Worst Officiated Game Ever

[Sedatedfork]

Just like Antonio said on 95.5 fm. You can't blame the refs for this one. The more aggressive team was Houston tonight and ended up getting the calls. Outlaw and LA were awful tonight. Lots of video tape will be in the works the next few days.

Problem was that as a young team we panicked when we weren't getting calls. Why didn't Nate get a Tech in the first half? It was a combination of bad reffing and lack of experience that produced the debacle. But you could see Roy fighting in the 1st half. I think if we get an evenly called game in the first half, the outcome could have been different. So, while you can't blame the loss on reffing, we were the home team and were not getting the calls Houston was getting. Houston outplayed us, but the bad reffing in the first half sent us into a downward spiral. Last time I checked Roy was a 2 time all-star and he was not even getting a fraction of the respect that Yao was given. I expect a better game in game 2.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Goddammit people stop blaming the refs. This game was lost in the first 15 minutes when the Rockets came out and monkey-stomped the Blazers into submission and broke their will.

Give the Rockets just a little bit of credit for their game plan, execution, poise and toughness and the Blazers a little bit of blame for failing to show up.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Goddammit people stop blaming the refs. This game was lost in the first 15 minutes when the Rockets came out and monkey-stomped the Blazers into submission and broke their will.

Give the Rockets just a little bit of credit for their game plan, execution, poise and toughness and the Blazers a little bit of blame for failing to show up.

To be clear I am not blaming the refs, I am saying that the reffing wasn't even in the first half (part of that might have been the fact we didn't have veterans who got the refs respect) and the team was inexperienced and didn't know how to handle it. I think that if the team was getting the calls they were used to, they wouldn't have panicked as much and played a little more even keeled and the style of Basketball we saw at the end of the regular season. I do think Nate should have gotten into the ref's face a little bit. It might have settled down the team a bit. I really don't think that we will see as bad of a showing by the Blazers in Game 2.

 

[Nikolokolus]

To be clear I am not blaming the refs, I am saying that the reffing wasn't even in the first half (part of that might have been the fact we didn't have veterans who got the refs respect) and the team was inexperienced and didn't know how to handle it. I think that if the team was getting the calls they were used to, they wouldn't have panicked as much and played a little more even keeled and the style of Basketball we saw at the end of the regular season. I do think Nate should have gotten into the ref's face a little bit. It might have settled down the team a bit. I really don't think that we will see as bad of a showing by the Blazers in Game 2.

I was responding to the OP.

 

[Sinobas]

Well, think about it this way, even if we got the same number of attempts as Houston and made 100% of them (we only made 62% tonight, our regular crappy selves), we'd still have lost by double digits.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

It wasn't so mch the refs, per se, but how to play the refs. Look, this is now playoff officiating. That means holding, grabbing, hitting with your chest to knock a player off stride and proper flopping is the name of the game. Houston did it right and we didn't. Had this been a regular season game, 11 Rockets would have fouled out. But it's NOT a regular season game. Houston gets it, we don't.

Another thing- if we don't knock Yao to the floor a minimum of 7 times next game, we're pussies and I'll give the series to the Rockets with my compliments. We have to do just what Houston did- flop better, grab, push, hold and hit players. The waltz is over, my friends. It's now WW III and we better start acting like it.

 

[Sedatedfork]

It wasn't so mch the refs, per se, but how to play the refs. Look, this is now playoff officiating. That means holding, grabbing, hitting with your chest to knock a player off stride and proper flopping is the name of the game. Houston did it right and we didn't. Had this been a regular season game, 11 Rockets would have fouled out. But it's NOT a regular season game. Houston gets it, we don't.

Another thing- if we don't knock Yao to the floor a minimum of 7 times next game, we're pussies and I'll give the series to the Rockets with my compliments. We have to do just what Houston did- flop better, grab, push, hold and hit players. The waltz is over, my friends. It's now WW III and we better start acting like it.

Ha.. Nice post.

