Did This Miss Call Determine Game 2?

[@HTBETSPT]

The Debate around the Draymond Green possible 2nd Tech, is something me as Soccer Fan have experienced it a Lot. If a guy does a semi-hard tackle Can get a Yellow card, But if he already has a Yellow Card, refs usually allow that semi-hard tackle to Not get called for a 2nd Yellow and subsequent Red Card.

[@NicoRecart]

Yeah but it's different, in football if you get a red card and are sent out, the team stays with one less player, so that's why referees might do that. In basketball if you get ejected, your team still stays playing with 5 guys

[@mattice5971]

fully agree, i was thinking the same thing. in soccer it really does feel like they need to do enough to get that second yellow. in basketball the accumulation of little fouls can still get someone kicked out, but with techs i don’t have an issue with them taking context a little more into account. also just wanted to point out that dray got two techs on the SAME play against memphis and got tossed, so idk maybe the league is just full of shit lol

[@Ethan_-xk9hq]

Soccer is a L

[@holy-id1rf]

@@Ethan_-xk9hq L

[@fwolf8340]

@@Ethan_-xk9hq it's actually a w if you're not from america because it is a great sport

[@ImMeE19]

I think Wiseman & Rob has the same injury & that’s exactly why Warriors aren’t playing Wiseman right now, Rush back too fast & you’ll re tweak something every other game. Rob has been going thru it these playoffs

[@Liam-pm5hp]

Feel bad for him, he's been phenomenal these playoffs but they should just rest him. I'm afraid of what will happen to him after this series

[@rishijagtap8593]

Celts are riding rob hard and fin a cast him aside when he done. Boston really wants that ring

[@davidmekonnen4296]

Nah, wiseman is just bad. Hes 100% healthy, theyre hiding him

[@cbtv4283]

@@rishijagtap8593 yeah if they dont have rob yk for a fact the warriors attacking the paint.

[@bradycole7737]

Nah robs was definitely way less severe but he still should’ve rested longer

[@Patrick-tt3ig]

Otto Porter needs more credit. I think him or Looney has been the second best player through these two games, but Porter has been this consistently good all year for them. He does all the little things, plays great defense, and has been shooting lights out since the Denver series. Plus, he looks like the foot injury is really bothering him, so playing through the injury and maintaining his level of play is a large boost for the Warriors.

[@jacksonloze2184]

Not to be that guy, but your second sentence should use have not has because your referring to two guys.

[@ayoomisope6563]

@@jacksonloze2184 Not so, considering he was clearly referring to Porter.

[@burcopresents]

Yep agreed. I have a hard time seeing the warriors win game 2 and keep the game close in game 1 without OPJ.

[@williamcoolidge6558]

I didn’t read all you said lol. But I completely agree, Otto does so much especially for the limited time he gets.

[@jacksonloze2184]

@@ayoomisope6563 you right, my b

[@shezary789]

Timelord literally only had like 4 weeks off post-surgery. I know it was a “partial” tear but still, can’t expect him to be fully healthy for the rest of these finals

[@wes780]

The meniscus tear isn’t the issue though it’s the bone bruise that he got against the bucks

[@shezary789]

@@wes780 Yeah I feel it’s a lot of naggy things, but ever since the meniscus and finding out he only had a month rest, I knew he wasn’t going to be healthy at all

[@Perspective.z0]

@@wes780 Lonzo hasn't been able to return and doesn't really show signs of recovery from the bone bruise fully yet and that was four months ago after a surgery so know this injury can linger and be a pain

[@ragewayz900]

​@Sazid _ longterm that's terrible for both him and the Celtics

[@conory9282]

He needs to turn injuries off

[@keith7261]

As a celtics fan, I wasnt upset that draymond didn’t get that second tec. What did piss me off was how they called a foul on grant williams when he had his back facing dray, and dray basically bulldozed over him. That and just the countless times that you could see draymond purposely falling over on top of guys after a miss to make sure they couldn’t get down on the other end. I feel like if he’s on your team you love him, and if he isn’t then you hate it. The things I hate though are if you are gonna be that instigator, I better not see some bs about how refs are targeting you because they were pretty damn lenient on draymond this game.

[@yearofthedawgs8581]

Short memory huh? Remember when the refs helped yall out with the Heat in Boston? Cmon, why even watch professional sports if you're just going to whine about the refs. You already know they fuck up games left and right.

