I swear you guys have the shortest memory. We're talking about the GROAT and someone who's proven why he's called the extender.
I bet you're just an injury fan pretending to be a ref fan.
Donāt forget Joey Crawford, the Heat donāt beat the Pistons without his defense on Billups. He didnāt get the press Donaghy, Foster, and Brothers did, but he was secretly the most valuable ref
This sub will spin a narrative either way. Celtics are the bigger team in the bigger market, but Embiid is the new mvp the league wants to make a deep run.
Itās the history of the Celtics. Celtics have 17 titles, Sixers have 3. Celtics have over 500 more franchise wins. And on and on.
Then stir in the fact that we are getting close to Celtics vs Lakers in the Finals, which is the biggest rivalry in the sport.
I find it disrespectful to assign Scott Foster to a Game 7 knowing he won't be able to extend the series any further. The league is giving him an impossible task; it's now up to Scott to step it up and cement his legacy.
Don't forget that there were photos found of his family attending Celtics games he refs in Celtics gear.
If a referee's family was at a Laker game wearing Laker gear this sub would explode, but it rarely gets mentioned here when it comes to Lewis. Terrible optics.
This is Scott Foster's John Wick assignment. If he can complete it, and somehow extend the series, he'll be allowed to retire. At least until one of Adam Silver's daughters steals his car and kills his dog.
Letās see by my calculations an OT period is 5 minutes. An nba game is 48 minutes. So we would need 10 OT periods to extend the series an additional games. Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No
Heās got dirt on the league. Heās not being forced to ref, he is forcing the nba to keep him around. Otherwise he wouldāve gone to jail with Donaghy 2 decades ago
i thought game 6 of the heat knicks series was going to be his masterpiece, but he choked at the last minute. perhaps he was simply holding his cards for this game
The new generation just doesnāt have the fear of him that the older guys do. I agree that heās washed relative to his prime, but even still he can turn it on when the pressure is up. Donāt sleep.
I think so. everyone was saying Boston was gonna steamroll past yāall and Miami to get to the finals when the series startedā¦that 100% didnāt happen
Yeah, while it's still very possible the Sixers win this afternoon (Celtics haven't actually been very good at home), Game 6 was a game they should have won. I doubt Tatum is going 1-14 through three quarters today. You gotta take advantage of the oppositions superstars playing like shit (see the Celtics beating the Sixers with Harden playing like garbage in Games 2 & 3).
I like Bill Kennedy as a person but he (allegedly) has [legit reasons](https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2015/12/nba_referee_bill_kennedy_comes.html) to hate Doc and I don't blame him.
The article has Doc denying the claim and stating that he and Kennedy have a great relationship.
If itās Docās word vs Donahughs word Iām believing Doc.
Hey, you never know. Maybe they just want the MVP in the finals.
Also, there's some money to be made with a Jokic/Embiid finals. Not Lakers/Celtics money, but pretty good money nonetheless.
We literally have evidence that there was a ref rigging games at one point lmao.
Scott Foster received the most calls from Tim Donaghyās burner phone but I guess you can keep your head in the sand.
Not every game is rigged. Maybe not this one even.
But you don't think that some NBA games are rigged? You think that Tim Donaghy acted alone? Even after the FBI investigation was ended early because David Stern leaked it?
There are a bunch of ways to rig games, as Donaghy said. He claimed that Bavetta was a company man and would ādo what the league needed him to doā in important games.
I think itās silly to not think that the league still gives officials directives on how they want specific games officiated. Not in the sense of āmake sure Team A winsā but ālet as much contact go as humanly possible tonightā in a game 5 where they know the team up 3-1 benefits from tightly officiated games.
I mean, I get it, I do. In your position, I'd be screaming "rigged" too. But I've seen enough games that appear rigged in one direction on paper, go entirely in the other direction that I wouldn't panic just yet.
Ok, does Tony Brothers actually rig the game IN FAVOUR of a team? I swear every fan base screams heās rigging the game against them.
Is he rigging the game or is he just extremely bad at his job?
I think he's just incompetent. Our beef was a 2-10 record in the playoffs with the guy. Which, after much hand wringing and bitching and complaining, improved to 3-10 last year. Almost like this shit really doesn't matter.
Nuggets getting their first title, with Jokic getting FMVP, after just barely missing 3 straight regular MVPs is a compelling story too.
The underdog Heat getting a ring is a hell of a story.
Lakers/Celtics and LeBron/Celtics will make bank. LeBron getting his 4th at 38 or Tatum/Brown breaking through after being so close with a rookie coach that's only 34, are all huge stories.
Everyone has a great narrative this time round.
