[Lowlight] with a chance to win the game, Zion throws the ball away
DFS is fouling the fuck outta Herb lmao
They swallowed the whistle to hand the game to the rockets. Intentional foul on Murray and clear 5 seconds by dfs
Exactly. A foul before the inbound pretty much should have given it to NO.
Refs as always are unpredictable. Sometimes they call everything. Sometimes nothing.
Yeah like it goes from don’t touch me rules to prison ball at like a flip of the switch.
And the ref is looking directly at him from what, 10 feet away?
dude over there like Rose hanging on to Jack when he starts to sink
I won’t let go! I won’t let go!
Yeah, I’m a Rockets fan and this is blatant. The L2M will confirm
Herb tries to play the foul game instead of grabbing the ball. He’s not getting grabbed, he’s trying to draw a foul instead of playing basketball. But that’s modern basketball
Edit: are you guys telling me they should’ve called the physicality before the inbound? With 7 seconds left? Cmon even baby shit isn’t that soft
The fuck are you talking about? He was getting grabbed the entire time lmao
I disagree, dudes playing the refs not the game
Ok but that push by dfs shouldve been a foul no? Or is that herb baiting dfs into pushing him so that he can get the foul?
Last play of the game trying to draw a foul by stopping on a defender instead of going for the ball? You really want the modern NBA to call that crap? Christ.
Can you address the push by dfs and tell me if thats a legit foul that shouldve been called, or is that just herb jones baiting dfs into pushing him
There’s no arm extension, what I see is a dude losing his balance from someone trying to throw it back on him
He’s getting fouled whether he’s trying to or not
He’s not drawing a foul, he’s getting fouled lol. He’s grabbed from the very start of this clip and got yanked from the inbound.
They’re both grabbing and then herb tries to draw the foul by feigning his back getting blown out
I mean regardless of grabbing, DFS seems to run into and knock Herb off balance after Herb establishes position while the pass is being thrown
Herb stopped instead of going for the inbound on the last play of the game. Modern NBA fans might beg for that ending but calling a foul there would be rewarding playing the refs instead of playing the final possession
That’s not Zion’s fault. Herb was either supposed to keep cutting instead of stopping at the 3 point line or DFS fouled the hell out of him.
Either way, Zion is not to blame here
yah this isn’t on Zion lol Herb got fouled and then sold it too hard instead of going for the ball
Right before the pass Herb points to exactly where Zion throws it. Zion made the right pass. Something stopped Herb from cutting, probably he was being held. But I agree, this isn’t Zion’s fault.
Yeah. Title of the post is a bit too harsh on Zion. Should have been, “Pelicans make costly error” or something of the sort.
Another bullshit no call. DFS has Herb in his clutches for fucks sake.
Yeah Herb was held
he also dove way way late and made it look ridiculous, no way they couldve called it after that
if he goes down initially you have a case otherwise, that kid has to learn how to Jokic and SGA better
Yeah herb has to sell it like the dudes at the rec center than can barely dribble the ball but magically know that they were fouled when they made contact with literally anyone
I hate this take. The refs should just call the foul. Basically you’re punishing herb for initially trying to fight through a foul and going down after its clear he cant get to the ball. If the refs can only call it if he goes down when contact is initiated all you’re doing js incentivizing flopping, and we’ve got enough of that.
Yup and tomorrow you check the last two minutes report they will say all calls are correct
Biggest bs. We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong
Imho the l2m report is usually pretty transparent
Herb starts at center so I guess the refs thought he should be officiated like one
Hey man, when it is the last 10 seconds of a game you are allowed to ignore all rules because that makes sense. Not that rules need to be consistent cause it is the nba after all….