[@keith7261]

@@yearofthedawgs8581 im not saying the refs didnt do boston a favor against miami. But if there are obvious calls getting missed or phantom calls being made, it shouldn’t be in the finals. 50/50 fouls, i get how those can be called either way, and it can be frustrating, but they are gonna do what they see on the floor. That I respect. But i dont like seeing shitty calls being made regardless. Idc if its in bostons favor or not, i would rather my team win by playing good. They didnt last night, which is why I dont care afterwards, but in the moment when its a close game and you are rooting for a team, those calls mean something. If you know sports, you would experience that frustration as a fan, but I also said I hate the wining on the side of players too. Tatum does that shit (although, not as often as he did early in the season) where he will almost stop playing defense and throw his arms up. Im talking about easy ass calls, and if no one talks about it then the games will always have bad officiating. I dont wanna watch nba games where scott foster clones are reffing, so we gotta at least talk about it so that the league can be aware of the fans that feel it. Obviously some fans wine too much, but there are still some valid criticisms of officiating. Im always gonna look at it as players just need to know how the refs are working that night, and adjust intensity across the course of the game, because it is apart of the game, thats just the reality.

[@yearofthedawgs8581]

@@keith7261 well then I think it's time to grow up and admit that bad calls are never going away my friend. In fact they are literally used by the nba to control the game and extend series for $$$

[@keith7261]

@@yearofthedawgs8581 they will still happen, obviously. We aren’t going to get a perfect game, but just because something will continue to happen, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to at least improve it.

[@yearofthedawgs8581]

@@keith7261 I get you man. All I'm saying is that the officiating is purposely bad. The nba is trying to control games and it's obvious.

[@adot_ovoxo2882]

as a celtics fan, I'm not blaming this specific loss on officiating, we did enough to lose this game ourselves. But the other team getting calls they don't deserve or not getting called is very demoralizing and can lead to different rotations bc of foul trouble and other stuff. So I dont think its fair in all circumstances to just isolate the calls as instances to determine if they affected the game or not

[@ecoblitz3655]

Warriors had 18 FT’s, Celtics had 17

[@TheJmog]

@@ecoblitz3655 bruh taking the final stat line? Ft arent the thing we're complaining about with officiating and secondly half of those came in the 4th with the bench playing. GS got 2/3rds of their fouls in the fourth. Anyone throwing up FTs as evidence clearly aint listening to celtics fans who's complaint has been how they officiate draymond relative to everyone else

[@meawesome3141]

You Celtics fans are pathetic. I can literally mention the ticky tacky fouls on Steph that got him 3 fouls in the first 2Qs of game 1 that were flimsy at best especially when we consider what Smart, Brown and Time Lord were allowed to do. You guys get so used to being physical and allowed to be it that it shocks you when the same measure is allowed against your team. You should really be down 0-2 but here you are pretending fouls was the reason you were down 30 in the 3rd Q

[@ecoblitz3655]

@A Z Curry also didn’t get his fouls called for him as much. It happened even more in game 1 but I don’t see any warriors fan complaining

[@TheJmog]

@@meawesome3141 Imagine thinking steph having 3 fouls in the first half because he had to keep switching onto tatum is the same as Tatum, Brown and Grant all having two fouls each in the first 8 mins of the first quarter. And ticky tacky? Youve got to be kidding me. Grant didn't foul on either of those plays, JB didn't even touch Gary Peyton and you're gonna sit here and talk about ticky tacky while draymond is playing fullback on the court? I like that you have to lie about the numbers though and say it was 30 as if you didn't get your first double digit lead with 5 mins left in the 3rd

[@shadowthief8051]

i’m gonna miss the recaps during the off-season

[@jessesargent4097]

Same 😶

[@JN-fk8xe]

i'm gonna miss the season during the off-season

[@Kalhi]

Kenny should recap the off-season 5v5 player games lmao

[@jacobrippe]

It made a difference, but the game was another example of Boston’s offense going cold.

[@MaxAndersonn]

Tatum needs to keep playing hero ball more

[@Xosumnos]

@@MaxAndersonn Maybe more of a balance then Hero Ball. Not sure tho.

