[Game] Kings @ Heat, 11/02/2022 4:30pm Pacific, 7:30pm Eastern
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I think most of us just want consistency from the officials. Picking up your dribble and then shuffling your feet is a travel in minute 1 and should be a travel in minute 47 too. This isn't something ambiguous like a touch foul or continuation. If they're afraid to call something as fundamental as a travel in the last minute of a tie game, why even bother enforcing the rules at all? Even Miami fans admit it was a travel, they just don't think it matters cause we're the Kings so we're supposed to lose.
The Kings lost the game, because they failed to probe the middle of Miami's 2-3 defense. That is a damn travesty with Domas at the 5.
I love Matt Barnes as a player, but I don't agree with his assessment that this Kings defense is almost there. Maybe it's almost there given it's ceiling, but it's certainly not almost there as a consistent defense that will consistently win you games. It's undersized on the wing and on the front line. This is going to be a season long issue unless Monte gets desperate--which is an almost certainty. This current squad is destined for a 35 win (+/- a few games) season.
I love Matt Barnes as a player, but I don't agree with his assessment that this Kings defense is almost there. Maybe it's almost there given it's ceiling, but it's certainly not almost there as a consistent defense that will consistently win you games. It's undersized on the wing and on the front line. This is going to be a season long issue unless Monte gets desperate--which is an almost certainty. This current squad is destined for a 35 win (+/- a few games) season.
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Getting bad calls is inevitable and just a part of the game, unless you believe the league is rigged. The only way to limit how frequently that this could happen is to be good enough to win most games decisively and not allow the refs to decide the game at the last minute. Winning will cure all.. but will the kings become a winning team during our lifetime is another question in itself.
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LOL. That's funny. I was thinking about this subject taking my morning walk and the only logical explanation for waiting until the 4th quarter for the ref review is that the refs were going to screw you in the 4th so save the review until the 4th.
Unfortunately, with the way these refs have been calling the game, I can see the perverse logic of it all. The best solution to this crap is to not lose a ref review on a prior successful review, but of course that's much too rational for the league overturn with any alacrity. They need all of this year to see countless errors because of this rule stupidity, then they need the off-season to mull everything over and get a consensus. It's all BS. I'm glad Brown let them have it in the presser. He even implied it was because of Kings-bias (the front of the jersey). Hopefully, the change in ref calls that miraculously happened with Sabonis in this last game will also happen with the rest of the team.
Unfortunately, with the way these refs have been calling the game, I can see the perverse logic of it all. The best solution to this crap is to not lose a ref review on a prior successful review, but of course that's much too rational for the league overturn with any alacrity. They need all of this year to see countless errors because of this rule stupidity, then they need the off-season to mull everything over and get a consensus. It's all BS. I'm glad Brown let them have it in the presser. He even implied it was because of Kings-bias (the front of the jersey). Hopefully, the change in ref calls that miraculously happened with Sabonis in this last game will also happen with the rest of the team.- Status