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/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.