[@mattpassos5689]

@@Xosumnos if we’re being honest if Tatum drops 50 last night we have a better chance than what happened going down 30 in the third

[@MaxAndersonn]

@@Xosumnos I’m a lakers fan that’s why I said hero ball I want them to lose 😂😂😂

[@amarithompson4196]

Which is why everyone saying their hot shooting was a fluke in game 1

[@eliyarrows2456]

I’ve noticed a trend in these playoffs with the refs in any series that supposed to be a “good matchup”. Next time you watch the game pay attention to the types of calls and when they happen. If the game is within 8 points or so, the refs let everyone be more physical in a “playoff basketball” type of way, but the second a team goes up 10 or more, especially in the first half, they start calling any and everything that is technically a foul on the team that’s up to keep the game close. I noticed this in the bucks Celtics series that was super physical until a team started getting a lead, it was super prevalent with the Celtics Heat series and Jimmy Butler seemed to be aware bc he would start driving every play and going to the line no matter what, and it was there in the warriors grizzlies series too. If Boston or Golden state goes up quickly in game 3 I guarantee there will be a few bogus calls in a row to keep it close just like there was in game 2

[@Yashiro205]

Fact

[@riccobaffa1886]

It's entertainment, they're going to do whatever it takes to make the most $$$.

[@52solumhertz]

I honestly feel like iggy killed the momentum in game 1 i 100% agree gpii’s impact is much more thsn iggy at this point in his carreer

[@jaygsxr5981]

Yeah I don’t see why they played Igggy

[@superteamvideo1930]

It messed up Jordan Poole's early feel for the game.

[@tonyschimmoeller]

It was his first game back healthy. You gotta just see what he can do. There also wasn't a great alternative since GP wasn't available

[@JD-jz5gu]

I think the refs look at the second tech more like “should this player be ejected for this play” more than “should they get another tech.” I can understand both sides tbh

[@zaindixon9811]

Same and I like that, the quality of the game would drop for what would seem like a reg season tick tack tech

[@Huunnnner]

Exactly!!!

[@hakanakbasoglu2390]

@@zaindixon9811 It wasn't a soft tech. I also hate those soft ejections but Draymond had like 5 positions that he could've gotten a tech and at that point he is just terrorizing the game and getting an unfair advantage out of it.

[@kaitsu1952]

@@zaindixon9811 and that is called rigging the game, if a player deserves to get tossed or fouled out , then that needs to be done without thinking about it being the finals and destroying the game because that is rigging the game. They will try to get a game 7 but while game 7's are nice and exciting, they determine the nba champions.

[@zaindixon9811]

@@kaitsu1952 if that was true they should call all the "carries" and essentially go back to the 50s style of play. People want the game of basketball to go back to being more lenient and let them play. Context of a situation effects the call and even then Draymond wouldn't have deserved that second tech cause he was quite literally getting up.

[@MoonDNC]

Bad officiating doesn’t make you go down 30. Some of y’all are acting like the warriors got 40 free throws 🤦🏾‍♂️😭

[@brycelynds3768]

facts

[@blackboyfly5647]

Deadass 🤣

[@RasenKamehamehaX100]

While true, I would argue Boston had all the momentum and were playing near perfectly. Then several questionable calls siphoned their momentum, put key players in foul trouble and through all that disrupted their rhythm. Boston shouldn't have let it get to them as badly as they did, but to say the officiating didn't play a huge role is crazy.

[@jadonstains5931]

@@RasenKamehamehaX100 Boston did it to themselves.

[@acecapalot]

it can stop momentum though

[@Dafins100]

I’m glad that even though it ended as a blowout you still had so many high quality talking points. Awesome serious so far.

[@oodlemynoodle3266]

never seen kenny cry so much in a video

[@mr.morale8228]

Despite Tatums 28 points, having a -35 plus minus says a lot

[@dynamicflashy]

He can't get to the rim. He's too soft on the attack.

[@09lowkey]

Tatum was displaying poor shot selection, wasn’t aggressive at all and it led to turnovers. Why he was shooting stepbacks over Poole (GSW’s worst defender) is beyond me. Draymond’s antics are the story but damn Tatum was awful.

[@ZakChad]

As a C’s fan I don’t think it would have changed the outcome but where dray trucked Grant and later it looked like he sat on Smart(off ball) before the Brown 3 point play it was easy to tell he basically saying I dare you to toss me

[@laney423]

As a Celtics fan i personally the refs made the right call by not giving Draymond the tech. I was loving everything these 2 teams were giving us and losing dray wouldve hurt that. It wouldve taken a lot more for Draymond to get that ejection.

[@Xosumnos]

Same I like that they are letting them play out instead of just giving techs.

