[Highlight] Yang gets clotheslined in the face with no call. Refs let play continue while he’s still on the ground and then T up Tiago after the Grizzlies get an open dunk.
The best part is this all happened like a minute after the announcers were talking about how garbage the officiating has been. Refs were like “bet?”
The play happened right in front of the baseline ref too š¤¦āāļø
Ref had a ton of money on the griz
The drive where Deni got Coward in the air, goes up for the shot, and gets absolutely nailed is the textbook definition of a foul. Then on the other end, Deni jumps away from the shooter going for a layup, and maybe grazes some part of the body is called a foul.
I’m not a fan of either of these teams, but this was the worst reffed game I’ve seen this season. Portland leads the league in drives (and this game was no exception) while the Grizzlies weren’t even trying to get to the rim (they’re 20th on the season).. and the free throws were 39 to 18, with plenty of Ts for even looking at a ref the wrong way
Do refs get penalized somehow for being so sh1t?
Kinda, maybe? The league keeps a scorecard for each ref and says that they only award playoff games to the best refs, so in theory a shitty ref would miss out on extra money from playoff games. But considering the refs that have reffed in the playoffs, I kinda call bullshit on the league on that one.
He fucking points at him.
Worst refs in professional sports
That’s a really tough competition. Every Sunday, it’s NFL refs.
Nah it’s NBA and it’s not even close
I feel like the NBA is exacerbated by the amount of games though. The NFL refs donāt even understand their own rules half the time.
My understanding of what is considered a catch changes every week.
NBA refs donāt know the rules either. itās awful
They know the rules most of the time, they just enforce them arbitrarily.
NBA refs don’t know NFL rules either, fucking bums
The Premier League & their PGMOL would like a word.
I’ll take “What is “hand ball’” for $1000 Alex
NFL refs make many more significant calls but it happens way less frequently..in the NBA they dictate the way the game is played, there are games with 30-40 foul calls so you’re literally just watching ref ball out there.
Slightly ahead of WNBA but yeah, still terrible
WNBA refs are just refs that werenāt good enough for the NBA. Makes the NBA look worse imo because they use the same bull shit tactics
They get even worst whenever it’s an Asian player
Jeremy Lin was bruised and battered almost every game and no fouls were called
even worse*
That’s when they become the worst.
Both teams were livid at the refs with how bad they were calling the game. Seemed like they couldn’t decide whether to let it all go or call every last thing.
Exactly, I wouldn’t even complain that we would’ve won this game with better refs bc they were so ass for both teams
Probably top 10 worst officiated games I’ve seen
It was also right after the refs inexplicably added 6 seconds to the shot clock for the grizzlies. A clear OOB with 2 seconds left to go. Somebody says “eight” (I wonder if they meant .8 or 2.8) and the shot clock jumps to 8 seconds and an immediate in-bound. Hadn’t seen that one before.
This is just horrible officiating. Ball went out of play. Whether you think it’s a foul or not, there is clear contact. No reason to just hand the ball to the inbounder and let play continue. Absolutely moronic officiating.
Thatās what I canāt get my head around. If the ball stayed live and play moved in you could make an argument for not blowing the whistle. But the ref handed the ball back to inbound with the hurt player literally laying at his feet.
Like…. which ref called the tech? How was the loose ball out of bounds and also there was a technical foul?
This is why i only watch the Sixers nowadays. Why get invested in another team fighting the zebras for 2 hours a night?
This is why teams should hire a thug, have him sprint across the court with a cup of water and a bandage in his hand and ‘accidentally’ smash the everloving fuck out of the ref that mess up technicals like this. Watchers need watchin’
iām just saying 2-3 weeks of 30 teams doing this and this shit changes, weāve been overdue on the enforcer role in the NBA too much shit gets away in a competitive game, i need my 15th guy to go hit someone for the team
Refs in the mafiaās pocket. Duh
That’s all of them
The fact they let play resume with a player on the court had me really doubting myself.
Like you canāt blow the rules that badly, I thought. Ā So I just be wrong and nothing about stoppage was required.
It turns out yes, you can blow the rules that badly.
The issue is so many players flop and roll on the floor which would stop a teams advantage pushing it in
That isn’t what happens here but this is why this happens.
There’s no advantage in a dead ball. They would/should let play continue in live play, but it was an out of bounds play
Iām pretty sure this is why refs wonāt stop play for an injury unless it needs immediate attention. Unfortunate, but if they stopped play every time someone didnāt get up immediately it would get abused.
Hell, the pacers had to call timeout to help Tyrese. And you can easily argue that a suspected head injury should result in a stoppage.
