No Fine for Dame

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  1. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    The league was in a no win situation. The blown call was seen by fans around the country and was egregiously bad. Not only that, but it ruined what was a very entertaining game. Fining Dame for complaining about it would be a really bad look.
     
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    Not fining him is also a bad look. Or at least looks like a double standard in how they dish out fines.
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    It will be interesting to see how they handle that when they make the official announcement. Issue a warning?
     
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    My take was that the league wanted the Jazz to win because of the 5 game skid. The refs were probably told to shade toward Jazz. The refs just swallowed their whistles.
     
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    The next time Portland has the refs from the Utah game, could go something like this, but with a basketball haha.

     
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    Unless they do the right thing this off season and revisit and modify the rule to allow any type of review within 2 minutes of the end of the game that involves a possession change or score change. If they do that, then I think most fans and players will be happy and move on saying they did the right thing....I HOPE anyhow. lol.
     
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  7. Wade Garrett

    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    Dame's officially "made it".
    Welcome to the world of "superstar treatment".
     
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    The refs had already done their dirty work earlier in the game by kicking Ariza out of the game in the 2nd qtr because he disagreed with a call. When Simons was slammed to the floor & got a concussion there was NO foul called.
    They were out to get the Blazers from the start of the game!
     
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