 

[DaRizzle]

Goddammit people stop blaming the refs. This game was lost in the first 15 minutes when the Rockets came out and monkey-stomped the Blazers into submission and broke their will.

Give the Rockets just a little bit of credit for their game plan, execution, poise and toughness and the Blazers a little bit of blame for failing to show up.

lol...monkey-stomped

 

[MARIS61]

We had 50 points in the paint, they had 32.

Almost always the FT disparity will mirror that stat, except when "ref manipulation" is apparent.

 

[DaRizzle]

We had 50 points in the paint, they had 32.

Almost always the FT disparity will mirror that stat, except when "ref manipulation" is apparent.

Are you ACTUALLY claiming a conspiracy by some or all the refs?...are are you just lashing out? (understandable)

 

[MARIS61]

Well, think about it this way, even if we got the same number of attempts as Houston and made 100% of them (we only made 62% tonight, our regular crappy selves), we'd still have lost by double digits.

Yao and Scola should have fouled out verrrrrrrrrrrry early by any reasonable standard of refereeing, so no.

 

[BlazerBeliever]

I was at the game and I thought the refs were not very good either. I however thought they made terrible calls BOTH ways. My only homer call was the three point deal where Blake didn't get a call and Battier did. When a team shoots 58 percent for the game you will not win very many times. I thought our defense was good and Houston just couldn't miss. This is an easy game for me to get over due to that reason. Bring on game 2!!

 

[Nate4Prez]

MAS, Outlaw was more to blame for this loss than any refs were. If we lost by 8 points i would agree with you the refs cost us this game. I was not shocked at all to see you started this thread to blame the refs as a scapegoat for Outlaw's 4-10 shooting night, with 2 TO's and terrible decision making.

 

[MAS RipCity]

Outlaw played bad, so did Blake and Rudy..quit making this into a Outlaw-hate thread.
The refs were bad, point blank and it got away from us in the 1st because of that.
It really seems that only maris and a few others are comprehending what actually went on..+18 in the PAINT and -20 or so from the foul line, seriously, does that not register ANYTHING in your minds?
I thought we played great in the 1st. I had not seen our boys attack the hoop like that in a while. We were bring aggressive but no fouls, while on the other hand, chow mein was touched and and 1...when they are going to shoot like that, any additional help they get will get a 30 + blowout.

 

[Wheels]

You mean the 45 million Jump Shots had nothing to do with the FT disparity? Come on guys.. while the reffing was bad... the only things worse was our Offense, and our Perimeter D last night.. AWFUL

 

[illmatic99]

You mean the 45 million Jump Shots had nothing to do with the FT disparity? Come on guys.. while the reffing was bad... the only things worse was our Offense, and our Perimeter D last night.. AWFUL

We had more points in the paint than Houston.

 

[Wheels]

We had more points in the paint than Houston.

And also more offensive rebounds to get more points in the paint, easier to do when you miss all their jumpers.. not to mention that we had more points in the paint because we left Brooks and Scola open ALL night from 15 feet and out.

 

[MAS RipCity]

How did Houston get so many Ft's? That should be the question. All night long they took contested jumpers, Artest and Brooks mainly, yet they were living at the line.

 

[Wheels]

How did Houston get so many Ft's? That should be the question. All night long they took contested jumpers, Artest and Brooks mainly, yet they were living at the line.

You do realize Artest and Brooks took a combined 3 FT's last night.. and the only one who's jumpers were contested was Artest.. Brooks was left all alone all night.

 

[Natebishop3]

Goddammit people stop blaming the refs. This game was lost in the first 15 minutes when the Rockets came out and monkey-stomped the Blazers into submission and broke their will.

Give the Rockets just a little bit of credit for their game plan, execution, poise and toughness and the Blazers a little bit of blame for failing to show up.

You can't "game-plan" 80% percent shooting Nik. If that was possible, everyone would do it.

Seriously, I just remember sitting there in the first quarter and saying, "have the Rockets missed this quarter? No, seriously... have they missed?" And then looking up at the board and seeing 80% from the field and thinking....... we're fucked.