Referee Joey Crawford goes wild yelling, before Durant FT in Grizzlies-Thunder Game 5

[inclinerator]

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[nosfan773]

If Silver really wants to put his stamp on the league he'll force that miserable old man into retirement.

[inclinerator]

still should have made the freethrow but it threw him off

[russwest0]

KD was about to shoot his 2nd FT to tie the game in OT, Crawford runs up and steals the ball out of his hands and starts yelling at someone on the sidelines all because one of the scoreboards in the background didn't have the correct number of fouls :roll: :roll: :roll:

This is the man that has officiated in the Finals every year since 1986 FYI. How do the "league isn't fixed" naysayers answer why that is the case?

[LongLiveTheKing]

Lebron>>>>>KD

[JohnFreeman]

Durant choked :roll:

[J Shuttlesworth]

Remember that out of bounds play where it was clearly off KD's fingertips and they gave it to OKC anyway even after the review? I agree, Crawford cooking some shit up this series

[Cocaine80s]

lettuce hate on da brodie tonight

http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1342/91/1342913967758.gif

[russwest0]

Durant choked :roll:

True shit, but what the fvck was Crawford doing? :lol I've never seen an official do that on the game deciding FT.

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Lettuce focus on the real issue. Durant choking for the third straight game.

[aburre21]

It's a free throw, there's no excuse for missing one in the clutch especially when you're damn near a 90% ft shooter

[russwest0]

Remember that out of bounds play where it was clearly off KD's fingertips and they gave it to OKC anyway even after the review? I agree, Crawford cooking some shit up this series

Lol yeah that call was bullshit. They ****ed up the previous out of bounds call as well where it was off of Randolph. Crawford even went back to review it a second time and still made the wrong call. :oldlol:

[dazzer87]

blaming the Refs for your boy choking at the line..........KD stans always placing the blame on someone else......

[imdaman99]

Joey Crawford broke ish :facepalm

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Durant has never been a great free throw shooter in the clutch. This is just a crutch for Durant stans to fall back on.

[Cocaine80s]

atleast you are a man and didnt dissapear like joyner and fudge :applause:

[yarrak]

Lol yeah that call was bullshit. They ****ed up the previous out of bounds call as well where it was off of Randolph. Crawford even went back to review it a second time and still made the wrong call. :oldlol:

It was off Ibaka. Are you fcukin blind?

[J Shuttlesworth]

Lol yeah that call was bullshit. They ****ed up the previous out of bounds call as well where it was off of Randolph. Crawford even went back to review it a second time and still made the wrong call. :oldlol:
That one was at least close... They reviewed the play twice because it was pretty damn tough to tell. Inconclusive = go with original call.

Crawford had to do that though. If (when) KD missed the free throw, Grizz would have the ball with the wrong foul count being shown on the scoreboard. Plus Durant can't have that as an excuse... He's too good of a FT shooter. He went 3/6 tonight. He literally choked... ****ing 88% FT shooter going 3-6 in the biggest game of his life.

[russwest0]

It was off Ibaka. Are you fcukin blind?

Find a video of it and I'll make you look like a clown.

[BlackVVaves]

KD choked, but Joey C should be fined for that shit.

KD was already beginning his shooting motion when Joey just jumped at him and grabbed the ball and went ballistic like he caught Sterling incognito at the scorer's table :biggums:

[oarabbus]

Crawford made KD miss that ft? :biggums:

[imdaman99]

http://i.imgur.com/SUAYYwO.jpg

Did someone say 3.1 instead of 2.9? Not like that 0.2 seconds would make a difference anyway.......

[BlackVVaves]

That one was at least close... They reviewed the play twice because it was pretty damn tough to tell. Inconclusive = go with original call.

Crawford had to do that though. If (when) KD missed the free throw, Grizz would have the ball with the wrong foul count being shown on the scoreboard. Plus Durant can't have that as an excuse... He's too good of a FT shooter. He went 3/6 tonight. He literally choked... ****ing 88% FT shooter going 3-6 in the biggest game of his life.

KD been choking since game 2. Lettuce be cereal

[zoom17]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_4MIP58ZQ

[russwest0]

http://i.imgur.com/SUAYYwO.jpg

Did someone say 3.1 instead of 2.9? Not like that 0.2 seconds would make a difference anyway.......

Holy shit :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

NBA officiating strikes again.

[BlackVVaves]

http://i.imgur.com/SUAYYwO.jpg

Did someone say 3.1 instead of 2.9? Not like that 0.2 seconds would make a difference anyway.......

Considering Ibaka was only a few tenths of a second late for his shot to count.....

[russwest0]

KD choked, but Joey C should be fined for that shit.