[@ervaggarwal2153]

I wasn’t that annoyed by that play particularly, just the double standard. If brown does that, he’s getting a tech, even if he has 1. Selective enforcement helped Golden State, because they no call Draymond and call everyone else. If they didn’t call that kinda shit for anyone, sure, good. In this case though, if by every standard you have you are going to call it and then don’t bc you don’t want the player gone, the officiating is fucked

[@mattpassos5689]

There were 2 definite points in this game the draymond could’ve definitely got a tech but the refs held his hand all night, that won’t happen in Boston if he acts a fool there

[@kylerv4224]

Wow. Haven’t heard that form any of the Celtic fans on IG and Twitter 😭 well said

[@Yashiro205]

Fact if this was in Boston then everything will be different(speaking as a Warriors fan)

[@williamcoolidge6558]

Yo I just wanna shout out Bjelica real quick, he gave the warriors song good first half minutes and got the inside game going when the Warriors were missing layups and shit

[@doctorsam5771]

Yeah not ejecting Green was the reason Celtics gave up 38 points off of TO's, Got pnr'd to hell by Steph and 3 of the guys who shot 80% from the 3 in 4th last game combined for less than 15 points. Celtics fans the new Rockets fans

[@EliteLilTJ]

It was the fact that all their momentum was killed, would have built a huge lead

[@recruit6916]

Draymond green is almost the sole reason Steph gets those open shots tho, dude plays linemen and just shoved people out of stephs way. Turnovers u can argue but Steph getting open is basically all Draymond.

[@tyreek.6815]

@@EliteLilTJ game 1?

[@EliteLilTJ]

@@tyreek.6815 what abt game one? The Celtics won 120-108

[@tyreek.6815]

@@EliteLilTJ and Golden State won 107-88? So what about game 1?

[@jashawnicy]

The reason why he didn't get out is because they have to look at is it enough to take him out the game and that wasn't enough to take him out

[@Whyzee12]

Exactly Kenny! By their logic, the smart thing to do is to get a Tech immediately in a game, then you have a longer leash for the rest of the game

[@hugolarahernandez8845]

The game was going to be resolved when Horford and Smart will show us their poor offensive consistency, Pritchard and White aren't going to be all 4th quarters Jordan and Pippen, Horford is not going to have the superstar games the entire series. It wasn't two losses in a row for Boston just because they came from behind in the 4th quarter of Game 1 with a superstar game from Horford. Draymond destroy Ime Udoka's narrative, the one in which he says that experience is overrated, Green shows his EXPERIENCE of how he knows that these matches are oficiated, proposing a physical and intense game. He enters on the mind of everyone he defends, Brown doesn't shoot comfortably, Tatum gives away dumb fouls, one-on-one defense makes passers believe shooters aren't going to get open shots. And it's not just Green, Curry and Kerr also showed it to them, they are not abusing PnR until things get complicated with a 2-0, but yesterday they decided at halftime to attack with PnR, destroying Udoka again with experience.

[@prod.kuwanzee]

Deadass ✍🏽

[@seanaes]

Celtics in 7

[@treysniper]

@@seanaes L

[@themetalpig7613]

That's a great point about Draymond knowing how these games are officiated. Most casual fans sit and cry about fouls, not realising it's different in the playoffs, then different again in the finals.

[@andrew9771]

I left when it was less than ten points in the 3rd quarter, then I was so confused when I checked the score and it was a 30 point game

[@dylan_kyle1]

Kenny: officiate, officiater??? Me: official..

[@CaptainProx]

The thing about the Draymond tech situation is that he already got a tech, so if he’s acting up again than clearly he didn’t learn his lesson and shouldn’t be held back from another one just because he already had one The fact that we have to have this conversation is crazy

[@skproductions8495]

That first Draymond tech was kinda weak which is probably why they decided not to give him the second one. Ill admit he probably deserved the second one more than the first one lol

[@SilkyLew]

Klay has been taking some wild shots this season. It's like he's trying to convince himself he's still the same player before the injury

[@beholdson7132]

That trying draw fouls thing definitely hurt them, a lot of those misses could’ve been makes if they weren’t looking for contact. And a lot of that gave the Dubs fast break opportunities which only gets guys like steph going.

[@CalinFletcher]

That exact strategy has been ruining the game for years now man

[@tyreek.6815]

I’m having no sympathy for a team who draws fake fouls. That shit is annoying. The refs didn’t win the game for the dubs. This was all Boston.

