 What's the word y'all welcome back to the called game recap the NBA has a major problem And I'm here to talk about it leave it like subscribe if you're new I'm going to be giving a lot of NBA opinions in today's episode. You may disagree use that common sex Let's have a conversation. This community is great, and they can civilly have a conversation. Let's talk about officiating I have never in my lifetime been a guy to watch a game of my favorite player and Be like goddamn it. We lost because of the refs even if it is a bad call that could potentially have changed the game I've never been one to blame the refs for a loss. You know what? I'm saying even earlier this season It was the game against the Portland Trailblazers, my Chicago Bulls Zach Levin guy wrapped up in the moment I thought he was fouled the last two minute report say he wasn't I was upset with the call But at the end of the day we end up losing because of Damien Lillard is a God and not because the officiating call So I've never been a guy to directly look at the referees and say you are a reason for loss That it's not the same as me not being critical because I will 100% be critical of referees Today in the both of the nasty televised game and even one of the games yesterday We saw some big big problems start off with the first one Pelicans have this comeback against the Boston Celtics overall with a great game for the fan If you're not a Boston Celtics fan, but the last minute two minutes of this game felt like an eternity And you know what? I do like the fact that we can try to get to the point to make the most accurate calls Whose fingertips was it off? Was that really a foul all these other things? This is good for the game to get a good depiction of a fair fight But there has to be a way for it to happen more rapidly. I Can look at the same the same replay and determine in the first run whose hands was it off? But for some reason these refs gotta take five minutes the last two minutes took about 20 minutes I am not exaggerating now me being a diehard NBA slash basketball fan. I'm I can sit through those 20 minutes But the casual fan will not One of the reasons the rating is down because it's tough like this. I could talk I talked to my pops about it He doesn't really like why he loves the game of basketball, but he doesn't really like watching the NBA because things like this It kills the momentum it kills the speed and it kills the anticipation of the basketball game So though I do like the replay it has to be better, bro Because even like some of the game the later game they had Steve Javi in and Steve Javi would tell you in the first minute or so Whose hand was off? What's the right call? But the referees on the court don't hit the same signal for some reason maybe they not they aren't seeing the camera angles We are seeing but goddamn it let them see the camera angles Please because I'm trying to see who's gonna win this game Brandon Ingram is probably getting cold now because he's sitting there Waiting for the refs. It's just it's bad for the viewing process Also in this game. We saw a BS ejection and this happens occasionally in the NBA where you can tell a ref is on a power trip JJ Braddock was under this ref skin. He had he had cursed him out after a miss call yada yada yada So he got his first technical second technical was the weakest thing I have ever seen JJ threw a backspin on the ball to give it to the referee and that was enough for a technical foul They they released the press press release a why he got he got ejected and it said he forcefully threw the ball Please go back if you have not seen that go watch that clip of JJ Reddick forcefully throwing the ball That is a power trip by the referee Now luckily for the Pelicans JJ Braddock wasn't really a part of the run that they were put in together So him being ejected didn't hurt him at the end of the game But we do see it very often Draymond Green had a terrible terrible play last night Objectively a terrible way to lose his cool in a game where you're up by five with ten seconds to go and end up losing that game But notoriously there has been times where Draymond Green gets a technical foul for just being Draymond Green These are reputations put on the players and the refs have these there's a disconnect between each individual ref and The players and that was something we saw in game number two What is a foul and what isn't a foul because one ref will look at the same exact play and be like clean and the next ref Will look at the same exact play and be like foul So it leads us to the second game of the Nazi televised where Kawaii Leonard drives into the lane He gives a little bit of nuts was defender James Harden and there's off. It's a foul called now We will wait for the last two minute report for the higher ups to really confirm if it was a foul or not But from everything I've seen on Twitter, I even put a poll up to the audience You should be following me on Twitter majority and I mean a great majority of people believe that that was a bad Foul and guess what out of the three refs that we're seeing that not every one of those ref blew their whistle Because there's a disconnect and so what's a foul and what's not? Which one ref completely changed the diamond? It was just it just made the viewing experience of the game again bad If I'm a casual fan and I see this this big old great game and it results in a game tying shot Potentially going to overtime being taken away from maybe a foul. I don't feel some type of way So the NBA has to figure out how to align everything where there's a uniform definition of every single call and At the end of the day, I don't think there's any way to actually do that At the