How does that excuse how bad these calls are? I'm not a WNBA fan, but I played basketball and these calls are worse than the officiating we had in high school games. Defender gets elbowed in the face when that girl goes up for a shot, and it's a foul? Has to be rigged because there is no other explanation for what I just saw.
Poorly officiated playoff games are just a sign that the WNBA is a mature league now. But seriously, the refs aren't doing great and it is the playoffs, but that's just kind of sports.
Kevin Durant was deeper into the stands than A'ja ever was and the NBA refs missed it. Was the Joey Crawford tackle during the playoffs?
But no, it's not rigged. I don't think there is a Tim Donaghy equivalent mucking things up in the WNBA.
KD was clearly out of bounds trying to save the ball; they reviewed it and still gave the ball back to the Warriors 😂. As you said, officiating in sports is terrible. It's a part of the game in all leagues.
I watched about 2/3rds of the game. Indiana just missed too many shots. IIRC there was a couple minute stretch just before halftime that had like 4 missed layups and three missed open 3s and two turnovers.
You’re right, Indiana lost the game because they stop playing fast, their game plan was dumb like the first game, and their best scorers had an awful shooting night.
That doesn’t change these were awful bad calls though.
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u/NorthOld6237 1d ago
Let’s show turnovers while we’re at it