Referees stay being bums
Guy laying face down during a dead ball and these morons think play should continue
The ball went out. It was a dead ball. The ref handed it to the Grizzly player to inbound with Yang laying at their feet.
should be like soccer where the players all stop when someones injured
It is! Usually if itās a live play, unless itās something very graphic they let the offense continue. But on a dead ballā¦.. thereās really nothing you can say. I wouldnāt think I would need to call a timeout. Heās laying on your feet bro. Thereās no advantage. Play should not have resumed.
Shai would have had the entire opposing team court martialed
Check his FanDuel
..like u dont even need to be able to see it..we can hear the slap
Dude hit the ground pretty hard too. His head like bounced off the boards.
Beyond that. A player is hurt. A player may be concussed. What if the Grizzlies turn it over and now you have a transition opportunity DIRECTLY OVER WHERE YANG IS LYING?!? Aren’t the refs there to, you know, fucking PROTECT THE PLAYERS!?
These refs are so fucking awful. I refuse to believe they can be unwittingly this bad at their job. This kind of play just screams corruption.
That’s ok, they would have just stopped play if the ball started going the other way!
Yeah Iām getting a tech if Iām his teammate. Thatās such bs
That doesn’t even matter. If a player is hurt and there is an appropriate gap in active play (you know, like inbounding after a bucket) you stop the game.
He went down feet from the ref, right in front of him, and the ref literally looks down at him and walks around him. He should be fired.
Dude even hit the back of his head on the ground after getting (inadvertently) whacked upside the face, which opens up a whole pandora’s box of head injury management, and the refs are like “Play Ball!
Ethical T for Tiago.
It should be a suspension for these refs. I know fans call for suspensions all the time over bad calls, but this is different. Its not just bad officiating, where they didnt see it or whatever. They intentionally ignored a dangerous health situation, and that sort of thing just cant be allowed.
This is grounds for termination lol. This is straight up failing to protect a player and getting him the medical attention he needs. Flagrant + giving the coach a T for doing their job for them.
They should get clotheslined by HansenĀ
Only fair
Someone should have taken the ball and chucked it in the stands and force a stoppage at that point to be honest
I’d be okay if they chucked it at the ref
Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s why he stayed down
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They use to let Yao get fucked up in the paint also, nothing new.
I appreciate that there are members of this subreddit who are old enough to have watched prime Yao. Dude was a straight baller.
My god Yao was crazy. A 7’5” 300+ big guy who was agile and had a great shooting touch. His agility was his downfall though, his body couldn’t handle all that movement and broke down
So sad that we only got two seasons of a healthy TMac and Yao and they ran into two great teams in Dallas and Utah.
I think if those two stayed healthy they would’ve won the title in 2009. Rockets didn’t really have much talent surrounding those two guys until after their injuries started derailing their careers.
Yao got me aware of the concept of the NBA here when I was a kid. Well him and bron because we share a name
I remember Jeremy Lin literally getting punched in the face from someone trying poke the ball out of his hands….Lin had a bloody nose and everything and they called it a common foul.
yang’s already getting the Lin treatment in his rookie season
Pretty much the first thing I thought of. Then you add in how refs allow more contact on big men in general and Yang’s first few years might be a bit tough
I remember that reel of Lin getting hit with a Melo uppercut. No call.Ā
Not wrong.
This sub hates Asian players with some of these comments
Some of the people here are red hats from red states. So honestly not surprising there are a few racists here.
Asian on Asian flagrant
Where was the whistle then
Never forget how Lin got treated back then
Remember when Kobe clotheslined Jeremy Lin?
But they also benefited an Asian player here by not calling it.
2 buttons meme
Good point. Edey gets hacked to death each night and averages like 2 FTA
Racism or incompetence of the highest level (dude could be concussed). Thatās NBA reffing for ya.
Refs are a jokeĀ
This was the same ref that didnāt see LeBron getting fouled on his end game layup vs the Celtics a couple years ago btw
Jacyn goble, consistently one of the most in his feelings refs in the league
Learning that he was a former cop and it all made sense
Fuck he’s got that name AND he was a cop?
It’s crazy that it actually does explain a lot.
Joseph goebbels grandson
Best part of that was Tatum IMMEDIATELY saying in the interview that he fouled Lebron on purpose.
Crazy no call lol
This no call brought to you by the over/under at draftkings!
Oh, I remember those days as a Yao Ming fan and when Lin was on the Rockets. Thereās always a green light on the Asian players.Ā
100%. NBA basketball has been crazy racist and discriminatory toward Asian players. This is supported by white and black players and other members of the association.
SNL did a great sketch on this.
I’d like to see this sketch. Link?
https://youtu.be/VZbrtEYB5l8
Holy shit, this is brilliantly executed.
Thanks. Can’t believe I’ve never seen that. Them translating Lin’s postgame interview was hilarious.
Lin used to get beat the fk up. It was no surprise he’d always end up out at the end of the season due to injuries.
