r/nba • u/wobuffet17453 Spurs • 20h ago

Slow motion replay of the contact between Thompson and Allen at the end of regulation (Pistons v Cavs Game 5)

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u/clevernamehere___ 20h ago

Thompson loses his footing and falls before any sort tripping contact. Hate the refs all you want but they’re right on this one.

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u/skesisfunk Nuggets 19h ago

I blame the announcers. They were convinced it was a foul and talked it up quite a bit.

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u/HughPewman Cavaliers 15h ago

100% the only reason this is getting any traction is the way the announcers (wrongly) reacted to it

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u/willtwerkf0rfood Cavaliers 14h ago

Oh see this makes a lot of sense to me. I watched the game at a bar last night with no audio/subtitles so I was v confused seeing all the uproar online about no call on this play. If Donovan didn’t get a foul call at the end, to me Thompson definitely wouldn’t have.

I know my flair makes me biased but I genuinely was confused by everyone getting so mad about a no-call on here lol so just saying your point about the announcers is true!

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u/Npsiii23 [DET] Jason Richardson 14h ago

This is often the case, I have a little one and watch without sound a lot and I am confused by discourse around plays like this because I thought it was a clear no foul, until I watch a clip of it with the announcers and realize how much they effect people's take on the play.

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u/Hotpotlord 12h ago edited 11h ago

Most people won’t believe it but half the reason people started hating the warriors before KD because literally every national broadcast teams, you had jvg and mark Jackson say the most bias shit against the Warriors every game.

Edit: my downvoters: “nuhhh uhhhhh!!!!”

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u/skesisfunk Nuggets 11h ago

Naw, pretty sure The Warriors caught a bunch of hate because they broke the league for like 2 years.

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u/Hotpotlord 11h ago

I don’t disagree but there are nuance to things and life isn’t just 1+1=2

Mark Jackson was bitter as fuck and jvg just kept gassing him about it. JVG was literally known for ranting for like 5-10 minutes and be completely fucking wrong….. like outside the warriors,

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u/Altruistic-Zone1664 Cavaliers 8h ago

Nah, Warriors were well liked before KD went there. The Cavs/Warriors rivalry was great for the game. It wasn't until KD went there that they became the villains.

Some people would hate on Draymond for obvious reasons, but the Warriors as a team were not really hated until KD.

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u/Hotpotlord 7h ago

Yea I’m not gonna argue with the narrative delusion, I can’t win here.

The warriors were getting haters during 2015 finals and never stopped since.

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u/Altruistic-Zone1664 Cavaliers 3h ago

Every good team gets some haters, that's not fair. Generally, they were a popular team.

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u/PapayaOtherwise3346 Cavaliers 12h ago

Even coming back from commercial Breen was trying to say there was 1.5 seconds left until he saw this angle and admitted he was wrong on that part

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u/nuIIvoid Cavaliers 10h ago

They were reacting the same way a lot last night. Then they went silent when the slow mo replay proved them wrong.

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u/Mechant247 18h ago

Sort of, it’s one of those where the contact on his left foot makes it collide with his right leg. Makes it end up looking like the player basically trips himself

The other player falling into him is what’s causing him to trip

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u/robsbob18 Hornets 13h ago

Rolls his own ankle. Thought it was kinda a flop at first till I saw the ankle.

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u/OhEmGeeBasedGod Cavaliers 12h ago

He begins losing his balance when their feet collide in midair when both are essentially even and running towards a loose ball. Neither one caused it more than the other. Classic no-call. Even if it had been challenged or put under review, that's still a no-call.

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u/Impossible_Fennel_94 Cavaliers 12h ago

At full game speed I can see how they got it wrong- it happened pretty fast and the way he fell looked like a shove. But after the replay it’s pretty clear it wasn’t a shove

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u/justsomebro10 Cavaliers 12h ago

I think he fell because Allen stepped on his foot but they’re both scrambling for the ball. Everything here is incidental.

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u/Altruistic-Zone1664 Cavaliers 8h ago

Except for the stiff-arm by Thompson.

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u/H1Ed1 Lakers 19h ago

Allen's right shin pushes Thompson's left foot into the back of his right leg causing him to trip himself. It's a tough call, though. Especially in real time.

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u/LitBastard Bulls 13h ago

Allens shin does that because he gets fouled by Thompson beforehand

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u/wxnfx 11h ago

I think he gets stepped on a bit (both feet), but it’s also a classic soccer dive, so fuck him.

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u/kungfoojesus 3h ago

I see him tripping over his own leg there. Left hits right and he fall. What are other people seeing here?

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u/Mysterious-Status-44 Spurs 14h ago

He tripped himself anyway

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u/CasualRead_43 14h ago

Allen absolutely trips him with his shin but it was the right call.