[@HK_Sage]

Draymond is the dude u love to have on ur team but hate when u play against him, which is evident by the fact that the Celtics have a smaller draymond on their team with Smart but they’re fine with him

[@erikd1198]

We saw the second tech thing in the play in too, marcus morris and patrick beverley got matching techs but when the ref realized morris already had one earlier they went back and took the second one away so he didn't get ejected

[@BigHK14]

them scoring damn near 14 points in the second half determined the game LMAOO

[@hopoff9968]

I'm all with Draymond staying in the game, let these guys play, I actually think you should need 3 techs to get ejected in the finals, let it get spicy.

[@NBAgladiator]

I like this take 👀

[@rebelclan1683]

He should have got three tho 😂 he was playing football not Basketball. I hate how they let him get away with this shit when more mild dudes have on outburst and they get double t’d

[@saent5368]

I'm surprised that draymond hasn't had a second tech more in these playoffs. Through lots of the series, he has had plays/circumstances that were almost identical to the first tech. Same with a few other dudes in these playoffs.

[@Maltesfilm]

The first tech is more of a warning while it will need a serious matter to kick a player out during the playoffs, especially a key player for a team. It would hurt the sport and viewership more than it would help.

[@TheWarmUpNBA]

I can’t wait for game 3. Outside of the 4th quarter in game 1 the Warriors have been the better team by far. But it’s still 1-1 going into Boston that’s all that matters. I smell a Grant Williams game but Klay is also ready to go off after those first 2 games

[@dot7973]

@EpicNinjaEJ warriors went up double digits twice up until the 4th they clearly been better majority of the game until Celtics hit 9 3s in the fourth

[@seanmcmillan6593]

The Draymond Brown incident didn’t deserve double techs BUT Draymond shoved smart to the ground then laid on top of his and then knees him in the chin… no call, no foul. Disgraceful

[@anubis4032]

Exactly good thing smart didnt retaliate

[@hudson6854]

Love you Kenny thanks you for the content.

[@dcdj35]

It’s a entertainment product. Ejecting a player for something not egregious, in THE FINALS, is bad for business.

[@codyeble0713]

Draymond did the same thing in the Mavs series.. he got a quick tech and was BEGGING for a 2nd one knowing damn well there was zero chance the refs were gonna give him one

[@Shelovesphoe]

Kenny love the vids keep it up 🔥

[@5lim.0]

Crazy that no one talks about the Refs/calls when the warriors lose. But they’re the lead subject/title of every video when they win 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@tyreek.6815]

Exactly. This title was lame asf coming from Kenny.

[@lamartinball]

Jrue Holiday said it best. If you have the rep as a good defender, you get away w more. Pump the breaks if you don’t wanna keep the same energy for Marcus Smart as you do draymond

[@lamartinball]

Marcus Smart not dirty, but reckless. Homie out here defending so hard he injuring others AND himself 😂

[@johnredelfs6115]

The Celtics didn’t play like trash, they played like they played an actual warriors team, the Celtics didn’t make any adjustments and the warriors have made adjustments

[@soleil3gs]

Nemanja Bjelica gave the warriors great minutes too

[@Ahjusshi_Brown]

Robert Williams gets hurt every other game bc he *just* had surgery and then came back to playing with virtually no recovery time…plus went straight into high intensity playoff basketball

[@kayziofficial]

There was certain calls that weren’t even called like when Draymond literally smacked his knee into Marcus Smart and there was no call. Boston was also icing out JT which was frustrating to watch because he was hitting more shots than last game

[@09lowkey]

Tatum had a terrible shot selection. He should’ve focused on getting shots for his teammates instead of forcing contested jumpers over poor defenders like Poole.

[@kayziofficial]

@@09lowkey true on terrible shot selection but there was times where he was wide open and all they did was take it to the hoop with 3 guys in their way

[@09lowkey]

@@kayziofficial It was a multitude of things, turnovers, lack of calls, bad shot selection, lack of aggression on offense, no shot making, Draymond no picking fights with the whole team. Boston had a bad game…lol

[@frozenpride8713]

Celtics gave up in the 2nd half smh just kept throwing the ball away, not blocking out for rebounds. It was crazy.

[@mvnsosdleihs8228]

Boston players were trying to get Draymond ejected he was living rent free in Boston players and coach head 😂😂😂 by the time they stopped trying to ejected green they were down 30 😂😂😂😂

[@09lowkey]

Draymond was trying to get himself ejected, fortunately for him, the refs weren’t going to give him the satisfaction.

