Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #43 - BLAZERS @ THUNDER - JANUARY 23, 2024 - TUESDAY - 5:00 PM PST - ROOT

I think they were aware if they got trapped, they had two timeouts left and could simply call one, and take the ball out on the side.

That would be the smart play vs throwing a wild cross court pass.

 

SGA's contact with the ball would've had to have caused Malcolm to lose the ball in order for it to not be a double dribble. The way it went SGA's hand touches the ball, Malcolm maintained control (while calling for a time out) then Malcolm for whatever reason intentionally puts the ball back on the floor and starts to dribble... probably because the game was completely out of hand at that point and if any of us were Malcolm we wouldn't have had any presence of mind.

@PCmor7 I would fire that ref too. It had to be one of the worst successive calls I've ever seen, how he didn't hear Chauncey is something inexplicable, how he wasn't anticipating a timeout called when we had two is unforgivable, obviously he is going to call that T because Chauncey was pissed and made contact but then the other ref decides to throw Chauncey out of the game on a second T while the crew chief was right there not throwing Chauncey out. Then like a bunch of dirty cops (there are great cops out there I'm just talking about some fictional bad ones) all of the refs had each other's backs and acted like they all did the right thing.

It's fucking bullshit, the league should address it, I can see how it calls the validity of the games results into question but I just hate the lazy "the game was fixed" "the ref had money on it" thing. It was incompetence followed by refs with egos that are never supposed to play into games getting the best of them and costing us the game. Terrible but I sincerely doubt criminal.

 

Scoot 5th in minutes played, but 1st in shot attempts!

 

Could have been a great learning experience for Scoot Henderson against hopefully someday a division rival.

 

I didn’t see him forcing anything. He was our best player tonight.

 

You can learn without playing every minute. He got a team high 18 shots and seemed plenty engaged. He had a solid game but is still clearly the 3rd best guard on the team.

 

Right. He shouts twice "time out" before Brogdon is even close to the double dribble.

 

He forced some shots, but creating contact is kind of his game.

Shooting 38% on 18 shots, when none of them are forced, would've been somewhat concerning. I didn't mind his overall shot selection.

 

"This one is not on us." Malcolm Brogdon

He said he was calling timeout, got scratched in the fact, and his face was bleeding.

 

And gets cut across the face before the double dribble.

 

Simons minus 15, Scoot plus 17

 

Yeah. Just not a good one. Or one he took.

In his last 7 years, 16.1% of his shots were from 10-19 feet, and he made 38.6% of those.

 

The young official wasn't ready for it either. And therein lies the problem. He officiated it like biddy basketball.

 

The refs: "Merely a flesh wound."

 

Some people must hate how much data is available these days. Makes it way more difficult to get away with an invalid sports take.

 

maybe.... with a 1 point lead, and 22 seconds, knowing the Thunder would have to trap, steal, or foul .... the Blazers (Billups) should have called timeout immediately, brought in more ball handlers, and set the offense up better to prepare for the trap ??