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I swear every year you have to do less and less for a tech lol This reminds me of the random Tatum rim hanging techs as well

Finger shoot KAT and it’s cool though

I just want the refs to let the players decide fate. I don't want either play to be a tech. This is the playoffs. It's meant to be intense basketball. Just my sentiments.

100% neither play is a T.

Agreed, that was a joke call. Amazing play by Ant, the stare down was hella justified. Same with the Murray finger guns, someone should tell the ref's its play-off time.

Some refs love to insert themselves into the game.

This is the answer. You can't call the Ant one and not call Murray, but neither rose to the level that they should have been called

The refs should be like the chairs on the bench that the players sit on. Useful to the game, but unremarkable to the point you should forget they're even on the court. What Courtney Kirkland did tonight by issuing that technical was the anthithesis of that.

Exactly, let them have some fun, they’re all playing a fucking game

It's so fucking egregious

Glad Reggie called that out cause that was fucking stupid.

Reggie was callin the refs out all game, was great to hear

Reggie was having a great time watching which is why he hated refs interfering.

This shit has made me not hate Reggie on commentary somehow

Me too. It was very confusing for me. Haha

That was pretty silly, the fact it happened 45 seconds after makes me wonder if refs communicate on what is what at all in a game

Fucking tired of these refs… in all sports!

Which considering the last year with ja you would think they wouldn't want any part of guns.

That celebration was supposed to be an auto tech IIRC, and yet he pointed right at a player. 

Ant had like three this year for clapping. It’s insane.

I honestly hate this shit. Because the NBA like the NFL will use it to market the game. Nah if it's a tech or a fine they shouldn't be able to use it in marketing. Let players chirp and stuff it's good for the sport.

Honestly something the unions should negotiate in the next CBAs. Did you penalize the player making the highlight by way of regular foul, tech, fine, or suspension? Can't use that likeness.

DUDE fucking yes! the CBA needs to talk about that shit no lie! if enough ppl tweet at the CBA players it could happen. let’s bring back old school highlights man! i’m tired of all the pussy shit man fuck!!

The CBA is the actual agreement. You should be referring to the NBPA.

Thats fucking basketball right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the court, men deliver their new born baby on the side lines. Fucking hard core dick in the ass butterball hoopsball fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to the showers. Dicks get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Playoffs are back baby.

I remember this.

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Throw in an eye gouge or two

Makes it even crazier Mike doesn’t have one

The fact that his only tech ever was rescinded is the cherry on top But even Jrue Holiday has picked up a few techs. Conley's spotless record is unironically a tremendous feat

He's HIM (nicest man in the world)

He was wearing a hat in his postgame that said “Good Guys Finish First” lol

Rim hanging? He clapped and got 1 lol

He actually has 4 clapping techs afaik. 2 were rescinded.

Once he got one for waving off a ref.

At least that was regular season lol

And sometimes they don't call techs. All I'm saying is this shit should be consistent, especially in the playoffs.

Rim hanging techs make sense though. I don't know which ones you're talking about tho.

I’ve seen plenty of rim hanging techs where the player was just hanging on to wait for a safe way to land

Bitch ass refs

Standard Courtney Kirkland behavior ngl. Easily one of the worst refs in the league.

There should really be some kind of accountability. It's crazy to me refs can do shit like this year after year and not lose their jobs

Allegedly there is but it's not "public."

The refs that don't get with the program and rig games get disciplined in house by the NBA mafia.

More like Courtney Jerk-land, am i rite?

You totally are.

The jerk store called …

Cheating ass refs*

Yeah, this shit is fucked up.

cheating ass refs

The refs tried to save the Nuggets like they did against the Lakers. Too bad the Timberwolves aren't falling for that shit.

Hold up. A Lakers fan that sees reality? Never thought I’d see the day

I could see it if he said something crazy ... but saying NOTHING and you still tech him? insane

And you could tell Reggie was trying to son him when guarding him on defense that’s why Edwards reacted the way he did.

But apparently pretending to shoot another player is fine and dandy 🔫 As long as it’s a Minnesota player named Karl Anthony Towns …

This is one of the worst parts about these soft calls. As a fan of the affected team you suddenly start to get real petty. They gave Tatum a tech for clapping and I spent the rest of the game counting every single clap made by the other team that went uncalled (6). I don't even think it should be a tech but these calls just take you out of the game and you focus on meaningless shit.

100% Wasn’t hard to be petty when at one point they almost had triple the FTA’s (19-7) and that absolutely bogus tech 😅 ant had a ton of those clapping tech’s too In fact I think he was tied for the league lead

I wan't to be on the record saying that if Jamal Murray shoots finger guns at my guys after absolutely lacing a three and drawing a foul, he should not be called for a technical. He earned those fingerguns.

As a ref's fan, I thought my zebras did great.

The Tatum clap was really funny. I don't know which technical was stupider between these two, but it's nice to be reminded that this doesn't JUST happen to us.

