Celtics (12-8) at Rockets (13-7) Game #21 12/5/16

[Clench123]

An argument could be made that the refs were even on our side tonight and we still lost.  Smh.

[jpotter33]

Celtics better take this matter to the league..

HOW DO YOU MESS THAT UP AT THE END (BRADLEY'S THREE???)

I mean, even Rockets guys are saying that. Every single basketball guy that has talked about it so far on Twitter has said it looked like a three, not a two.

And is it really any coincidence that Marc Davis was the one to make the call - the same Marc Davis who has had a long rumored anti-Celtics bias?

[manl_lui]

wow tough loss

[alewilliam789]

An argument could even be made that the refs were even on our side tonight and we still lost.  Smh.

Please make it then?? Enlighten us

[Clench123]

I don't know if it was Brad Stevens' system that changed but we are a completely different team from last season.

[max215]

Celtics better take this matter to the league..

HOW DO YOU MESS THAT UP AT THE END (BRADLEY'S THREE???)

I mean, even Rockets guys are saying that. Every single basketball guy that has talked about it so far on Twitter has said it looked like a three, not a two.

And is it really any coincidence that Marc Davis was the one to make the call - the same Marc Davis who has had a long rumored anti-Celtics bias?

I despise Marc Davis as much as the next guy, but wasn't that call made in Secaucus.

[walker834]

I didn't think the refs were bad either. I think we were coasting and weren't taking it to teh basket as much as we could have. Houston isn't a big team. They sit in the paint and launch 3's on offense.  We did a good job of attacking them on the wings for a bit there but then went away from it.   Isaiah was attacking.  Smart did a couple times and so did bradley on cuts but that was about it.

We had to swing the ball and attack from the wings more. We didn't do it enough. Crowder did is a few times.

[jpotter33]

What's the point of video review if your officiating crew still can't get the call right?  Don't they also have that huge center where most of the reviewing is done too?  Did they all miss that Bradley's shot was clearly a 3 too? 

Completely inexcusable.

Love to see how this is handled by the NBA. There's absolutely no reason we shouldn't get a replay of that game when it's clearly shown that it was a three. However, they like to protect the refs, so who knows how it will go.

[Clench123]

An argument could even be made that the refs were even on our side tonight and we still lost.  Smh.

Please make it then?? Enlighten us

Get out of here.  That Smart's call wasn't even close to flagrant.

[Ilikesports17]

An argument could even be made that the refs were even on our side tonight and we still lost.  Smh.

Please make it then?? Enlighten us

Get out of here.  That Smart's call wasn't even close to flagrant.

you mean the elbow to the face?

[jpotter33]

Celtics better take this matter to the league..

HOW DO YOU MESS THAT UP AT THE END (BRADLEY'S THREE???)

I mean, even Rockets guys are saying that. Every single basketball guy that has talked about it so far on Twitter has said it looked like a three, not a two.

And is it really any coincidence that Marc Davis was the one to make the call - the same Marc Davis who has had a long rumored anti-Celtics bias?

I despise Marc Davis as much as the next guy, but wasn't that call made in Secaucus.

That's what I thought the protocol was, too, but he was the one mouthing and actually watching the play. Could be wrong and he just relayed the message, but if that's the case it's even worse. How are they missing a crucial play like that in Secaucus?

[kozlodoev]

What's the point of video review if your officiating crew still can't get the call right?  Don't they also have that huge center where most of the reviewing is done too?  Did they all miss that Bradley's shot was clearly a 3 too? 

Completely inexcusable.

I feel like there is so much onus on getting those foot-on-the-line calls out quick that they don't really care to look at them seriously.

[walker834]

Am I the only one that notices that Horford is not really a low post player?  He plays the post at times but more on kicks and as a jump shooter.  He took it to the b asket at the end but missed the layup. He played really well otherwise though getting out in front and shooting it and moving the ball.

He's more super versatile and plays a complete game.  He is not really a true post player though.

[celtics2030]

Wow, point blank layup missed. Smart gets thrown with no call. IT gets knocked down with no call.

Such an absolute BS game all around. And let's not forget that this is actually probably a tied game all along.

YOU WERE WRONG on everything, just another whiner looking through your green goggles.

I agree on the 3 , it was , that's pathetic they didn't call it a 3

but as the play goes, Smart Flopped, Isiah for some reason slipped on a imaginary banana peal , and Horford traveled before the play even started.

[Clench123]

An argument could even be made that the refs were even on our side tonight and we still lost.  Smh.

Please make it then?? Enlighten us

Get out of here.  That Smart's call wasn't even close to flagrant.

you mean the elbow to the face?

It wasn't an elbow.  Smart is widely known for embelishing calls.  He sold the **** out of it.  It was nothing but a basketball move.  Just because his face was in the way don't change that. 

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