[@thundercracker07]

draymond is incredibly smart, that’s why i BELIEVE the 2nd tech was necessary, this man is one of the kings of getting techs he understand better than anyone he can get away with that bullshit and other dirty stuff to get under the celtics nerves because they won’t throw him out or give him that 2nd tech because it’s a the NBA finals

[@tooforwon241]

NBA officiating has been the worst I've seen in these playoffs. That being said, the Celtics have benefitted from the whistle for most of these playoffs, so I don't want to hear any complaints from Boston fans.

[@Intr0vertical]

You capping like hell. Giannis and butler

[@GeauxDat0]

Love the Chris Paul reference 🤣🤣

[@jtdub1265]

I been saying the same thing abt klay for a min. Since he got back the bad shot selection is a lot more frustrating to watch on the bad nights

[@jakecollen1776]

when Steve Javie said that Draymond shouldn’t receive a tech because he already had one and they didn’t wanna eject him is ridiculous

[@diegocueva1434]

surprised you didn’t notice that when the play was stopped after derrick white blocked poole and they were in transition that everyone just gave up. immediately after that the celtics started playing bad in the second quarter.

[@anthonytitone]

Boston turned the ball over way too much & went cold shooting, we can complain all day about calls, Tatum gets FTs every time he drives, Draymond gets a lot of leeway with his 2nd Ts, Curry doesn’t get enough calls when he drives, a couple of weird fouls went the Warriors way around the 2nd quarter, but none of that changes that the Warriors were up 30, this wasn’t a 2 point game decided by 1 call

[@TJ_Reactz]

But bad calls can ruin momentum by forcing players to be subbed out

[@jordanguerrero9855]

The word you were looking for was “official” big dawg. Aye but keep killing it bro! Your analysis of the game is always🔥

[@Huunnnner]

People can talk about Klays shots but if you know basketball you know Klay is going to explode soon. And his defense in this game was amazing, multiple big stops and huge blocks.

[@joeyy7904]

I'm amazed that in a game decided by 30 points where backups played the nearly the whole 4th quarter and people still try to blame officiating. smh

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

Celtics fans were blaming refs in one of the losses against Miami and they shot 40 fts and Miami shot like 10. They've been blaming the refs every loss

[@alexescutia4805]

@@RIPJimmyA7X it’s hilarious

[@ballerproductions318]

Love the vids. Keep it up

[@JDNoble]

Saying that those things that went against The Celtics isn’t the reason they lost is true but also with that statement, it takes away the factors of momentum and the snowball effect. If Draymond is such an amazing defender then his presence not being on the court would absolutely change things. I don’t think we can say those things aren’t the reason they lost because we simply don’t know. We don’t know what that would do for team morale

[@najimi_dazuqi8294]

Kenny roasted my middle school team. I have to drop 30 5 and 12 every game for us to be even close to winning

[@jblev736]

Agree, reffing should be consistent and not based on if he got a tech earlier. That being said, why would we expect the reffing to make sense of be consistent!? The only think we know about the reffing is that is is never consistent and feels arbitrary. I mean, all these years later and steph still gets mauled off ball and nothing happens. I think we need to fire every ref, get all new refs that don't have ego issues and put technology front and center. It's 2022, there is no reason to hold the game back by hanging on to the inaccurate past

[@royfablooo2810]

We could See Steph hungry for that Final Piece for his Legacy that FMVP is all he needs and Steph is very consistent so far in the series I can say that.

[@Ghostface2point0]

I hated the entire discussion around the Draymond 2nd tech situation, only because the entire game was chippy and physical. I could see that situation being a double tech in a meaningless regular season game where the refs are calling a buncha ticky-tack fouls to keep the intensity down, but in a super physical NBA FINALS GAME it wouldn't make sense to give techs for one guy pushing the other guy's leg off him and the other guy saying "don't do that". Wasn't a big deal to me at all and the fact that there was even a damn 5 minute conversation about it threw me into old-head "the NBA is so soft these days" mode.

[@davidsewsankar2766]

Javie said they're not only looking to see if he deserves a tech but because it's his second they're looking if it warrants an ejection. Since they calmed down and it was resolved quickly it didn't require an ejection according to javie.

