to move the ball more. It’s up to him to understand what they’re doing and counter it. ... If the officials are going to allow them to manhandle him like they did, we’ve got to find an answer for that.”

Added Yao: “I know coach has complained to the league for me. I just have to do my job.”

Adelman said the whistles were inconsistent.

“In the first six minutes, they must have called seven or eight fouls on both teams,” he said. “Hand-checking, everything else. Then it was like, ‘Let’s don’t call anything else the rest of the game.’ ”
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/58743/20090424/rockets_frustrated_with_officiating/

This is ridiculous, as we learned after game 1 Portland Trail Blazer fans are the only fans on the planet who complain about officials.

It's probably just a big lie. I bet Adelman never said any of that.

 

[blue32]

i cant count how many times i saw artest pulling on jersey's and they're complaining??? lol

 

[Crimson the Cat]

I thought the team that could put the ball in the basket more than the other team won the game. Not who could cry more to the officials. Shit, Rick man up and tell your team to play tougher.

 

[maxiep]

If you tell a lie often enough, people will start to believe it. The NBA has shown that complaining about calls gets you an advantage. Just ask Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich and Doc Rivers.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

Honestly all this complaining could help Portland. Less contact will help our multitude of scorers more than it will theirs.

 

[ehizzy3]

tell scola to not play so physical then...also tell artest to stop bodying roy like he does, thats a foul and they arent calling it. im calling the league for roy hopefully he just does his job though

 

[maxiep]

Honestly all this complaining could help Portland. Less contact will help our multitude of scorers more than it will theirs.

The problem is that the game won't be called more closely on both sides of the ball, but will be called closer on one side when it comes to Yao. He'll get some calls he didn't in Game 2 and Przy and Oden will be whistled for breathing on him.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

The problem is that the game won't be called more closely on both sides of the ball, but will be called closer on one side when it comes to Yao. He'll get some calls he didn't in Game 2 and Przy and Oden will be whistled for breathing on him.

If they're smart Nate, Brandon, and Joel will immediately speak with the ref crew and find out what's going to be allowed tonight and what won't be. AND then be sure to say they want the same treatment for Roy and Aldridge!

 

[illmatic99]

What a bunch of fucking whiners.

 

[maxiep]

If they're smart Nate, Brandon, and Joel will immediately speak with the ref crew and find out what's going to be allowed tonight and what won't be. AND then be sure to say they want the same treatment for Roy and Aldridge!

The problem is that I think we try to take a "high road" philosophy when we're facing a street fight. Nate never gets technicals for his guys. Our players rarely bark at the refs. Sure, we flop to try to sell calls, but we need to take the next step. We're so closely matched with the Rockets, we can't afford to play with one hand tied behind our back.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

The problem is that I think we try to take a "high road" philosophy when we're facing a street fight. Nate never gets technicals for his guys. Our players rarely bark at the refs. Sure, we flop to try to sell calls, but we need to take the next step. We're so closely matched with the Rockets, we can't afford to play with one hand tied behind our back.

Brandon's really been told by the team this year that he needs to be vocal with the refs. And he was down the stretch of season. He sort of tapered off though. My point is the team did acknowledge that this was Brandon's next step (influencing the refs) in his progression as a leader. Nate and Brandon SHOULD know what to do. If not, we'll likely look at this result as one of the "next" steps for this team to master.

I don't think they'll let us down though. They know that their game isn't going to be enough.

 

[yakbladder]

Another thing the Rockets didn't like were what they considered moving screens by Portland's bigs to free up Brandon Roy.

Our bigs do set more than an average number of moving screens. I think Oden is just anxious to get to the basket.

I'm just disappointed in Adelman. Never would've though he would stoop to this. Everyone knows how tough and rumble Houston is as a team and then they come out and claim their guys are being roughed up???!?!

 

[Blazer4life]

According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, the Rockets are frustrated with the way that officials are allowing the Blazers to play Yao Ming.

“They were very physical,” coach Rick Adelman said. “They put their hands on him. They wrestled with him from the top of the key all the way down. It’s up to us to have more patience, to move the ball more. It’s up to him to understand what they’re doing and counter it. ... If the officials are going to allow them to manhandle him like they did, we’ve got to find an answer for that.”

Added Yao: “I know coach has complained to the league for me. I just have to do my job.”

Adelman said the whistles were inconsistent.

“In the first six minutes, they must have called seven or eight fouls on both teams,” he said. “Hand-checking, everything else. Then it was like, ‘Let’s don’t call anything else the rest of the game.’ ”
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/58743/20090424/rockets_frustrated_with_officiating/

IMO, this just screams that the Rockets don't like to be played physical. They are used to being the the bully, getting what they want but when they get smacked back, there not used to it, don't like it and are really not quite sure how to react to the situation (as seen by the bitching about calls printed in the paper). Its obvious that the Blazers got under their skin in the last game. We really need to step it up even more and become the agressors, attack the rim and create contact and body them up. Bullies stop being that way once you prove your not intimated by them and you can play their game. We need to keep our foot on the gas and go for it.

 

[Blazer4life]

Our bigs do set more than an average number of moving screens. I think Oden is just anxious to get to the basket.

I'm just disappointed in Adelman. Never would've though he would stoop to this. Everyone knows how tough and rumble Houston is as a team and then they come out and claim their guys are being roughed up???!?!

Honestly its perception. Sure Houston is tough, and they ARE a great defensive team but they get the benefit of the doubt with the officials because of that perceived repuatation therefore stuff that is called on one team wont be called the same on the other. THe Blazers have improved greatlyy this season but at the beginning of the year we were considered a soft team that doesn't like to play physical ball. THat is why when we start to play that way the officials call more ticky tack calls on us because they do not expect that kind of play out of us. After the last game they had the chance to see that we are not backing down and were the aggressors. We need to keep playing like that if we want to win this series. If we come out as a jump shooting team, and not challenge their bigs and force the ball inside, we lose in 6.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

Honestly its perception. Sure Houston is tough, and they ARE a great defensive team but they get the benefit of the doubt with the officials because of that perceived repuatation therefore stuff that is called on one team wont be called the same on the other. THe Blazers have improved greatlyy this season but at the beginning of the year we were considered a soft team that doesn't like to play physical ball. THat is why when we start to play that way the officials call more ticky tack calls on us because they do not expect that kind of play out of us. After the last game they had the chance to see that we are not backing down and were the aggressors. We need to keep playing like that if we want to win this series. If we come out as a jump shooting team, and not challenge their bigs and force the ball inside, we lose in 6.

Great take.

 

[maxiep]

I'm just disappointed in Adelman. Never would've though he would stoop to this. Everyone knows how tough and rumble Houston is as a team and then they come out and claim their guys are being roughed up???!?!

I wish he would have done it in 1990 and 1992.