KD was already beginning his shooting motion when Joey just jumped at him and grabbed the ball and went ballistic like he caught Sterling incognito at the scorer's table :biggums:

Yeah, I've never seen that shit before or anything like it on a game deciding FT

[inclinerator]

i hate kd but i agree with u

[yarrak]

Find a video of it and I'll make you look like a clown.

Don't need to find a video of it. I know what I saw. The ball touched Ibaka's wrist or hand(don't remember right now) right at the last second.

[russwest0]

Crawford made KD miss that ft? :biggums:

You kidding bruh? He iced the fvck out of KD

[livinglegend]

http://i.imgur.com/SUAYYwO.jpg

Did someone say 3.1 instead of 2.9? Not like that 0.2 seconds would make a difference anyway.......

It takes time to press on the stop button, just like it takes time to press on the start button of the shot clock. Fisher s 0.4 second wasnt an actual 0.4. They are not robots, they are humans. They dont have godly reflexes.

[DuMa]

Joey Crawford plays the best FT defense ever!

[Kingwillball]

KD choked, but Joey C should be fined for that shit.

KD was already beginning his shooting motion when Joey just jumped at him and grabbed the ball and went ballistic like he caught Sterling incognito at the scorer's table :biggums:


:roll:

[imdaman99]

Considering Ibaka was only a few tenths of a second late for his shot to count.....
By few tenths of a second... you mean 3 right? 0.3 seconds? Surely, he couldn't have been 0.2 seconds late :eek:

[livinglegend]

You kidding bruh? He iced the fvck out of KD

:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:
He look scared. He was surprised when he made the first one.
WHAT A HUGE CHOKER!

[HoopsFanNumero1]

They started the shot clock about two-tenths of a second late as well so it evens out...

And let's not act like Durant wasn't choking all game long, even at the free throw line.

[imdaman99]

It takes time to press on the stop button, just like it takes time to press on the start button of the shot clock. Fisher s 0.4 second wasnt an actual 0.4.
:kobe: they reviewed the play. I don't care if the timeguys miss-timed it, refs should have sorted it out.

[KevinNYC]

KD was about to shoot his 2nd FT to tie the game in OT, Crawford runs up and steals the ball out of his hands and starts yelling at someone on the sidelines all because one of the scoreboards in the background didn't have the correct number of fouls :roll: :roll: :roll:

This is the man that has officiated in the Finals every year since 1986 FYI. How do the "league isn't fixed" naysayers answer why that is the case?

So the league wants Memphis to win? And wants its second most promoted player to fail?

[russwest0]

lol tf is going on with ish look at the first page

[russwest0]

A tweet from someone explaining what happened


@mhouckOU
Was 15 ft from Crawford on KD FT fiasco. Foul was MEM's 4th (bonus in OT). Wanted scoreboard to show 5, which indicates bonus in regulation.

Lmao, so basically it was all for nothing. Crawford is a ****ing idiot.

[sportjames23]

If Silver really wants to put his stamp on the league he'll force that miserable old man into retirement.


Co-sign :cheers:

[Leroy Jetson]

I kinda wanted Memphis to win but that was BS what Crawford did. That's gotta be really distracting to have Crawford running at you like a maniac and screaming at everyone with the game on the line. That guy needs to go, or relegate him to the regular season only in the Eastern conference.

[Clutch]

http://i.imgur.com/SUAYYwO.jpg

Did someone say 3.1 instead of 2.9? Not like that 0.2 seconds would make a difference anyway.......
Karma :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[strifed169]

No video?

[russwest0]

I kinda wanted Memphis to win but that was BS what Crawford did. That's gotta be really distracting to have Crawford running at you like a maniac and screaming at everyone with the game on the line. That guy needs to go, or relegate him to the regular season only in the Eastern conference.

He's officiated in the Finals for like 30 straight years. He ain't going anywhere.

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[Beatlezz]

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/29/29f52657be9d3a4a8be6ea09e86ab4b89daab763a340956868 9620c05ec39de4.jpg
:banana: :dancin :party: :djparty :hammertime:

[poido123]

Joey Crawford is one of the few crooked refs left in the league. I'm sorry if you believe the league is squeeky clean, but it's not.

[novertcankles]

Crawford going off on a member of the arena staff reminded me of this news anchor swearing on live TV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYAMDhVT50I

[zac]

From the Griz PA guy on what Joey was yelling about:


@RickTrotter: In over time, 4 team fouls puts you in the bonus but some officials want to see 5 on the board so they know the team is over the limit.

[Real14]

joe Crawford did sum illuminati shit that's in ties with lebronna's voodoo magic:coleman:

[Real14]

Joey Crawford is one of the few crooked refs left in the league. I'm sorry if you believe the league is squeeky clean, but it's not.
try telling that to tha LeBron stans:facepalm

[KyleKong]

still should have made the freethrow but it threw him off

Winners don't choke up because they had to wait to shoot a Free Throw.

