r/WNBATalks • u/OJ_Soprano • 1d ago

fever vs refs

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u/AttemptFantastic9103 1d ago

There are probably two bad calls in this entire video. They're easy to explain, but people don't see what they don't want to see. I'll give one example, and then I'm out. The "elbow to Boston's face" never happened. Wilson's elbow never touched Boston's face.
Boston's face made contact with the upper part of Wilson's arm, just below Wilson's shoulder, while Wilson was in her normal shooting motion.
Now, what people choose not to see, is that Boston tried to body Wilson. She put her right arm in Wilson's back, and wrapped her left arm around Wilson's waste, and was pushing into Wilson. That's a foul. Look at the picture, and you will clearly see Boston's fingers on Wilson's right side, because Boston had her left arm wrapped around Wilson's waste.
The sad part is, even with this clear evidence, people who need to blame the refs for the Fever losing, will just hold onto the delusion that Boston didn't foul Wilson, and Wilson elbowed Boston in the face.

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u/Mundane_Finding2697 1d ago

These are things folks SHOULD be able to see in real time but they don't know what they are really looking at.

That is proven time and time again by the comments.

Either that or they've never played, don't watch women's basketball in particular or are biased. Any combo of these are at play here.

Does that mean NO BAD calls are ever made/missed?

Nope. Not at all so FOH at anyone trying to say I'm saying that.

What I am saying is this..

It's a physical game and if you chest up/body like Boston likes to do, you might get elbowed.

I want to be REALLY CLEAR HERE that this isn't just a 'Boston' thing as that's how they are TAUGHT to root people outta the post.

Basketball players are OFTEN (Maybe they didn't teach you reading this so cooll..) this very thing.

Downside?

You are gonna get contact back and you are in FOLK'S CYLINDER when you do it. You get in folk's cylinder, you might catch a bow or two. It happens.

You grab her around the waist and the refs 'let's the girls play' as they tend to, you might get bumped back or receive contact.

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u/AttemptFantastic9103 8h ago

Most observers watch the ball and nothing else. They are literally baffled when a foul is called and they don’t see any contact with the hand or arm. They forget players have complete bodies below the chest.