end of the day, I don't know if there's a way to make it more rapid that the that the refs get to see things But it has to be talked about and then bringing the challenge was a great idea for the NBA it was But how do you bring a challenge into it? But not do it like the NFL if I am successful on my challenge should not keep that thing Like how why is there a penalty for being successful? I understand you taking it away when we get it wrong I understand you losing a time out when you get it wrong because at the end of the day you wasted everybody's time But if I get it right, I should keep it right I should keep it and the situation like that you would love to have it, you know I'm saying but they wasted it They wasted it. Okay. That's that's all we want to say about officiating Let me know what you think in the comment section about it because it's just it was on national TV and it just made the whole thing Terrible I want to take a step back to talk about the Pelicans game more than just the officiating because I was super impressed with a Lot of things the Pelicans did today. They showed they showed this heart And a lot of it believe it this man shot one for seven on the night from not mistaken Niko Melly was was playing very hard out there I would have never expected Niko Melly to be on the court in a close game like this and actually defending pretty well Rebounding the ball against a team like the Boston Celtics now I guess this is a nice match up for them because the Boston Celtics aren't necessarily a very big team at the end of The day, but you did see some progress with Zanya Williamson being able to have like a bunch of shooters around him because Niko Melly though He did shoot like one for seven. He's a good shooter. You know I'm saying so he had some spacing Brandon Ingram was electric and Josh Hart needs to get so much love I would love to see Josh Hart on the on the bulls at the end of the day But I don't think we're gonna get to that point because I do believe that Josh Hart is one of those dudes that every front Office will love to have so I'm expecting the Pelicans to probably bring him back But just there's so many things in this game that was great Eric Bledsoe not being on the court for this run and not being on the court pretty much So over time where things are really taking over is probably better for them I don't think Eric Bledsoe has that much time left in the world So let's build around what we have here and the way Lonzo ball is shooting the ball recently Them trade rumors that you hear probably are gonna die Because if I believe that this is the Lonzo ball that we are getting why not extend him You know I'm saying why not match anything that is thrown his way because this man has been hitting all of his shots recently it has and the boss is Celtics Brass seems to coach that has a good reputation at the end of the day He is a good coach, but he he struggles with one thing and I've seen that a lot this season Where when the other team is on the run he she struggles with stopping the bleeding And at the end of the day we have a 24 point lead with six minute left in the third quarter You should be able to close that game out. You should be able to close a game out Jason Tatum was a bucket he makes he made like Josh Hart played amazing defense on him late There fourth quarter and in the overtime But some people just make shots and Jason Tatum is one of those dudes, you know So overall a great game for national TV Beautiful win for the New Orleans Pelicans, and I think I I can see them growing By day and like Zion did not have a good game But he had a good game like the I would give bosses Celtics a lot of credit for the way they guarded Zion They made it difficult for him today, but it didn't matter. It didn't matter Next game that I did not watch about give a lot of love to say girls Alexander and Jared Allen for such big games 26 and 17 It will be a game I'll go back to rewatch But you keep seeing the calves skin, and I think when you look at their point differential during this losing streak They're losing by like an average of 1920 points What the hell happened? Between the sex land shirt that I bought to now I don't know and I will go back to watch this game to try to pinpoint what I'm what I think could be the reason for At the end of the day, they just they don't have that much talent on the roster So the way they were playing to start off the season was a big surprise Especially their defense being as elite as it was but I didn't expect them to fall off a cliff this much Next game is a 76 versus Toronto Raptors and the Toronto Raptors are above 500 y'all They did it. They're here and They're on the win streak right now and this is basically what we talked about before with even their their Early woes. We knew that this is a playoff team We knew they're way better than than what their record was saying in the early parts of the season And a lot of this run has been they have got so much better defensively They have I feel like and then I don't know if the numbers back me up here But I feel like a lot of the losses that the Toronto Raptors got early in the season teams were hitting shots at a dramatic rate and Now things have come back to where they probably should be and now their defense looks a lot better today They held the 76ers to I think two points in the last eight minutes to maybe two field goals in the last eight minutes And a lot of that was missed shots by like Danny Green and company That feels bad to say about the 76ers as a whole but also part of that is the amount of the great defense I definitely didn't think Them starting Pascal at the five technically going small ball against Ben Simmons and Joel