Baseline81 wrote:On ESPN's Get Up, it was reported there were 142 set screens in game 1. Only two were called for a violation.
Folks, it's about consistency. That's why neutrals, such as myself, said the final minute was ruined by the refs.
I don't have an issue with people saying it was the wrong call. Donte's sell got the call but the hit itself off the screen shouldn't otherwise have garnered attention late game.
I have an issue with the extrapolation that the game was rigged and all discussion of the game coming through that lens. Knicks got a little home cooking off of a flop, which is disappointing for a team on the other end but nothing we haven't seen for decades of home/away play. Donte falls down and the crowd reacts and it creates the image of a bigger event than what actually happened. The Knicks also staged an impressive comeback and made a lot of big plays down the stretch. A missed call gets augmented BECAUSE the Knicks kept executing well and all of that getting reduced to "well, the NBA wanted them to win" is frankly insulting. The players put the ball in the bucket and kept Pacers players from doing that. Stop us from executing when you're up 9 and the ref mistakes won't matter.
What I do respect is the Pacer coach and players getting less hung up on the officiating and focusing on their own play than some other team and players not to be named. I'm less confident in this series than that one for that reason. These Pacers seem tough to rattle.
