Ref Makes a Bizarre Call and Karl Anthony Towns Does Not Like It

A few months ago, Karl Anthony Towns had one of the weirdest calls against him when a ref called a block and a charge on the same play. We go over what happened and why KAT complained non stop about the play.
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[@Paloriel]

Gotta emphathize with the human refs, they saw a push off into a blocking player and in the uncertainty said "fuck it im not dealing with this, double foul"

[@forsaken7976]

I have a nice bridge to sell you. Real cheap too!

[@TheGbelcher]

How about a no call? They could’ve called it a dead ball and taken it out on the side. Just giving each player involved a foul isn’t fair at all. Especially, when one of the players is a shot blocker and one of the best players on the team. And the other is barely worth more than all 6 of his fouls.

[@davidfebreeze428]

@@TheGbelcherso the better players should get special treatment?

[@TheGbelcher]

@@davidfebreeze428 Not necessarily special treatment. A goon’s 6 fouls are cheap bc their team doesn’t need them. If you give them the added bonus of drawing a foul on the other team’s star, we’ll only see more and more of that bs. I grew up in the 90s. Trust me, I appreciate physical basketball, but I don’t miss the Anthony Masons of the world. That’s not fun to watch in my opinion.

[@davidfebreeze428]

@@TheGbelcher fair enough

[@Matkatamiba]

I don't hate the double foul. Defensive player wasn't in position but you shouldn't be playing football out there, lowering your shoulder and bashing the defender across the floor. Refs FOR SURE do makeup calls when they mess up. I don't know how you'd do stats for it, but you very often see one bad foul call followed shortly by another the other way to "make it even"

[@Gcanno]

I believe it's under the Fanduel Edition of the rule book that is held in the Vaults of Las Vegas .

[@CapnAhad]

🤣

[@aiirizzy2862]

yep yep yep cheating ass refs and adam silver fucking stains to the NBA

[@H41030v3rki110ny0u]

Gambling... gambling never changes.

[@RJ-fi9zo]

When you said he gets rewarded for it, I thought he got ejected

[@carldacasin1960]

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[@buzzerbeater3350]

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[@blakegordon4026]

As a former ref you all have zones, kat was still in ref 61's zone the lead official should not have made that and one call

[@omarramirez3728]

Former NBA ref?

[@maharajahdann]

Exactly, besides what did he see that 61 didn't?

[@lookatcurryman8793]

I love how the refs twitter is willing to issue a public apology for an obvious missed call, but they let these controversial double fouls slide. They could have taken this opportunity to actually educate people on some nba rules, but they did not. My suggestion to everyone: perceive nba as an entertainment product, not a serious competitive sports league. Once you bear it in mind, it will make game watching experience much more comfortable, on one hand you don't care much about win or lose anymore, on the other hand these seemingly bizarre foul calls start to make a lot of sense.

[@injusticeanywherethreatens4810]

Thanks for sayin this. There are FAAAAAR too many ticky tac and missdd foul calls to really call the nba a serious sports league. Its juat too inconsistent and childish at times lol. (Kinda reminds me of how Iverson got a tech for 'bringing the crowd down' ?...) Its Only Entertainment. Dont take it seriously.

[@franciscosamir5256]

This are the muscle memory reactions from the non fouls they were calling before the allstar break.... good thing they changed that, dont bring it back

[@timlett99]

Refs... -Made a weird call with next to no explanation -Called a nitpicky foul against a confused and frustrated player -Called another nitpicky foul but this time in favor of said confused and frustrated player An all time nonsense off from these refs lmao I don't think they understand that no one wants these bs nitpicky calls just call it right the first time and then there won't be any makeup calls

[@wyattjohnsen7114]

First time hearing of a double foul so it peaked my interest: Based on some 11 year old reddit quote of the rulebook, We can actually kinda tell what happened based on the result of the double foul. Refs called that it was a jump ball center court but that's not always the case for double fouls. For example, NBA section 6 e. - If a double foul occurs on a successful field goal or free throw attempt, the team that has been scored upon will inbound the ball at the baseline as after any other score. Townes made the basket so the only other double foul condition is 6 f. - If a double foul occurs as a result of a difference in opinion by the officials, no points can be scored and play shall resume with a jump ball at the center circle between any two opponents So I guess the two refs called the opposite player as fouling the other. Neither were apparently willing to back down nor had significant seniority over the other... though it could've been they mutually convinced each other and decided that that Brissett wasn't set but that Townes used a little too much oomf? But then wouldn't that cause the first condition to occur? Or am I asking too much by having the refs know wtf to do on a double foul?