[@nicksatwr4538]

Yes and I think that’s how it should be

[@d34n_]

Draymond needs to control his emotions. He’s so impactful for the Warriors when he’s on the court, but as soon as the whistle blows, you gotta hope that Draymond doesn’t start talking to much to the refs or other team. You would think after getting 1 technical foul, he would chill a bit and try to avoid getting ejected (or suspended if he gets too many technical fouls), but Dray constantly needs to be getting into it with somebody.

[@sportspsp]

Draymond and the Warriors caught a break with the refs not giving Draymond a 2nd technical. In the end, Boston got embarrassed

[@ephalanx1]

All of a sudden people running out here calling the Celtics the more physical/bigger/aggressive team and now they are complaining about a Draymond green weak scuffle like he single handedly stole all their lunch money. Celtics reaching for a win no matter the cost eh?

[@Yashiro205]

Celtics fans are toxic

[@tylerboudreau9076]

As a Celtics fan, my assessment on the game is that the officiating was horrible in the first half, and the Cs lost their composure over it and started playing extremely sloppy basketball and then it totally got out of control with one of their now common historically bad quarters and since this is the Warriors, not the Heat, the game was put completely out of reach after a few shots. These lapses just can’t happen in general but especially vs the Warriors. The officiating definitely contributed to the loss but wasn’t really that big of a factor to the 3rd quarter collapse

[@eddieloknh7622]

I don’t wanna say it but he might be hiding a injury that might need surgery but dosent want to because he knows how impactful he is to miss these games but that’s my opinion because it is odd for how much and how long he’s been injured but we don’t know till the end of the series

[@femmedenise3598]

Who is he?

[@themace2055]

What I legitimately hate is how NBA fans refuse to see the forest for the trees when it comes to how letting Draymond play fullback and allowing him to stay in the game and calling phantom fouls. The constant "but what about his borderline call what about that borderline call" is so childish and it's an attempt to justify some bad officiating Calling quick fouls on key players forces different lineups and different rotations, effects how defense is played, and effects how willing you are to drive and take contact when you know you won't be getting a call Draymond should've been ejected like you said. And the Celtics played terribly. Both things can be true, but I think it's more than possible that poor officiating generated bad play on both ends, and leads to Udoka calling the refs pussies just to get a tech to prove a point and refs getting criticized by the players after the game. It's just ugly all around and Zarba is at the center of it all yet again

[@bedstuy4_l895]

If Boston wins, I feel like we could see a Finals MVP that is even more surprising than Iggy in 2015 or Kawhi in 2014. Like a Marcus Smart or Al Horford Finals MVP or something crazy like that.

[@blakepanek]

Just got my enjoy basketball hoodie today and I love it, can’t wait for the next merch to drop

[@eric5280]

What Celtics fans should feel good about is that this team hasn't had back to back bad games all playoffs. That makes me more confident next game than it being at home. Coming off a loss seems to be a better indicator of a upcoming good performance than the fact that it's in Boston.

[@giruv3208]

I think what the ref often do is if there are 2 50/50 call they call the first one and give the 2nd one extra leeway.

[@CraftingBrianFTW]

Rob Williams has had damn near no rest since having surgery so he definitely is no where near 100% health wise but he chooses to continue playing through it

[@bryceerickson6096]

The league needed that 1-1 start, draymond playing fullback all game and tickey tack fouls of the celts

[@lik7953]

If the celtics knew not to pass the ball to the opponent 18 times in one game they’d probably win this

[@bryceerickson6096]

@@lik7953 18 turnovers don't help for sure, playing 8 vs 5 also doesn't help not turning the ball over with draymond "the fridge" green

[@alexescutia4805]

@@bryceerickson6096 they had the 8v5 advantage last series

[@bryceerickson6096]

@@alexescutia4805 go rewatch game 6 and tell me the refs favored boston

[@alexescutia4805]

@@bryceerickson6096 so we gonna ignore all those other games… almost 50 more free throws in 3 Boston games… taking a 3 away from Miami on a heavily debatable call AT BEST. But now Boston fans wanna talk about momentum. Fuck outta here man I for one would love to see the warriors beat Boston in these finals

[@MaxAndersonn]

Yes it gave the Warriors more motivation to win Draymond is the voice of the locker room on and off the court

[@MrMeMyselfandI]

The refs didn’t miss anything… even the old ref that the commentators consulted said “we take into account that the player already has a tech when deciding whether we give him a second” - and I’ve never heard such BS in my life

[@ericpirillo7363]