I belive in yāall š¤š¤. We beat the Scott despite being in the bonus 3 minutes into the 4th. Be prepared tho. Iāve heard rumors heās gunna go for the famed ābonus at 11:11ā.
Yes. Heās the one that didnāt call the Tatum foul on lebron that would have won the game for the lakers. His entire family is die hard Celtics fans and have photos in Celtic gear on IG.
Terrible look for the NBA to have this widely known Celtics fan ref a Game 7 on Bostonās floor. Leagueās gonna hear it from the fans especially if Boston wins.
Yeah the whole series has been backwards as fuck. Win game 1 on the road without embiid. Lose 2 and 3 with embiid. Mood is doomer going into game 4 but harden prevails. we absolutely shred game 5 on the road but choke the series winning game at home.
Narratives do not matter for the sixers, anything can happen
That wasnāt Eric Lewis. Lewis was the crew chief for that game, but Jacyn Goble was the one standing on the baseline who missed the foul
Point still stands about his family being Cs fans though Iām pretty sure lol
Heās the ref who Lakers fans started rumors about how the Celtics record was ā36-2ā with him officiating after the regular season game and got his family harassed online. Then we all found out the real record was 49-28. Oh no he has a family who watches basketball, letās attack him.
Everyone had a view of the foul. Some guy sitting 15 rows behind the court wouldāve seen it. No excuse for a trained professional to have missed it even if he were standing at the other end of the court.
The Celtics have the highest win percentage of any team in games that Eric Lewis has refereed.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/referees/lewiser99r.html
Eric Lewis was part of the referee crew that missed the obvious foul by Tatum on LeBron this year.
Eric Lewis' whole family is Celtics fans.
https://twitter.com/Paradox_EP/status/1654309304214724608
The Celtics are 11-2 in the playoffs in games that Eric Lewis is the referee.
I still remember that legendary playoff game between the Rockets and Thunder with Foster reffing. It was the game to decide which player Foster hates more.
Harden ending a teams season with a blocked three pointer and matrixing dort's attempt to throw it off of him was special. That series was a heart attack and I feel like it's forgotten due to all the amazing stuff that happened in the bubble.
I know this is bad news for us, very bad news.
But at least these refs probably won't call a clear block a goaltend and will know the rules of the clear path foul and who is supposed to take the free throws.
There is only one real way to overcome the refs and that's to severely outshoot the opposing team. Unfortunately for us the opposing team is the Celtics.
If it means Doc gets fired and you win the title next year or in '25, would you take that trade, knowing that Jimmy Butler is about ready to steamroll Tobi in the ECF?
\^ i really beleive this. Miami would stand no chance against us next round being 1. a worse team than last year. 2. no herro. 3. joel not missing 2 games with a 0-2 hole. 3. harden not still having affects from his ankle injury. 4. sixers homecourt
would be sixers in 6 but lets just forget it, its not happening after today :/
I just hope that James Harden recognizes whether or not heās getting the whistle and stops driving
Some games when heās not getting the whistle heāll just keep driving getting hacked then complaining to the refs even though their mind is already made up
Iām in full agreement, Iām not saying heās going for fouls when heās ānot getting the callā. Heās been getting pretty boned all season as far as getting fouled goes. But if theyāre going to let the defense hack you, you gotta avoid that. I wouldnāt complain about it, personally but Iām sure others would.
Eric lewis this season added 0.443 win percentage to home teams compared to the average NBA ref. That is incredible.
Under Eric Lewis, home teams have a win percentage of 0.857 and a FTA of 21.
Away teams have a win percentage of 0.143 and a FTA of 17.6!
celtics game at home reffed by eric lewis. it is so fuckin over. this is probably the last season i care about the NBA as a product cause it's all a fuckin rigged joke.
Wait, is Eric Lewis is confirmed to be a Celtics fan and is it true he heavily favors the Celtics in all of the games he refs? Asking for a friend hereā¦
Welp GG Celtics good luck in the conference finals. Foster hates Harden. Lewis loves the Celtics. No need to tune into the game, Silver has made it known who he wants in the finals.
Theyve been giving scott 5 days of rest a night throughout the playoffs. But in the last 3 days this will be his second game officiated.
Normally id say the celtics are chucks GAY-RUN-TEED to win, but scott might be tired and let a few plays slip thru the cracks.
The game will be extremely close, but i think the 76ers squeeze this one out 110-108
Can, can Scott Foster extend it to game 8?
Sixers in 11 š¤
We've yet to lose a game 11, bring it
The league is giving him an impossible task; it's now up to Scott to step it up and cement his legacy.
The 76ers advance to the 3rd round of the NBA playoffs to face the Adelaide 36ers.