[@EreckBalt]

“NOO WAAAY”💅💅😫

[@mayo42069]

refs constantly try to hoe kat outve clear contact he take. worst whistle in the nba by far.

[@marvellousc27]

curry?

[@Aschwiftbreeze]

Clear block, towns wouldnt have braced if dude didnt run to literally block his path

[@josiahross2463]

I hate makeup calls. I get why refs do it, because they want to make it seem like they're calling the game evenly. But, it ruins the flow of the game and the wrong player can get in foul trouble because of it. It's impossible to get every call right, but I wish refs had the same kind of next play mentality that players are supposed to have.

[@quince537]

Interesting, i have never seen that before... I think it makes sense after review, but maybe they could've just said its a no call? Idk

[@HummingbirdCyborg]

Charge.

[@jakobe328]

KAT lowers the shoulder on every fucking drive he makes. Usually it’s called the other way because of kat’s star power and the defender being out of position, just because he’s out of position it doesn’t give you the right to shoulder the defender.

[@ball1slife107]

lowering the shoulder a bit is normal for every drive in every era though, if the defender isn't in legal guarding position that means you get to put your shoulder into the defender without it being called an offensive foul that's kinda the point with blocking fouls

[@jakobe328]

@@ball1slife107”a bit” kat loads up though

[@Explodingdevices]

So what's the actual call here? Charge or block? My take is a block but I'm not sure how to explain the point other than the defender was moving and not stationary to take the charge. But that may not be right either..........

[@HummingbirdCyborg]

You don't have to be completely stationary to get a charge.

[@maharajahdann]

I guess they decided to call two fouls at the same time: the (clear) blocking foul and the offensive one because Towns dropped his shoulder into the defender. It's a bad call, this should simply be an and-one. As for the other two, there's a reason why most star players in the NBA complain so much. They wouldn't bother doing it if it didn't pay off . .

[@dondahighhh12]

1:23 - wth is this carry??

[@mikokb]

Refs are making shit up this year. I've seen it happen in way too many Warriors games both ways

[@nathandang9920]

Their minds are being influenced by their parlay on sports betting

[@maartenvz]

​@@nathandang9920please explain how a double foul in the first half helps the parlay?

[@Monkey_D_Luffy56]

He didn't get a tech because KAT sounds like gay and the refs didn't feel being threatened or dominated

[@gelatokey]

KAT gets the worst calls by a long shot. Disagree ydkb

[@ceejeyyy]

first

[@mikokb]

disliked and reported

[@JordansButler]

disliked and reported

[@jackalexender1668]

Kat gets a bad whitle because he is the most annoying player in the league

[@xbugswrld]

It's been like that forever for wolves, KG never got calls till he got to Boston, Ant doesn't get calls and neither does KAT

[@lookatcurryman8793]

?It's the opposite. He's annoyed in the first place because he gets mistreatment from the refs, not the other way around.

[@andylin357]

every wolves player complains about whistles, gobert literally said its so much different from the jazz because of how little calls they get. nice try tho

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

I dont get it... This seems obvious whats the issue? The defender wasnt in position while Kat simultaneously pushed off with his arm Am I in the Twilight Zone or something? We see this in football all the time come on people

[@slutmonke]

The ref that called the charge was behind the defender so all he saw was the flop. He got fooled by the dramatic fall of a smaller guy getting in a bigger guy's way. They called it a double foul cause he wasn't willing to eat his words and admit he fucked up. It was a blocking foul and only a blocking foul, and this is coming from someone who doesn't even like Embiid ever since he whined like a bitch about wanting the MVP until ESPN bailed him out by calling the voting racism and guilting everyone into not voting for the clearly more valuable Jokic last year. Embiid is still a choke artist, but in the case of this foul he was in the right.

[@maartenvz]

Completely agree! I also agree with the other 2 fouls on KAT and Tatum, they clearly dont have their arms up and initiate contact with their forearm.