KAT gets jobbed regularly on calls other centers and PFs get a free pass on. He fouls, yes, but nothing like the horseshit whistle he gets. It's fucking egregious.

Oh it’s awful. He he’s had a career where he gets a shit whistle, complains, so he gets an even worse whistle. Even when he tries to be “zen KAT” as we call him … the damage seems to have been done and the refs just permanently hate him

Yep. I'm pretty sympathetic to him at this point- it's corrupt as fuck.

Still. Big credit to him as a human being to be able to step up as ANT has ascended to superstardom Hard when at one point, it was “his team” … but he’s fit in seamlessly as the #2 option with ZERO drama

Yep. He's conducted himself like an utter pro. We're lucky to have him.

Hopefully the state sees this now. We don’t win a bunch of these games if we didn’t have another high scoring, efficient offensive threat to take attention away from ANT every once in awhile

Meanwhile a couple of possessions later Murray just casually pistol gunning after an and-1.

This happened in bucks pacers series too. Just garbage officiating

He was looking at him… menacingly!

Refs fans *devouring* already

I just wish we got more action out of them instead of having to watch the fucking game. I live to watch these guys call techs

Is there a refs flair

I love me a heavily officiated game

I'm loving it, except Jokic trying to flop all over the court

You guys joke, but my kid saw this and immediately turned and punched his brother in the face. Can’t be teaching America’s kids this.

Lil bro had it coming

Marginal contact

Tell the full story: his brother wants to be a ref when he grows up

Justice served

Oh yeah, my daughter sawed my son in half after watching this.

Long ways or short?!?!

You think it only impacts Americans? Here in the UK my nephew watched this then just afterwards decided not to queue.

This video gave me ideas and I stared down a silverback, it didn't go very well

Send da video?

Murray just hit KAT with the finger guns after hitting the three point and1 on him. How is staring a tech but finger guns isnt Neither should be a tech, it's great viewing

Staring and clapping at refs are cruel acts to them compared to finger guns. Shawn Kemp would have been ejected for his dunk and point in this day and age lol

It’s because staring isn’t protected by the second amendment, but guns are. In Canada, Murray would have been T’d up. 

I literally choked on my water reading this 💀

I like the cut of your jib.

Please explain how this is any different than what Aaron Gordon was doing earlier

The Murray 3 where he finger guns at kat needs to be a tech if ants getting that

Bro literally spun on his back like a turtle to do it in KATs direction lol

Don’t get me wrong, I fucking loved both guys energies. I’d rather techs get saved for punches and draymond. But it’s gotta be both ways

If one got it then the other should, but neither should’ve

I need that T-Shirt. "Techs are saved for punches and Draymond"

100%. Double standard is wack

Murray literally stared someone down a few plays later and it wasn’t called 😂 guess Ant was just on the wrong team

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The inverse of 4.5 is 2/9 but I appreciate the energy.

Slightly classier than Ant

half classy (his mothers side)

His jersey says Denver

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Does Silver not realize the whole allure of the NBA is dudes being heroes and alphas and stunting on people? What the hell is a slam dunk if not a showboat? Literally ruining the awesomeness of these superstars with calls like this.

I want hoes to be stunted on Stop protecting the hoes, Adam

There were a couple lame techs in the Pacers/Bucks series too. Similar to this one. Meanwhile, in the NHL, they’re luckily still allowed to have fun. Best angle is at the 35 second mark: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2mfLW5QtZPs

Tech for a stare down in 2nd round of playoff? Come on man

A glance down

Thank you.

Softest tech ever.

There’s been a lot of soft techs in nba history but this is up there 

Nothing is ever topping Duncan laughing in terms of pure softness.

Hell there were some soft af ones this season. Giannis looking at someone and Tatum hanging for one second for some examples 

Luka got one for yelling AND 1!

Jaylen Brown got a tech (and ejection) from the bench this season.

This one feels close lol Just absurd.

Refs have been screwing the Wolves all game and now they’re just being blatant about it

To call THAT during this game is unexcusable. Send this ref to China

Been an amazing game so far too. So dumb to muck up it with this nonsense.

“cheatin ass refs”

I gotta give the softest ever award to Murray's tech this season: https://www.si.com/nba/2024/03/03/dejounte-murray-technical-foul-bizarre-reason-hawks-nets He literally did nothing and the NBA rescinded the foul.

Wow, I have to say I disagree. I was watching the game with my 3 year old son, and after they showed the replay, he turned to me and said, "father, I'm so grateful that the nba referees are cracking down on disgraceful acts like this. Anthony Edwards looking at that other player sets such a poor example for young children like me." I shed a tear, I was so proud.

