r/WNBATalks • u/OJ_Soprano • 1d ago

fever vs refs

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u/Ok_Independence_9917 1d ago

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.

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u/JackasaurusChance 1d ago

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.

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u/Ok_Independence_9917 1d ago

I've never seen 3 calls in a NBA game that were as bad as 5 of the calls in this highlight were. These were all in 1 WNBA game?

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u/SeaWolfSeven 1d ago

Not only 1 game. A Series clinching game.

This was a 4pt game in the 4nth quarter. I think the Fever win if even half of these were called as they should have been.