Yep same as saying we ref games with an agenda in mind instead of calling plays right as they come. Hey it’s just entertainment to the league. My last year watching. If gonna watch entertainment I’ll watch a movie instead

[@nicksatwr4538]

That’s how it is and should allways be

[@swavyypressure9417]

Nba fans will see ONE bad call and say it decided the whole game and screwed the other team lol The Celtics lost because their offense sucked the second half. Straight up

[@Hithereitsme32]

Yes and no. There were a number of terrible calls in the first half

[@randle6666]

Draymond was the 2nd best player on the team in Game 2. His defense was spectacular even tho he did some unnecessary things just to try to get under their skin

[@siniister710]

Imo the biggest call in the game was that horrible foul on brown to get him benched for a while. He had like 13 points and 3 3’s on 67% shooting and then the whole game changed once he got subbed out and he was cold when he got back in. People sleep at how important those calls are in the game. The Celtics had been up double digits for a few minutes at that point and the officiating just mangled the game, slowed it down and destroyed the rhythm. After that it was a wrap.

[@hellboy30098]

I don't like putting emphasis on officiating as to why teams lose a game. But that first half set the tone as Boston's defense never could get started without the refs bailing the Warriors out. Took the wind out of Boston's sails . But also it's that offense that grew cold

[@livesdotyr]

As a basketball fan, i love the energy and intensity, and all the trash talking in this game, i mean we are in the finals cmon, let the players get in the heads of those who cant take a litte shit talk And im not necessarily defending draymond, cause i want the celtics players to do the same, and have the same "benefit of the doubt". I realy think that trash talk, to a certain degree, IS healthy for the game

[@cphgls]

Jordan Poole kicks out leg on 3pt shot*, offensive foul… Jaylen Brown kicks out leg on 3pt shot, Draymond get called for a foul…. The situation never should have happened

[@louisgregoire3927]

Wiggins impact was more than the stats, he was clamping and making hustle plays

[@_dtvr485]

officiating was defo sus but refs cant give u 20 point leads lol

[@ZzBaitzz]

foul trouble causes that

[@Yashiro205]

@@ZzBaitzz can you stop being Kobe and be more Tatum pls

[@BAS9713]

Wiggins was hella funny. Ridiculous on defense and the boards but missing wide open layups. Was more efficient from 3 than he was on wide open layups. Hella funny performance in my personal opinion

[@alexandervarga6949]

I’m a warriors fan so I am bias by all means but I think it be bad for NBA to eject a star player on one of the finals teams when simply all they were doing was talking and a tiny shoving or standing match. Now if it’s a hard foul or something ofc dray should be ejected if he has one already but if it’s just talking I rather them ignore the tech (for both teams) and let this series be decided by the game these players play and not by words they say. IMO

[@Maltesfilm]

Totally agree.

[@janmartinez7901]

I never seen people hate a player so much and call him trash (draymond green) but cry when he’s not ejected. If he’s so “ass” like ya say. Why does him being in the game matter ?

[@Intr0vertical]

Cuz he plays like an NFL linebacker

[@kendallblackwell2256]

Poole pulled a Curry and checked twitter

[@bulletproofbasketball7739]

Boston's template to win a game is shooting 9/12 from 3 in the 4th... Good luck on that happening again.

[@joshuaadebayo319]

The cp3 explanation 😂😂

[@marcusrobinson-johnson]

It's really hard for me to root for the Warriors when I have to watch Draymond be extra every game.

[@goatcoolio8143]

I agree with everything you said in that video, nice stuff

[@greengaming7121]

I love my boy grant Williams doesn't back down

[@limsrusill]

Yeah, that's the reason they went down like 27 points 😂

[@TheNatedogg0713]

As a d Wade fan, whatever you think is 100% time lord, is never coming. That surgery basically ended the Heat dynasty with how bad wade’s knees degenerated.

[@andrewmahler9527]

Best quote "You played like trash" 10:50

[@TheChrismasCow]

People always want players to play more physical. Until they are playing physical with you.

[@youravgpenguin6048]

I don’t know if this is my bias but I don’t think Draymond deserved a second tech. Yes some fishy calls but they weren’t consistently happening and haven’t been game swinging. I just saw a lot of amazing paint defense from the warriors. The defense that was a step too slow really caught up especially with GP2 on the floor. His intensity just bleeds on the court.

[@youravgpenguin6048]

If anything Jaylen was instigating. He didn’t deserve a tech either.