jimmy eat jazz
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It was bad calls both ways, but the egregious non-calls went against the Jazz and in the Clippers favor.
There was a moment where Hayward was shooting the 3, and got hit on the elbow. The guy with the ball, behind the 3 point-line, hit hard on the elbow while shooting - and no call???????
Also, the push into Rodney Hood's chest was a flagrant 1 by definition.
" A foul is considered flagrant when it involves excessive or violent contact that could injure the fouled player."
Yep, if that were Harden taking that shot, not only would the refs have called it, but they would have invited Harden to their room after the game to consumate it.
With that said, any suggestion that this game was on the refs is dumb. I mean, LA shot only about 6 free throws until just before the end of the game. Memphis definitely had a legitimate complaint about the refs, Jazz do not, so far.