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My thoughts are it wasn't the only one in which they screwed us. But then we screwed ourselves a bunch of times too, like the Warriors game among others.
Hear Me Out: NBA Screws Utah Jazz out of Playoffs Through Rockets vs Jazz Jan. 04, 2016
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My thoughts are it wasn't the only one in which they screwed us. But then we screwed ourselves a bunch of times too, like the Warriors game among others.
MeloTheJazzKiller
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No need? I am the only one here who stated that the Jazz were toast back on January 21st! Think about that. I know basketball so well that I knew that Knick loss was a crushing, devastating blow to the Jazz. Was I wrong? Uhh, are you buying any Jazz playoff tickets this weekend?
Not rubbing anything in. Just saying you want me banned, I shouldn't post... Heck, I was the only one here who knew what the hell would happen to the Jazz! I know the Jazz better than you do. I told you that Knick loss would knock the Jazz out of the playoffs and guess what? The Jazz missed the playoffs by one game.
You should have listened to me back in January. Tonight's out-of-playoff hurt wouldn't have been so crushing.
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Your intuition was good, but the Jazz had plenty of other chances to redeem themselves but they blew it.
Coach Ellis
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To be fair. . . Despite his blatant trolling around here, he has been consistent. He called it way back then and was right even though it looked like they'd make it for a good long stretch.
I'm sad, but not surprised. When you have your own destiny in your hands, you have to win the damn games that you're supposed to win. Better get to P3 and work some asses off in the offseason. Get healthy. Get mad. Fix your turnovers AND effing practice your free throws. They lost AT LEAST five games on missed free throws alone. One of them secures a playoff berth.
If you dig through the tapes, you'll find countless examples where bad calls influenced the results of games that affect every team in the NBA. Sometimes those mistakes benefit your team and sometime they don't. You can't isolate one specific mistake and then claim that it is the reason that the Jazz didn't make the playoffs ... unless you're also willing to go through every second of tape and reverse every mistake that occurred during the course of the season.
Jazz aren't in the playoffs because they didn't win enough games, not because of one officiating mistake.
Jazz aren't in the playoffs because they didn't win enough games, not because of one officiating mistake.
nateboz
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One of the main reasons the Jazz don't get those calls is the lack of "respect" demanded by Snyder.
He has to get in the refs heads. I don't remember any techs he got after going after at them when they blew a call or 5. That's a huge problem, he needs to get there respect.
He has to get in the refs heads. I don't remember any techs he got after going after at them when they blew a call or 5. That's a huge problem, he needs to get there respect.
homeytennis
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QS screwed the Jazz out of the playoffs but cutting Cotton and Cooley.
MeloTheJazzKiller
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To be fair, I also said to my friends that the Knicks were effectively knocked out of the playoffs on February 7th when they lost at home against the 12 games under .500 Denver. I was at that game and the feeling of any hope for the season just completely drained out with that loss.
Look, if you watch sports with a discerning eye you'll know there are signature games. Games that either indicate future glory for a team or future devastation. That Jazz loss -- up by 10 in the fourth to the lowly Knicks...and they lost in OT -- was the one. It was a certainty after that that the Jazz team were not making the playoffs even though they were hovering around a playoff spot.
The Jazz Wonderbra
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I suggest a compilation of poor calls be produced, put on a film strip, and submitted to the league. For me, it wasn't a single game. It was a collective effort to gang bang the Jazz from a number of refs. If you fo'ckus on the final 2 minutes of games the discrepancy was terrible. A travesty. If you focus across the season, it was an unbelievable display of disrespect for the organization. I do not believe in conspiracy theories for the most part. But, this season smelled from day one. Pathetic display of fairness all season long. The Jazz have plenty of reason to put this one on the league in a season that came down to such minor plays across so many games.
I am disappointed that it didn't get better. The Jazz had about 2 games that I would have said we got most of the calls. I would say another 30 felt like they were well called games for both teams. But constantly, night after night, I left disappointed in the reffing. It felt like the antics got the calls and the obvious fouls were never whistled, night after night after night. I have never taken a stance about the refs since the Jazz went to the finals. This smelt deliberate and we have reason to be frustrated. The Jazz played down a man at least 60% of the year. Period. We should have beat the Clippers, yes. But there were over a dozen games that we were disadvantaged in the final 2 minutes of games closer than 5 points. You put ONE of them in our favor and the jazz are in the playoffs.
NBA rigged? It sure smells funny this year. If not, then I don't understand the game of basketball anymore. Throw your arms in the air and cover your nose without contact is a foul... Drive in the paint and have 3 guys foul hanging on your arms and 1 guy raises his arm saying he fouled as 4 guys go to the free throw line... out of bounds play - clean play.
Disappointing job by the refs in 2016. RESPECT CAMPAIGN needs to start now!
I am disappointed that it didn't get better. The Jazz had about 2 games that I would have said we got most of the calls. I would say another 30 felt like they were well called games for both teams. But constantly, night after night, I left disappointed in the reffing. It felt like the antics got the calls and the obvious fouls were never whistled, night after night after night. I have never taken a stance about the refs since the Jazz went to the finals. This smelt deliberate and we have reason to be frustrated. The Jazz played down a man at least 60% of the year. Period. We should have beat the Clippers, yes. But there were over a dozen games that we were disadvantaged in the final 2 minutes of games closer than 5 points. You put ONE of them in our favor and the jazz are in the playoffs.
NBA rigged? It sure smells funny this year. If not, then I don't understand the game of basketball anymore. Throw your arms in the air and cover your nose without contact is a foul... Drive in the paint and have 3 guys foul hanging on your arms and 1 guy raises his arm saying he fouled as 4 guys go to the free throw line... out of bounds play - clean play.
Disappointing job by the refs in 2016. RESPECT CAMPAIGN needs to start now!
MeloTheJazzKiller
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But it is the loses to bad teams that are the critical ones. Losing four to the Warriors is par for the course over a season. But losing to the Knicks in January when up by ten in the fourth? That's telling and crippling.
However, as in Animal Farm some teams and players are more equal than others. The NBA's own public 2 minute report has verified that the Utah Jazz are among the most screwed over of all teams in the NBA. Looking only this report the Jazz were screwed out of games by bad calls. This is only the public part. Apparently there is also a full game report which shows that this trend continues throughout the entire game and the the entire season. If they Jazz had received consistent officiating they would have made the playoffs. Could they have been slightly more clutch and overcome this and made the playoffs on their own absolutely.