Rockets Frustrated With Officiating

[Pontius]

Yao definitely forced him under the basket. Is that a loose ball foul? Usually, the refs look for that foul as the ball is coming off the rim. Oden got pushed out of his position as the ball was being released and before it hit the rim. On the actual rebound, it looked to me like Oden was out of position and mistimed his jump. But I wouldn't complain if Yao got called for a foul there. He did force Oden under the basket. The refs often let that go, but it's borderline.

And I don't know what you're looking at when you say Yao grabbed Oden's arm and yanked on it. Unless you think Oden's arm = the basketball. Unfortunately for Oden, he had his arm in the wrong place after Yao already got a hold of the ball, and he got called for the foul. When arms get tangled like that, the refs usually feel they need to call the foul on someone, and it usually won't be the player whose hands are actually on the ball.

Uhh, Yao forces Oden out of position with forearm and shoulder and clearly pushes off. He then goes over the top of Oden and comes down on his shoulder with his elbows. Some would call that over the back, and if not, it's clearly not a foul on Oden when it's Yao ripping his arm away after coming down on his shoulders. You didn't even address Oden's despicable fourth foul that was posted earlier. The Blazers had just cut it to nine. They had to sub Oden out - gamechanger. The ref blew his whistle right when Oden and Yao made contact like it was his sole intent on the play. Fashion that reasonable if you dare.

 

[durvasa]

You didn't even address Oden's despicable fourth foul that was posted earlier. The Blazers had just cut it to nine. They had to sub Oden out - gamechanger.

I talked about it in another thread.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Rudy fouled Landry with his face against his elbow

 

[number 10]

Fuck David Stern, fuck these refs, fuck Texas, and fuck Houston. Apparently fronting a player is no longer a viable strategy, even if that was a decision made before the game they sure as fuck have to tell the Blazers that.

For the record, two of the fouls on Oden were legit, I'll admit that, but Prz just got screwed over.