NBA says officials missed call in Raptors-Bobcats game

Never before has the use of :violin: been more fitting

I was tweeting back and forth with Bonnell about thi, Rick even called me a homer. Rick seems to think it was such an egregious error that the NBA ad to apologize.... I just don't see it.

Did he foul him? Yes
Did it warrant a clarification from the league?

Hell No!

I didn't see an apology after LeBron fouled Durant at the end of game 2 of the finals and that was worse than this and it was the F'N finals.. This was game 10 of an 82 game season and the same contact will be a non call 1,000 times over the course of the season.

Raptor fan's are always saying "the refs, the refs!" I hate people that do that. Everybody gets cheated out of fouls sometimes..The refs aren't PERFECT there still people they miss out on calls every game..Happens all the time. Nothing to whine about thought

They had 5 chances that last possession. Missed call or not - they had plenty of chances at winning.

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Originally Posted by JGib23

I was tweeting back and forth with Bonnell about thi, Rick even called me a homer. Rick seems to think it was such an egregious error that the NBA ad to apologize.... I just don't see it.

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it was. it was an obvious foul that cost the raptors a better chance to not lose the game. the fact they missed several open shots doesn't excuse the fact that the refs absolutely blew the call and definitely cost them the game.

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Originally Posted by Chef

it was. it was an obvious foul that cost the raptors a better chance to not lose the game. the fact they missed several open shots doesn't excuse the fact that the refs absolutely blew the call and definitely cost them the game.

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I disagree. The refs make countless errors every game and there are plenty non calls in the last few seconds that the NBA never comments on.

Kemba just got popped in the face on a drive and there was no call in the ATL game. Guess we get our apology tomorrow?

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Originally Posted by Chef

it was. it was an obvious foul that cost the raptors a better chance to not lose the game. the fact they missed several open shots doesn't excuse the fact that the refs absolutely blew the call and definitely cost them the game.

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If this exact play had happened with 7 minutes left in the first, would it still have cost them them game?

No. The only thing bad about what happened was the timing

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Originally Posted by spectre

I disagree. The refs make countless errors every game and there are plenty non calls in the last few seconds that the NBA never comments on.

Kemba just got popped in the face on a drive and there was no call in the ATL game. Guess we get our apology tomorrow?

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This was exactly my point. That level foul happens 1,000 times a year without a whistle. Why the need for the apology?

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Originally Posted by JGib23

This was exactly my point. That level foul happens 1,000 times a year without a whistle. Why the need for the apology?

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I don't really see the need for it either. There were PLENTY of things for the league to apologize for in that game if the last play deserved one. The only slightly possible reason I can think of is that the NBA has warned this crew about their performance enough times that they felt the need to publicly denounce their judgement. That's just a wild guess, and even if true, not really a good reason to issue a public apology on a missed call.

there are 82 games in a season, highly doubt this will make a big difference in the raptor's season. i would feel the same if we had been on the other side. now, if it had been the playoffs, totally different story. we should expect ref errors in every game, you hate for them to occur in the final seconds, but the probability of those occurring are small and far in between. raptors will get a chance to play us again.