and B was going to be the right move But it was Julie B final sat line was 25 or 17. He did not have a good game Crazy say 25 or 17 is not again. He did not have a good game The Toronto Raptors defending him very very well to use Aaron Baines very very well And even before Aaron Baines to come off the bench, they defended him well This is just a beautifully Put together game for the Raptors especially considering how Laurie wasn't there and of course He is their captain. He is their heart and soul so to not have him and to get this win is as big Norman Powell has been very big for them over this win streak man Especially would Cal Laurie be a now So this is exactly what you want from them and I think if I'm not mistaken They're like the four or five seat with a lot of room to grow right before I hit record on this video coach Ryan Saunders was fired The first one to get canned this season right yeah The first one to get canned this season after a loss to the Knicks This was I have been very critical of the the the wolves over the last couple episodes because I always find my way Watching them because I do like Carnegie Towns and the air was fun. Believe easily fun They have fun pieces on their team when it comes to watching them But when I was being hypercritical I was seeing that Ryan Saunders has struggled to draw a place He had currently tells the ball when it matters the most I don't know if that was the case today Something happened today. They were like, you know what Ryan? We love you your family and the organization But we can't do it. We can't do it anymore and what made it even crazier is they snagged an Assistant coach from the Raptors midseason broke assistant coach Chris Finch. I think his name is I think he also Interviewed for the Bulls job earlier this season He was just sitting on the bench with the Raptors two hours ago And now he's the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves shout out to the Raptors for allowing Many many people on their coaching staff to blossom into their own guys. It's beautiful. I'm gonna be honest with you I ain't that good of a person y'all just took Nate Borkeren from us y'all go take another one of our assistants No, you got the weight G but they're they're great enough to let him go Raptors fans probably better sweet to see another one of your guys leave But I like to see people to grow. I love to see first-time coaches because I don't know what to expect from coach Chris Finch right flinch pinch. We figured out later I don't know what to expect, but he's got to be better than Ryan Saunders and I'm excited about that What is his rotations? It's like I don't know and you can't really judge them until you get dear The Angelo Russell in Carthage Towns on the same on the same court Next we have the Atlanta Hawks getting a win over the Nuggets and Nuggets had this little comeback But it didn't really feel like that much so y'all put together a great great game And I know people are gonna gonna look at the box going be like ah Trayon drawing fouls A lot of the fouls that he ended up drawing were like late game foul situation because the Denver Nuggets thought they were still in it But the foul drawing is a real thing, but today it wasn't really like that click a Pella is Is highly underrated? Can I say that he is highly underrated the way he defended yoga today was was mind-blowing to me I didn't know click a Pella click a Pella hat that in him to hold an MVP candidate the way he did today So South to click a Pella big win for them because they were really struggling early on and then last game that I got to watch Was of course Nets versus clips It is it is getting to the unforeseen unfair territory for them not to have Kevin Durant And to not really have that much been prevent production other than Deandre Jordan who was very big for them this season To go out there get a win again questionable call ended all but they I think the record is 12 and 1 versus teams Over 500 since the heart of trade 12 and 1 over 500 teams. Yes, they lost to the Cavaliers a couple times Yes, they lost to a couple bad teams, but when when the eyes are on and they're going against great teams They can put it together But I do want to talk about this minister's tricks and thing for Paul George because if you didn't know he wasn't he Was on the minister's tricks and it was one of the reasons he wasn't out there for the last minute Bro, I'm sorry. I'm sorry He should have been on the court. I don't care Bro adding an extra 30 seconds To his final game time was not gonna hurt the man. They needed him out there. They did they did He was dominating today And we're gonna keep him on the bench for the last four minutes because of a minister's kitchen At least put him in with 30 seconds to go when you need a bucket You got to bro. You got to bro But overall the Nets James Harden has been absolutely ridiculous It wasn't for the fact that he's playing with Kyren and Kevin Durant This may will be a VP conversations again He's just in order for he's like averaging 30 and leading the league and assist again. It's like You would expect him to take somewhat of a statistic dip when you're teaming up with two other superstars Now when you're James Harden God, it's unfair if DeAndre Jordan is hooping to this level Dog they coasted they coasted bro They didn't need any bench production other than DeAndre Jordan a little bit and they beat up on one of the best teams in the league Think about that This took seven first round picks That's all it took Anybody could have throw they could have thrown in the hat at the other day. It was them and they did it All right, that's all I really want to say if you enjoyed it leave it a like call game