[Highlight] James Harden is upset at Tony Brothers after he claimed he got fouled on his 3-point attempt to end the 1st half.
With replays of some 1st half highlights and face expression by Josh Hart.
Lord forbid the broadcast for once shows a replay of a possible foul call instead of highlights from five minutes ago
They showed just now. Clear foul not called.
This shit always pisses me off
After that viral TikTok of an editor putting together a highlight package last second in the production booth I was thinking like oh, I get it, it’s just hard to do that fast, they’re doing the best they can.
Forgetting that every time you go to a game irl they have replays up in the Jumbotron literally 3 seconds later. Idk what the deal is.
Hey I saw it too!
The Canadian broadcasts show fouls pretty reliably. They’ll also show highlights of an away team if they’re good enough.
Link to the TikTok? Sounds interesting
Also, NBC is much better at showing replays immediately.
Everytime I’m expecting of the replay of the thing that just happened, they show like the last play or two and be like “this is what we’re talking about with _______”. WE DONT CARE, WHAT JUST HAPPENED
tony brothers has always been a con artist
It used to not be like that. I don’t know how long ago it changed but I’ve hated it ever since.
Incredible poster by Wemby? Better show a fucking layup from five plays ago instead
No replay = foul. Thats just the rules.
Play to make the shot. He constantly throws away possessions because he’s trying to foul bait and that’s on him.
I think his reputation also causes refs to swallow the whistle sometimes like here
They should, its terrible for the game.
And it pains me to say this because I hate the fucking Knicks
This. If he would just shoot normally, he would have gotten the foul. There was no need for whatever that body and arm contortion was. And it wasn’t caused by being hit on the arm. Just shoot normally. Me might have even made it and got the foul!
If this was OKC this call would absolutely go their way and would be reviewed for a tech
Lol I’m not an okc fan, I totally agree SGA would get the call. I am just saying for everyone to just shoot normally and not be so obvious with the foul baiting. It was a foul!! If Harden just shot normally, he’d have got the call, I bet.
Nah he gets fouled on actual threes more than anyone and makes them a lot. Refs are just afraid to give him any whistle nowadays
Completely self inflicted, he flops so much that it’s hard to tell what’s a foul and what isn’t
I am begging the refs and the NBA to adopt the standard, publicly, that any blatant selling will turn anything short of a flagrant into a no-call. Fouls can only occur on legitimate basketball plays.
Exactly. With how bad he baited that shit I was glad it wasn’t called lol
No replay = cover up
I still can’t tell if it’s a foul or not. Need another angle.
Good thing espn showed a replay instead of AI slop from Google!
so bad, I kept waiting for the replay but nah
Crazy how bad the product has gotten in recent years. Back ten years ago they NEVER would have skipped the replay on such a big shot with a big time player big mad like that. Fucking insane
They got stockholders to pay and got sponsors to please, how else will people understand AI is inevitable
Im considering getting a Nokia brick again cuz fuck this.
Legal rackets do that. They’ve been dancing on the constitution since the found of our country
They just showed it, it was a foul
I was actually kinda surprised that it was a real foul. It really didn’t look like one on the normal broadcast angle. But yeah, it definitely was a missed call. Real foul.
I know Harden can flop with the best of them, but certainly feels like he wouldn’t miss that badly unless Hart got his arm. But I guess we’ll never know.
It would probably look more like a foul if he missed that badly without flailing for the whistle.
He’s the boy who cried wolf. Even as a biased viewer, I thought he probably flopped. Was actually surprised when they showed the replay and it was a foul.
Granted occasionally he misses badly bc of how ludicrously he takes an unnatural motion to “shoot” while trying to cause contact.
I don’t think there was a foul there, or at least if there was then it looked like it would have been one of those classic “barely grazing Harden” fouls.
Hard to be certain without a replay and alternate angle, but that’s what I saw
Edit: They just showed a replay with the angle that shows that it actually was a real foul. Guess I was wrong.
That’s a foul lol
nah lol
SGA would have gotten that call
yeah cuz he’s nothing without them
That’s a ridiculous statement lmao
Imagine believing that
Not a fan of foul baiting or Harden but I don’t see how this isn’t a foul
I haven’t seen other angles, but we kinda get Tony’s here. Harden is a lefty, it looks like Hart got some ball (and the off arm possibly and right leg). But that goofy split jump makes it look cheap.
There was a replay after halftime. He hit Harden on the elbow with no contact on ball
Right elbow, right? Harden sticks it out unnaturally.
Harden makes an ass out of himself turning into a starfish. Both arms flailing. Both legs flailing. Any contact was incidental and likely initiated by Harden’s unnatural movements.
PLAY BASKETBALLLLLLL
Harden is a foul baiting god but dat right dere is a foul
He made himself into a literal starfish, flailing each limb out, because he was hunting for a foul more than he was trying to make a basketball play.
I don’t care if there was incidental contact around all that fucking acting.
Ooooooooo I don’t know Jim
You’d think after all these years in the league, Harden would finally learn to just fucking try and hit his shots instead of going for bait.
Just like old times Pelicans and Rockets
Mike brown’s bitching has paid off so far
Love yourself as much as Josh hart loves himself.
I wasn’t going to watch this video, until I saw the promise of “face expression by Josh Hart.”
Random Le sserafim mention
Throws his off hand forward to try and initiate contact.
I thought the title meant there would be replays I hadn’t seen of the play. Why do I care about a clip with random replays throughout the game?
He did tbf
Why don’t you kick your feet out some more, clown.
LOL Harden is embarrassing. Just play the game, shoot like regular you cringe idiot
As a Pistons fan… SMDH
Playing it in slow mo, looks like he got ball first with maybe some incidental contact after which would make it not a foul.
There’s other angles available and it’s 100% a foul. He didn’t get ball first at all. He hits Harden’s elbow as he’s about to release the shot.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
James Harden a straight up Bitch
The fouling powers was transferred to SGA sorry harden
good game
That’s the problem with falling like half the time you shoot threes. The refs never know when it’s actually a foul.
I wish the cavs would’ve made the finals. I would love to see a harden vs Shai foul bait competition
He’s embarrassing af.
What Tony Brothers gave the Cavs against the Pistons are now being cashed.Too bad!
He should be upset at his own defense
I’m here for face expression by Josh Hart
Oh wow
Not usually pro harden but it’s very easy to scan the movie and see the contact on his elbow. Brothers was at a bad angle though…
This is my playoff James harden is a thing.
The foul baiting BS he does in the regular season stops working in the playoffs.
Shai would’ve gotten that call
Why is ESPN so trash at this? Show us the replay so we can make our own mind.
New York and LA always get the close calls
What about okc
Hart cracks me up
Why he yelling at Tony? How is he supposed to see this? That’s someone else’s job.
You are not Shai bro you’re not getting that call
Love the le sserafim “celebrate” for the song
Funny he got that call multiple times against the pistons 🤷♂️
Sorry pal, you’re not MVP. You’re not getting those calls no more.