He had one got the worst whistles ever
And the refs always swallow their whistles. They could be bleeding and the refs would conveniently not see anything.
I think Zach Edey might just possibly be Asian as well
They are racist and always have been, they did something similar to the Europeans but after so many great players that made a name they are not so obvious.
Between this and Zaccharie Risacher incident idk what the hell the refs are on this season but they need to get it together and quick.
He got his nose knocked but if youāre really looking he slaps his head right on the court and hard too.
I think theyāre on DraftKings
There is 0 chance you can convince me this is simple incompetence. This is fucking malicious and dangerous and it only makes sense if the refs have actual learning disabilities or they have money invested in the games. I have no skin in this action, no bets placed, and it’s fucking outrageous.
Some people say DraftKings but wouldn’t be surprised if this is more Jeremy Lin’d
Oof. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse.
Iām coming round to this unironically after yesterday, weāve been getting a dogshit whistle all year but the second garbage time started against the Pistons yesterday youād think we rolled out a Luka/Reaves/Butler/Avdija/Embiid lineup with the whistle we were getting. Covered the spread by half a point.
Although in this specific case I think theyāre also just stupid assholes.
The ref is Jacyn Goble.
Former cop btw
I believe it
Refs are essentially just glorified cops.
No wonder he sucks at his job
That spelling of Jason should be a foul
Two fouls.
Should be a flagrant 2
He can Goble my left nut
He didn’t call a blatant late-game foul against Boston, when someone clearly grabbed LBJ’s arm as he went in for a layup. You might recall that in the time before OT started, Pat Bev got ahold of a photographer’s camera with the key image on the camera’s screen, took it out to the ref and showed him. Immediate T. Did he get tossed? Can’t recall. It was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in decades of watching the NBA,
Dude was ass all night. I was at the game. He was booed a ton
2nd worst ref in the league behind Natalie Sago
Bicep to the nose against a 300lb can break your face man. Do refs have any idea how dangerous a clothesline is?
yeah that’s why he jerked his head back a second time, first was hit in forehead then he got popped in the nose, you could see it bend back yeesh
Edit: 1:26 is what Iām referring to but hard to see tbh
He got it worse when he fell and hit his head on the court.
Yea but do you understand how important that refs parley is?
This is what ruins the nba. Adam silver has lost of the plot of basketball. This physical play is ridiculous
I dont mind the physicality at all. I just want consistency with what is being called and what isnt
This isn’t even about consistency. It’s about completely missing the call so badly. Unless you are saying they should miss all calls this badly. Then yeah consistency.
you would have a different attitude if it was one of the celtics players getting hit across the face
Nah for sure you would rather your team win in an era of perfect reffing. That way nobody else can put that asterisk on your chip. Its literally whats happening with thunder rn. Ppl (including me) will downplay them because of unequal reffing. Imagine if the reffing was good, thunder probably still the best team AND there isnt as much hate. For sure thunder fans would want that over what it is right now
Bro ive been watching the nba since the mid 90s. Ive seen physicality in basketball and understand it goes both ways. Im not even saying i prefer it over modern nba. Im just saying physicality or not, i want consistency in whistles..
There should be physicality, just not to the level of tryna kill some cunt out there
Iām not saying it wasnāt a foul but what on earth are you talking about??
Reminds me of the racial bias refs had against Jeremy Lin. Whether it was conscious or not, it sucks either way.
https://youtu.be/KvaM0pMj-8o?si=CsKHF0_wvRMv7oLk
https://faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/NBARace.pdf
Have this in my clipboard so here you go.Ā
Before becoming a full-time referee, Goble worked as a police officer for the Miami-Dade Police Department for 13 years.
https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/10/Jacyn-Goble.pdf
From what I understand many referees are former law enforcement, makes me wonder how that connection works
they share a passionate love for power tripping and making situations about themselves
It’s the controlling black men through unchecked, billionaire-backed power pipeline.
This was egregious. The ref was in perfect position to call the foul on that WWE clothesline.
Dude looking at that shit and the refs not call a foul then watching SGA get the softest calls imaginable is bullshit
This right here. You canāt tell me there isnāt an agenda when a lot of players would get the call 100% of the time if this happened to them, but not only do they not do it here, they just let the play go on. Absolute bullshit
Either the refs are betting on the game or they’re just simply racist.
No theyāve been ass tonight for everyone. This crew is beyond incompetent.
Nah i think they just suck. I donāt attribute malice for what can be explained with stupidity.
Asian hate
Yet the same refs call phantom fouls for SGA continuously.
That would have been 2 free throws and a 2-0 series lead to start the playoffs for SGA. Not that they need it.
Iām sure they would have found a way to give him 4 free throws and call a tech on the coach.