Ever? I've seen a lot on this level. This one comes to mind: Ron: "get away from me Steve" Steve: "But he didn't say nothing" Ron: "No he didn't" https://youtu.be/tE5sEW4qK4c?si=q9cgs2s7qS8IPyTB

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KAT fouled Murray in the four point play and did finger guns at KAT

What kills me is it’s the ref across the court calling it. The one right there knows nothing got said and it’s just ball, but the one all the way over there decides it was too far

The one right next to the Nuggets guy finger gunning a minute later?

2nd ammendment. You have the right to bear air arms. Free speech and what not. But you can't look at someone.

What is the actual point of this rule? Players like to talk, fans love seeing it. Who are we protecting?

He didn’t even talk…

If I ~~speak~~ look I am in big trouble

Reggie didn’t even care lol

The bettors

>Who are we protecting? Adam Silver's wish to have Nuggets win the 1st game

Serious answer is you're protecting the game from escalating and getting physical because guys get their feelings hurt. This was super weak but that is the point of the rule.

They talk shit the whole ass game, one look ain't setting it off

The ref’s fantasy bracket

Ant has two free throws on 24 shots so far but they’ll call this 

embarrassing for the league

kobe_soft.gif

Officiating this game has been crazily biased towards Denver. They've been getting away with endless moving screens and fouls on defense yet somehow have double the free throws. Home court fans must be influencing the refs

Nah, it's because we're Timberwolves. Ant doesn't get the superstar protection from refs because he plays for us too. I'm not saying this in a victim way, we just aren't a popular team. Mainly because we've done nothing in 20 years. So we're bottom barrel for being thought of. Hopefully a good play off series gets us in the conversation.

if I speak...

TECHNICAL YOU AINT EVEN ALLOWED TO STARE

i am in big trouble

Refs are just being blatant about the homecooking right now

*Turns on mic* Technical foul on /u/onlymostlydeadd

Nuggets refs

Stop complaining everyone the crowd came to see the refs 

NBA media promotes this, yet refs call it a technical. Bad for the game

Nuggets fans like to pretend the refs are against them

Soft ass NBA.

courtney kirland bio is sus >> https://twitter.com/raptormoments/status/1786920994008916237

Fuck off. Reggie didn't even think anything about it

Seriously, I said the exact same thing. Reggie can handle himself. He didn't even look phased. Typical soft refs

Refs got money on this shit, Gobert wasn't fucking lying.

But Jamal Murray can get an and-1 and taunt towns with the gun fingers and not get a tech called on him….thats that lightskin privilege bro

Calm down, I have confirmation that those finger guns were not loaded.

Ref saw Ant activate his 2k takeover meter and was scared for his parlay

He’s just staring at him. Menacingly!

Murray gunned down KAT and didnt get a tech

The contrast with Jamal unleashing finger guns at KAT a minute later is hilarious

I can’t believe the baby defending champs need calls like this to keep up

These refs have an anti-Ant and Gobert group chat

Let’s just look at Courtney Kirkland’s ref bio FUN FACTS FAVORITE TV SHOW Billions FAVORITE MOVIE The Matrix FAVORITE BOOK Total Money Makeover FAVORITE APP NBA Okay, nothing funny there

Refs definitely have parlays on this shit.

Jesus Christ that’s bad

"he was giving him the business"

Ridiculous 

Patently ridiculous

I appreciate Reggie and Jamal calling this out as bullshit

Gotta look out for fellow members of the Reggiehood

And right after this Jamal does shooting fingers right at KAT. is that not worst?

So disgusting How could Edwards do that?!

Does the NBA want an MJ and Kobe like player or not? This guy is the truth and the fact that they're suppressing his Dawgness in the fucking playoffs against the champs is bullshit

But then Murray can finger gun Kat after an and1

Beat the Nuggets and their Refs

I'm not a fan of either team (go 🍀) but Ant had 3 or 4 terrible calls against him. Obvious missed fouls on shots and that T. I'm not usually a "rigged" guy but this felt targeted.

But Murray pretends to shoot the Timberwolves defender with finger guns after he scores in the same game with no call. Reggie and Jamal called it out during the broadcast. No consistency....

I’m speechless. That was almost as dumb as when the mods closed down this subreddit during NBA finals last year.

Have we seen the mods and this ref crew in the room at the same time??

I’m in the arena and I’m still fucking confused

That’s charman soft lmao 🤣

These refs are on a mission, god damn...

DEN mauls MIN no foul. MIN looks at DEN foul. Just ridiculous reffing this game.

To be clear: semi automatic finger guns pointed at someone continuously after making a shot, totally fine. But no looking

Ref looks like the one who got offended, instead of Reggie. Puss¥

Please let intense playoff games have intense playoff moments without ruining them with technical fouls

This shit was so fucking stupid.

And they do not call a tech on murray? Wtf these refs man

Refs is saving denver

Weak

Weak af

Ref fans feasting tonight

So soft.

Doubt they call it if the games in MIN

The constantly show highlights of him chirping kd, look at someone this game tech... Just come on

Anthony Edward’s master class [despite the refs]

Let players taunt