[buddha]

don't worry Thunder fans, no way in hell the NBA isn't allowing this series to go to 7 games.

I'd put $500 on the Thunder to win game 6 if I had the spare cash.

[KyleKong]

Joey Crawford is one of the few crooked refs left in the league. I'm sorry if you believe the league is squeeky clean, but it's not.

You must watch WWE too, because if you don't, your a hypocrite.

[KingLeBronJames]

LOL @ People blaming Joey Crawford. It isn't his fault. Durant choked. The guy shoots 90% free throws. Anything like what Joey Crawford did shouldn't have bothered a 90% free throw shooter.

[Real14]

LOL @ People blaming Joey Crawford. It isn't his fault. Durant choked. The guy shoots 90% free throws. Anything like what Joey Crawford did shouldn't have bothered a 90% free throw shooter.
it threw him off man:coleman:

[Keno]

worst excuse i have ever heard. that missed free throw is durant's fault and durant alone.

[zac]

Durant split his FTs all night long. He was off all night, way before this happened. He was 3/6 I believe and made one/missed one on every trip.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Joey Crawford is such a creep with the way his head is infront of his body:lol :lol

[russwest0]

You must watch WWE too, because if you don't, your a hypocrite.

Tell me again how Joey Crawford has officiated the Finals every year since 1986.

[Rodmantheman]

Dude is spazzing out:lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9nI4zlEW2A

[J Shuttlesworth]

it threw him off man:coleman:
He was 3/6 on the night. It wasn't just that possession man. Get real

[KingLeBronJames]

it threw him off man:coleman:
Sure. :oldlol: So if this happened to a great player who's a great free throw shooter or a clutch player like Michael, Kobe, LeBron, Magic or Larry Bird is gonna be the same excuse if the same exact thing happened to them?

[poido123]

You must watch WWE too, because if you don't, your a hypocrite.


It's not SUPPOSED to happen, but as we found out back in 2002, it does. Some of the refs implicated for some form of cheating was Joey Crawford by Tim Donaghy.

[Real14]

He was 3/6 on the night. It wasn't just that possession man. Get real
get real that you never seen no psycho act of display happened like dat before with tha way joe Crawford was acting right before Durant was about to shoot. Never happened like that in NBA playoff history. Rigged.

[Real14]

Sure. :oldlol: So if this happened to a great player who's a great free throw shooter or a clutch player like Michael, Kobe, LeBron, Magic or Larry Bird is gonna be the same excuse if the same exact thing happened to them?
Tha big difference iz dat it never happened like dis b4. I don't give a damn what name u say.

[KDthunderup]

From the Griz PA guy on what Joey was yelling about:
So Joey interrupted the game just because he wanted 5 fouls because this senile old fool can't just remember 4 = bonus in OT?

:lol :lol

[Draz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_4MIP58ZQ
:roll: omgg--gggggggggggff

[Real14]

So Joey interrupted the game just because he wanted 5 fouls because this senile old fool can't just remember 4 = bonus in OT?

:lol :lol
another bullshit coverup:coleman:

[KingLeBronJames]

Tha big difference iz dat it never happened like dis b4. I don't give a damn what name u say.
There's always a first time for everything. And this is the first time everybody just saw on national TV that a great player like Kevin Durant who is clutch and a great free throw shooter who shoots 90% CHOKE at shooting a easy free throw. :oldlol:

[Real14]

There's always a first time for everything. And this is the first time everybody just saw on national TV that a great player like Kevin Durant who is clutch and a great free throw shooter who shoots 90% CHOKE at shooting a easy free throw. :oldlol:
I guess you didn't read my response that I said a few posts back:facepalm

[KDthunderup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9al2EvbQ18

look how grumpy this old ass **** is. Seriously yelling at people because they haven't put the fouls the way good ol Joey likes it.

[Draz]

Dang. He did broke Durants shot though

[KDthunderup]

Just cause this old fool couldn't remember that 4 fouls = bonus in OT

:facepalm

[Leroy Jetson]

He looked hilarious running out there like the ball was a time bomb set to explode or something. Probably hasn't moved that fast in twenty years.

[Real14]

http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4382301/joeywantsthatball.gif

[zac]

So Joey interrupted the game just because he wanted 5 fouls because this senile old fool can't just remember 4 = bonus in OT?

:lol :lol

Apparently, yes. I was in a sports bar and couldn't hear what he was yelling about. He always loves to be seen.

Still Durant split every pair of his FTs, so this can't be taken seriously as to why he missed down the stretch. (not directed at you)

[pastis]

yea wasn't right, but KD must make it!

look for Dirk game 4 WCF in OKC what happend. Dirk at the FTL and Made the clutch shot although okc players, assistent-coaches and ball-boys were trying to icehim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSMpuU1Qa6w

[russwest0]

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