How did you feel about the officating? (game 2)

[PhoSita]

The Celtics, once again, were more than bad enough to lose convincingly regardless of the refs.

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

The officiating was horrible. The Celtics were horrible in the second half. The two are not mutually exclusive. I hate the idea that any complaining about how a game was officiated is an excuse and negated because the game wasn't close. It is perfectly reasonable to say The C's weren't winning this game the way they played AND the officiating stunk. Even Knicks fans were saying the latter. It isn't an excuse. It is an observation worth commenting upon after the game. And to say that the poor calls that sent KG to the bench, PP to the bench have no effect isn't exactly true. But, again, the way The celtics played they weren't winning this game. That doesn't make the officiating any better, though.

[syfy9]

Not as bad as people think.

[Kane3387]

Kg being taken out sucked but this is about our inability to do anything productive in the second half.

[NocturnalRebel]

Tha officiating was worse in game 2 but tha refs didn't beat tha Celtics. Tha Celtics beat tha Celtics

[ItStaysYang]

The Celtics, once again, were more than bad enough to lose convincingly regardless of the refs.

No one is refuting that. See disclaimer in first post. The officiating as well as the Celtic team mindset can be critiqued independently

[pearljammer10]

The refs were completely irrelevant in this game to me. There are always gonna be bad calls and us as homers are going to always think the officiating is against us.

But when your team score 23 points in a half, the last thing I am paying attention to is terrible calls by the refs or blaming them for anything.

[D Dub]

I love these jokers who are too cool to admit officials effect games.

Refs were horrible tonight, cost us an easy 10pts in no calls and foul trouble.  Major impact on the outcome, no way around it.

See, refs create momentum, and then players capitalize on it.   Tonight NY clearly were allowed to play a more aggressive brand of D..   So many plays where we attacked paint, got hacked, missed and no call.   Many of those same plays turn into NY fast breaks.  Each time that happens, it's a 4pt swing.   

This added up tonight, so spare me referee high road nonsense.   Every single call --just like every single possession-- matters to the final outcome.   Stop letting inept refs off the hook

[Ogaju]

TP

The NBA is the easiest game of the big three for bad officiating to affect the bottomo line.

All the officials have to figure out is which team plays better with lose officiating and which is better with a tightly called game so that even when the game is called evenly the type of callsmay benefit once team over the other. The officials do this all the time.

That is the best case scenario. The worst case is what happened tonight and  that is when the officials decide to call the game unevenly tight for one team and loose for the other.

the easiest way for NBA OFFICIAL TO INFLUENCE A GAME IS THE MOMENTUM BUSTING CALLS. a TEAM IS GAINING MOMENTUM, AND THE OFFICIALS JUST SLOW DOWN THE GAME WITH BOGUS CALLS.

Another ref favorite is the put the team's star player on the bench strategy. The Celtics got a healthy dose of this last night.

[ManUp]

The first half officiating was horrid. The KG's first few fouls, Melo drawing a foul by jumping over PP's back for a board, the ticky tack calls on Green, Pierce getting hacked by felton, etc.

The second half we blew on our own however we blew all on our own.

[CelticConcourse]

Keeping KG on the bench ultimately killed us.

[celticslove]

The refs were completely irrelevant in this game to me. There are always gonna be bad calls and us as homers are going to always think the officiating is against us.

But when your team score 23 points in a half, the last thing I am paying attention to is terrible calls by the refs or blaming them for anything.

Me too. I couldn't care less about the refs seeing how bad, lazy and disinterested we played in the second half. Just think the second half summarizes our whole season. We're lucky if we even reach game 5 the way were playing. Smh

[slamtheking]

PP and Green couldn't buy a foul when they drove and NY got a lot of leeway but the refs didn't decide the game

[Donoghus]

Officiating wasn't the problem last night. 

The problem was the team's performance in the 2nd half.  Another ugly one.

[D.o.s.]

I think the refs certainly swallowed their whistles on both ends more than most regular season games I've seen.

And I don't have a problem with that. I have a problem with 23 points in two quarters. It was physically hard to watch.