42 sats \ 13 replies \ @grayruby OP 23 May \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Day 170- This day in sports history (Bitcoin Pizza Day) Stacker_Sports
I didn’t like that basket interference call. That changed the dynamic of the last couple mins.
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Yeah he was really hustling defensively.
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It was KAT, though. Of course he fucked up the biggest play of the game. Otherwise, he was awesome. That's the KAT experience in a nutshell.
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You mean that missed 3 he chucked up in the last minute of the game? I guess he had a pretty good look and thought he could make it, because he had just made a big 3 a few minutes ago? The 3 wasn't really contested so he probably felt confident taking it. That said, there was still plenty of time on the shot clock (13s) and he could have looked for a better shot instead of rushing that 3. I see McDaniels quite open on the strong side corner. Gobert can also attempt to cut behind Lively for a dunk or layup, if KAT can make that pass. Or get Conley to cut and use him as a decoy to draw help from Luka or Lively, then Conley pass to whoever becomes open for an easy 2?
This screenshot is the moment just before KAT took that 3 by the way. Maybe you guys can come up with better options for him than just chuck it up?
I thought that threw away pass by McDaniels to Luka really hurt them too. Not only a turn over, but also led to a 3 by Washington and Mavs getting the lead back.
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I was talking about his awesome put-back dunk that was still over the cylinder.
It almost rocked my entire understanding of basketball, that KAT would make such a huge impactful play. Then the world righted itself and it turned out to be a penalty.
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I don't really understand why basket interference exists. I understand goaltending if you are preventing someone from scoring because teams would just leave the biggest guy in front of the rim and swat every shot away if there was no goaltending but there is no such positional advantage for the attacking team so why even have it?
In hockey if a puck is dribbling towards the goal line the attacking players don't stop and say lets see if this goes in first before we slap it into the net to make sure it goes in.
Silly rule.
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I believe this is one of the Wilt Chamberlain rule changes, because they used to just park him right in front of the hoop and he could out jump everyone for easy dunks.
Oftentimes, you can figure out why a rule exists if you ask yourself "What would Wilt have done in the absence of this rule?"
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That makes sense. Maybe due for an updating If a guy is messing with the rim or net ok but let the kids dunk.
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I've heard some talk of relaxing the interference rule to match the international rule.
From what I understand, that rule is that the ball becomes fair game once it hits the rim.
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Now that seems logical to me.
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I'm not blaming him, exactly. When it's that close, I do think the offensive player should go for it, because they probably aren't getting the rebound anyway.
It just wouldn't have been compatible with my understanding of the NBA for KAT to have made that play, whereas KAT committing a penalty in a critical situation is exactly what I expect.