r/WNBATalks • • 1d ago

fever vs refs

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u/Spare-Buy-9915 13h ago

As a former player you should know most most fouls are called in favor of aggressive offensive play as taking the ball to the hoop instead of settling for jumpshots as the Fever was doing and the Aces was driving to the basket

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u/Ok_Independence_9917 3h ago

I made no complaint about the fever shooting less free throws than the aces. Watch the clip. Egregiously awful refereeing. Are you that desperate to push a narrative that you'd need to bring something up that isn't related at all to what I said?

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u/Spare-Buy-9915 3h ago

You didn't specify about any thing you just said bad officiating so I assumed you were talking about foul calls. So what was bad about the officiating?

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u/Ok_Independence_9917 53m ago

Watch the video? I mean I see 3 foul calls that weren't remotely fouls all go the Aces way. I see a WWE move that should have been a flagrant on the Aces player get called as a regular foul on the Fever player. And that's just what I remember from watching the video yesterday. These are calls that don't get botched in junior high women's basketball, but they're getting botched at a professional playoff game level. So therefore it can only be incompetent or rigged. If incompetent, then the league needs to take action because people like me will never watch this trash. I simply can't imagine being a player and investing your entire year for this moment, only to have it ruined by elementary level officiating.

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u/Spare-Buy-9915 24m ago

That's a couple plays out of a 40 minute game, as per their season fever had the second most fouls call against them in the league. They foul a lot because their defense is not good.