This is something I’ve been noticing a lot over the past couple seasons. On the final inbound of the game the refs let the defending team grab the fuck out of everyone . I get that the refs don’t want to decide the game but man the officiating is so inconsistent
And then clearly pushed at the end of the contact
Boy this has been an interesting last minute 😂
and then one of the craziest caroms of a missed intentional free throw
LMK
This is how the rockets win games BTW
pelicans got robbed, rockets are absolute ass
Clearest first round exit ever
Sacrifice them to the warriors again
Behind the lakers
At least the lakers got Lebron and Luka, the rockets got KD and bricklayers out there
What happens if the Lakers play the Rockets in round 1 🧐
Both teams will concede and let the playoffs continue without them
We’ll still wipe the floor with y’all next game
you just got gifted a game at home against the pelicans and talking shit thats hilarious, genuinely the rockets are the one team in the top 8 that im not scared against, yeah the suns and clippers are bigger threats
Ironically Lakers are the only team I’m not afraid of. You have no rim protection, bottom 10 defense, Amen is one of the best Luka defenders in the league. And you’re shitting on us while we both have the same record? That’s hilarious
The Lakers are the one team in the West I am not scared of so looks like we’ll both get what we want.
two of the most ass playoff teams in the west arguing about who’s more ass 😂
Nugs fans think they’re in the OKC/Spurs tier but you’re down here with us lmao.
Lmfao!!
Hey man…. Can we just go back to hating on LA :(
One of the teams has Luka tho. Talent matters in the playoffs
https://youtube.com/shorts/1HBiakPuiqA?si=r3QRLRdNgILJEPIw
So lakers should be scared of every team they face. Lakers are more of a dysfunctional team than the rockets 😂. We are missing two of our starters this season and are 3rd in the west
No bro you guys are way more dysfunctional lol and I fucking hate LA
The fact there are so many rockets fans trying to defend the fanduel refs got me crying
Says the Lakers fan? Wild
How are they worse then??
Rockets are legitimately the worst team in the top 8 and it’s always FTL
Fakest 3rd lol
DFS prohibited Herb’s movement thats a foul. But reffing is so inconsistent.
It was VERY consistent in the last thirty seconds
Not if you’re Bam. That shit was pretty consistent.
Three straight possessions Pels got worked by the refs
DFS riding Herb’s back is not a foul now?
He’s just playing hard!!! Some players are allowed to do that and some are not! And if you’re not allowed sorry buddy it will cost you tens of millions of dollars!
Pels kind of got fucked at the end on that out of bounds/no foul call
Nah that’s crazy.
Tf are yall watching, herb easily gets to the pass if he wasnt being raped at midcourt for the whole world to see lol
i am sad about it
Obviously foul by DFS.
Zion also with a braindead pass, but I’m more curious on why he didn’t pass on Dejounte on the left side
This isn’t on Zion defender was holding the guy back
Guess I’m wylin cause that looks like a foul
How was that not a foul?
Nah, honestly its not even Zion fault, the guy he tried to give the ball to made a hand sign in where he wanted it then just stopped, Zion could have done it better maybe but most of the blame should be on the guy who made the call.
Herb was being held, but even so, he had no chance of getting to that pass. Just a total brain fart from Zion.
That’s a pretty obvious foul no? This is why I haven’t watched an NBA game in years, the refs decide who wins close games
This might be the first time in a while I’ve seen other fanbases are defending the Pels (regarding the noncall foul on DFS).
Real talk, Dumars has a tough decision to make. I think dejounte/zion/trey/herb are good enough to compete now. Yet we mortgaged our future on Fears/Queen. Wtf do we do next season? Do we try to be competitive with a good head coach or try to develop our rookies?
first time im seeing it too
herb didn’t look anywhere close to open and zion tosses it to the middle of the floor crying
Murray was open right to his left and Zion just ignored him
What the actual fuck that’s a foul
Herb was me trying to chase my dreams
“You gotta be fucking kidding me.”
No foul called on that? Cmon mannnnn
Was watching this live, knew it’d be showcased on reddit soon enough.
Smh fat ass
Is this not-Nevermind
not zion fault?
you are supposed to come to the ball?
Herb got fucking held though lol
Refs are from Atlanta
I am not a usual watcher of Pelicans basketball, but is Zion always the one on the inbounds in these spots? It seems like he’d be better used as someone receiving the ball with a chance at the win.
The amount of time this has happened this year been really weird, do teams even practice set plays anymore?
That’s a Clippers ass in bounds play, lol.
