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No it’s actually nice to also do it when you win

If you listen to the video, what Finch is saying is pretty reasonable. He’s also not wrong. That early possession they showed was a very clear goaltend. No idea how the refs missed that. Seems like they’re giving Wemby the benefit of the doubt (due to his length and reputation) in a way that they don’t do for other players.

Don’t say this. Those uncalled goaltends and blatant fouls last night were egregious

I feel like Milton with the stapler sometimes

I don’t even think your franchise is top 5 in the league in terms of complainers. Let alone on Earth. The Pats exist and are the undisputed GOATs of bitching about nothing and a lack of instant gratification.

Wolves were hunted near extinction I’d have a victim complex too

I mean I vividly remember y’all getting robbed of a series win over the Grizzlies back when Ja was the cool new thing that was being pushed and the prevailing sentiment here was Minnie choking so I don’t think the ref bitching is unfounded here (or anywhere)

I think every team should do it. Officiating gets really bizarre sometimes

He’s absolutely correct. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many obvious goal tends not get called. It was insane.

That 3 pointer from Bones not being counted because of the reffing was one of the most shit ass calls I’ve ever seen.

The refs are bozos.

I think the missing piece here to explain Finch’s frustrations and why he is so vocal about this despite the win is because there is no way to challenge even a blatantly missed goaltending call.

The good news here is that we won, and most fans acknowledge this is a real issue. This isn’t some flopping technicality either, it’s legit just bad refereeing.

Not that Adam Silver cares about ref integrity, but this whole issue furthers to me the nba has an agenda for certain players and use refs to advance that agenda. Also notice none of the national media is touching this.

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it doesn’t feel very scummy because you guys do it win lose or draw

Ngl I’ve been hating on finch for a while saying his whining is rubbing off of on the team, but over the last couple games again I kinda get it lol. Sometimes you just gotta say it so people acknowledge it and hope things change.

(Will still be an unreasonable hater though sorry Finch, you look like my old boss who was an ass. Btw fuck you Barry)

Finch gonna hop on Twitch soon.

Is Josh Harris in those files, too?

Someone needs to go through all of his blocks like they did Trip

For real though, I haven’t seen anyone actually put together a video of all the blocks. What sucks though is most of them never got replayed on the broadcast, so it’s really hard to know for sure.

Also Pop…

100% reminds me of Phil. You want to put pressure on the refs and make them pay more attention every time Wemby closes out or collapses for a block. Not only for a potential goaltend, but you also increase the chances of getting him in foul trouble

He’s not exaggerating also, which gives it even more weight

Yep. Worked on SGA after he said similar arguments. SGA couldn’t buy a free throw for a few weeks. Got his whistle back after the injury but his words for sure made an effect.

except there’s no exaggeration.

He isn’t exaggerating.

There was no exaggeration though?

It’s the right thing to do because I don’t think it’s an intentional bias or anything like that. He is just really tall and long so he gets the benefit of the doubt but I definitely think refs will try to be more aware of possible goaltending next game.

Lol you have so much confidence in the refs

They will 100% call a goaltend in game 2, I wish I could bet it

For me, his blocks defy what intuitively looks like a goaltend. Maluach also does this (not comparing the two, only mentioning because I actually watch him play). It feels wrong, and then you look at the replay and are like well shit

It doesn’t help that the way the rules work make it so calling of goaltending favors the defense. You can challenge a called goaltending, but you can’t challenge an uncalled one.

Rudy Gobert would like 4 years of makeup calls please

When you’re DPOY, they let you do it. You can grab ‘em by the backboard.

50% of NBA fans understand that refs let stars get away with a lot of 50% of NBA fans get mad if you ever bring it up

Don’t need to be DPOY to get grace on the defensive side. the Dorts, Caruso, Etc

Hell, they changed a 3 by Ant to a 2 last night and I feel like they didn’t even announce it.

A Wolves writer for SI did a play-by-play and concluded 2 were goaltending and 2 were fouls. 5 were definitely clean and 3 were probably clean.

I agree with Finch that 33% of Wemby’s blocks shouldn’t have counted but only if you are including fouls in that.

I see now that a lot of others agree. Either way 4 pts is a big deal, but we can’t expect refs to be perfect unfortunately. The NBA is gonna have to provide refs with the “Wemby cam” or something lol

Also, guys he had TWELVE blocks and just one or two were goal tends. They should get the calls right but it’s not like he had 3 blocks and all 3 were goal tends

Wemby ran over my dog!

Tim Duncan wasn’t credited for two of his blocks in the ‘03 Finals because they were saving them to give to Wemby in game 1 of the 2nd round 23 years later. Wemby stole his quadruple double.

He also poisoned our water supply, burned our crops and delivered a plague unto our houses!

Shouldn’t Spurs fans be extremely familiar with this coaching tactic by now? Pop did it all the damn time. You just mention in the post conference so the refs pay closer attention to it.

2 goaltends and one foul imo

Yeah I didn’t see 4 there, the first one was clear as day and others were questionable but no ref is going to call them when it’s that close.

at least 2 explicitly hit the backboard, dunno about the rest

Its been funny to see the complaints grow. People decided the “third” goaltend was one because Ant signaled and NBC wouldn’t replay it. Then they finally did and I’m fairly certain its clean and people just kept saying it was anyway.

Classic maneuver that most any respectable coach has done in any sport to complain about bring awareness to calls that should be made a bit more often.

Any good coach worth their shit knows how to do this.

This guy fucks^

Calling it once even might make Wemby be a tad more cautious on it

I mean 4 out of 12 blocks is a lot. And it could’ve changed the game.

if goaltending is called, maybe he’s not as aggressive trying to block shots, which could impact minnesotas offense. it’s more extreme than finch made it out to be

Two goaltends and two fouls. SI did a play by play analysis. He should have tied the record for blocks.

Getting one wrong is fine, getting this many wrong while pushing the record breaking narrative is a problem and will swing a game

The one off the backboard was an obvious missed call.

The second one in this clip is close, but looks like it’s still on the way up.

The third and fourth ones in the clip (Gobert and Ant layups) are not goaltends.

Only a 4 point swing in a one possession game no biggie

Yeah It’s insane how much people are taking this and running with it. At minimum the dude still has like 10 blocks lol.

Yes, there were two missed goaltend calls. Yes, those were points off the board for Minnesota. There were also missed foul calls on Randle that instead of leading to Spurs FTs, led to Castle fouling out early. There was a clear Jaden McDaniels travel that was not called and instead led to 2 Minny points. There’s no point in crying about it because that’s just how it goes sometimes. We lost because we played worse.

There are calls missed on both ends of the floor, all night, every game. Refs should be better, literally every basketball fan agrees on this. Why are we playing this crying-about-the-officials game already? It was a great game.

Yeah they gifted 2 blocks fair and square, he should quit whining!

Manipulating the refs is part of the game, coaches makes these type of statements all the time with that goal in mind

I didn’t

This is an hour old quote.

I don’t usually see it till the 16th time

Maybe spend some less time here

Nope I’m not on Reddit all day bud, stop owning yourself

Yeah, the other two off the backboard were super close, but i couldn’t tell. Definitely don’t think the one on Naz in the air was a goaltend. Just looks like it’s coming down because it’s coming from the far side of the court.