It was like 2 ft from the ref. Ffs.
Iām not saying I want to see it, but Iād understand a player punching a ref in the face over some bs like this
This felt like the closest it’s ever been for that for the blazers, as long as I’ve been watching anyways
I want to see it. Fuck some of these refs man. Itās crazy how they donāt seem to understand nobody gives a fuck about them. Maybe thatās why theyāre so trash, theyāll be more remembered the more dogshit their calls are.
As a Lakers fan I dont even like the Blazers but this shit is egregious. Can’t stand officiating now. They make the NBA so much worst.
If I am Tiago, first tech was a gimme. I might as well do what I can to earn that second one.
I honestly think he should have got himself thrown out, if nothing else it would have made it more difficult for the NBA to just pretend it didnāt happen. This wasnāt even in the last two minutes so Iād be shocked if we hear about it again.
Asians get zero respect for foul calls. If you know you know
NBA has a history of treating Asian players poorly. Jeremy Lin experienced many cases of taking big hits and not being protected by the refs. I hope that’s not the case here
Itās crazy that even the MLB has now lapped this league when it comes to officiating accountability. Shit like this happens every night and nothing will ever change because theyāre only concerned with defending themselves. Itās a fucking joke
These refs need to be suspended for this.
āClotheslineā
Ya, ok.
thought i was going crazy, no one mentioned that this isn’t a clothesline lol
Yeah itās crazy. He fouled him but he was just trying to take up that baseline space because Yang has spun baseline after posting up twice already. Wild to act like this was a malicious act.
Not that I was hoping for a clothesline but I definitely feel like I got bamboozled with the title.
Gotta make one person the bad guy, always. Not allowed to just have a hard foul that was clearly not intentional, it’s ALWAYS pre-meditated.
It’s clearly a foul. It was even his 6th foul if it got called. But he was just raising his arms the same time Yang went hard to go under and they met in the middle.
Itās racism. Not hyperbole. It has been demonstrated by past Asian players that the refs and Adam Silver canāt stand an Asian being a top player.
Finally, Like if that’s other players I’m pretty sure there would be a stoppage of play. Ref is racist and once the coach get to him about it, he just tech him up. power tripping and not accepting what he have done wrong.
Shae’s circus shot not getting called and then this… come on.
Bodied him mid-air, moved him about a foot off of his trajectory, and nothing…
Not sure why there wasnāt stoppageā¦ not sure if they thought he flopped.
Jeremy lin experience. I wonder what they have in common.
Clotheslined? That’s a bit of an exaggeration.
Refs are racist against Asians for a long time now, Jeremy Lin got the same treatment. The ref is right there, he saw it happen
NBA refs are ruining the sport more than anything else.
Adam silver need to do a better job in protecting players. If a players is down refs should stop play immediately. Not let the game play on. This is unacceptable and the league should be embarrassed by this
omg Edey is *holding his hand up for the foul*
I feel like heās just getting his hand up to continue to contest, he had 5 fouls at this point so I doubt he would be trying to let the refs know he just fouled someone, although it could be instinct. Running your face into that dudes bicep would NOT feel good.
But SGA can fly into the ground and get a call
Jeremy Lin : First time?
He turned into Edeyās arms. Edeyās arm never moves forward. You canāt just throw your face into monsters arms and not expect it to hurt.
Uhhh. That is not a clothesline. Foul sure. McHale on Rambis. Thatās a clothesline.
Thatās not a clothesline lol is it?
You forget how dramatic redditors/nba players love to be.Ā
Thatās not a clothesline.
Hit Edeyās arm with his head. Clotheslineā¦the fuck, man.
Mannnn that was contact but what in the wwe was that flop
He types, dripping Taco Bell onto his keyboard.
Someone needs to create an app that can rate the refs.
Is the clothesline in the room with us right now?
how did they not review their own errant decision? really annoying
Naw itās a flop. The replay angle not in there makes it obvious.
Yang initiated the contact and came right back into the game….soccer move
Forearm to the forehead is not a āclotheslineā. A āclothesline is a chop to your neck, more specifically your throat near your Adamās Apple.
Stan Hansen would be proud
Would love to see a coach just end a game due to reffing. Just tell the whole team to stop playing and end the game there
Not a clotheslines AND Yang embellished. Threw his head back half a second after contact and stayed on the ground extra long. The league should fine Yang for embellishment and we should all boo u/Kazekid for the clickbait title.
Booooooooo
āClotheslinedā is a stretch lol
Asian on asian violence.
Edey is half Asian. He must have hit Yang with his white arm, so no foul call. /s
Some of the officiating this year has been up there with the worst Iāve seen in recent memory
He got hit in the nose sure.
But it also looks like he flopped so hard that he hit the back of his head hard asf against the floor. Dude might have given himself a concussion.