But the piece of trash Adam Silver is worried about Utah tanking
No he didn’t. That was a horrible job to get the inbound. He either pointed outside like “throw it out here” or he was pushed so hard his arm made that gesture. Not Zion’s fault
why is zion inbounding the ball?
Refs rigging the game hasn’t been as clear as it was the last few possessions of the game. Murray clearly got his leg clipped and got pushed out of bounds by Amen. The inbounds by DFS where the ref counts to 4, and then all of a sudden slows down and doesn’t make the 5 count? Then here with Herb getting pushed from behind by DFS.
Fck the referees man
Zion doesn’t deserve the blame here.
Tragic
Why is Zion throwing the ball in? And why was there no foul called? NBA stays sus
These guys have been killing my draft pick for absolutely no reason over the past weeks. Thank you Zion for finally acting like a Pelican instead of a Pelican’t let the Hawks have a decent pick.
Tough to be a Zionist these days
Investigate Zion
Why did Herb stop and try to box out DFS when Zion clearly thought he’d keep running to the ball? He wasn’t held at all.
To be fair his boy was too busy playing touchbutt.
ok but his teammate got surprise buttsex leading him to stumble. come on.
there clearly shoulda been a foul.
As simple as bro didn’t want that ball
Gambling
Podz career highlight is hitting this pass lol
I’d throw the ball away too if threw it to a teammate giving a piggy back ride damn
Damn this is why Joe Ingles is still in the league.
What was the over/under?
Zion = bum
Kalshiid Wallace
w tank
edit i forgot they don’t have their pick, tbf no sane individual would make that trade
theyre not tanking they dont havw their pick
Who has their pick?
hawks i think
Pels arent tanking
Why did they not use their point guard as the inbounder?
Ngl I can’t be mad at this after the intentional foul became an OB and the ref literally slowed down his count and looked at Ime to avoid having to call a 5 second.
The Pelicans season is long cooked and the game itself doesn’t matter. But those two calls back to back are just glaringly annoying to the point I checked out.
Beautiful
Someone needs to animate that ball into a top 5 pick bouncing away
I wouldn’t say axiom threw it away. That implies a bad pass. It’s more that the person the pass was meant to go to was held and couldn’t get free to catch it.
Chants of DEFENSE flustering Zion.
I understand the thought at least. Ethical tanking.
Nah if you’ve played basketball, you know this was a safe pass, just a miscommunication between Zion and herb. He thought herb was going to keep moving up toward the three point line and he put it out there where herb could get it but the defender couldn’t reach it, herb just stopped abruptly trying to pin his defender behind him. Bad timing
How does Herb not get to the ball here if hes not being fouled by DFS? its SO obviously a foul. Also not Zions fault here in any case.
Cool
Remember when everyone thought this guy would be good?
If that was food, he would’ve ran over and fought for it like Dennis rodman
DFS with the DPI
Herb was held there wtf
refs bailed us out with a no-call on DFS ngl
I was rooting for the rockets to lose. But I guess the head office phoned it in on the last minute.
How much contact is too much?
That much
Give him the foul call
They’d give the foul call to a star player so why are you swallowing the whistle?
Pass interference
The refs were horrible at the end. Did they tell N.O. they couldn’t challenge that out of bounds play?
Zion has had a lot of negative clutch moments this year
And the motherfucker just dunked it 1 minute ago
What a stupid play
Zion Shaqtin
That was a holding foul but that pass was awful too
How do the Pels coaches not challenge the out of bounds call up 1 with 15 seconds left? Absolutely was an approximate foul
Series standings and tank implications. Hurts Lakers, Nuggets, Wolves, Mavs, Grizz
The comments about the no call is funny bc that’s how KD is always guarded 😂
Zion bust
I literally can not figure out what Zion was doing here.
Figure out the refs first mate
What is DFS doing here?
The amount of fury I direct now towards the Pelicans organization for choking this could level mountains
The ref decided what way this was going when an intentional foul that should have had DJM shooting up 1 became an out of bounds.
Investigate Zion Williamson
Investigate the refs bro, dfs was basically molesting herb
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