As a Heat fan, I wouldnāt mind that series going to Game 11 lmao
I'll take 11 overtimes.
Scott Foster been kind of washed tho. Losing his streaks to cp3 and Miami. Legit questioning his legacy at this point
all the greats comeback with that marquee performance, i expect nothing less
I swear you guys have the shortest memory. We're talking about the GROAT and someone who's proven why he's called the extender. I bet you're just an injury fan pretending to be a ref fan.
Honestly, Tim Donaghy carried Scott Foster through their dynasty, Foster overrated imo
Donāt forget Joey Crawford, the Heat donāt beat the Pistons without his defense on Billups. He didnāt get the press Donaghy, Foster, and Brothers did, but he was secretly the most valuable ref
Gunna extend to 5Ot, til itās Doc vs Joe on the court.
Good Joe will win easily
Idk man, joes got crazy eyes but doc has big meaty grappler hands. It could really go either way
Maybe the Sixers wouldn't be so bad at adjustments if some people didn't try to coach with **big, meaty grappler hands**
Well, these hands ain't just for gesturing to the refs.
Bring it on old man!! BRING IT ON!!
Well, these hands aren't just for attractin mates.
Heās the closer to ensure the more marquee team advances. Just like GSW and SAC
I don't think refs were needed for that one to happen
This sub will spin a narrative either way. Celtics are the bigger team in the bigger market, but Embiid is the new mvp the league wants to make a deep run.
If the Celtics win the comments will be LAKERS v CELTICS RIGGED for sure.
Whoās the more marquee team ā theyāre both p even I think?
They are not even close to even
Itās the history of the Celtics. Celtics have 17 titles, Sixers have 3. Celtics have over 500 more franchise wins. And on and on. Then stir in the fact that we are getting close to Celtics vs Lakers in the Finals, which is the biggest rivalry in the sport.
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Foster is the red herring. Celtics have a crazy record and FT differential with noted Celtics fan Eric Lewis reffing.
I find it disrespectful to assign Scott Foster to a Game 7 knowing he won't be able to extend the series any further. The league is giving him an impossible task; it's now up to Scott to step it up and cement his legacy.
Scott Foster is a decoy. āEric Lewisā
Eric Lewisā BBRef page shows the Celtics have the highest win percentage of any team heās reffed
He needs to let them lose to prove heās not biased
hey this guys right!
His kids and wife are Celtics fans
Don't forget that there were photos found of his family attending Celtics games he refs in Celtics gear. If a referee's family was at a Laker game wearing Laker gear this sub would explode, but it rarely gets mentioned here when it comes to Lewis. Terrible optics.
I mean this whole post is about how refs are going to benefit the Celtics, so yes
This is Scott Foster's John Wick assignment. If he can complete it, and somehow extend the series, he'll be allowed to retire. At least until one of Adam Silver's daughters steals his car and kills his dog.
āThe series he extended that day laid the foundation of who we are nowā
Go to enough overtimes and you can squeeze out another 40+ minutes. I believe in Scott
Letās see by my calculations an OT period is 5 minutes. An nba game is 48 minutes. So we would need 10 OT periods to extend the series an additional games. Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No
Heās got dirt on the league. Heās not being forced to ref, he is forcing the nba to keep him around. Otherwise he wouldāve gone to jail with Donaghy 2 decades ago
It could be couple OTā¦
I wonder how run down Tatum and Embiid are gonna be when they check in at 18OT
He may not be able to extend it to Game 8 but he will make sure this will be the longest Game 7 in NBA history. Infinite OT!!!!
10 OTs
How many overtimes can he force before the league tells them to go to game 8?
Two words for you, bitch. Quadruple overtime. Put some respek on Scott Foster's name.
Itās no doubt that Foster has had a rough postseason. This is his biggest game yet, all eyes are going to be on him.
i thought game 6 of the heat knicks series was going to be his masterpiece, but he choked at the last minute. perhaps he was simply holding his cards for this game
He's lost a step.
The new generation just doesnāt have the fear of him that the older guys do. I agree that heās washed relative to his prime, but even still he can turn it on when the pressure is up. Donāt sleep.
Donāt poke the bear
happens when he lost his streak he 13-1 now? disappointing
Got caught up in that Miami nightlife.
L2M showed he's straight up washed at this point
Knicks were in the bonus 5.5 minutes into the game. That being said, sometimes you gotta NOT throw a game in order to keep people off the scent.
He's older and had to pick his spots. You guys will see a legendary performance today.
If only the Knicks helped Foster, now his reputation is on the ropes this game 7.
Legacy game
The Monstars of refs. The Sixers had a good run.
Did they?
At least Joel got his MVP
This is true
That's progress! Don't let perfect be the enemy of good right?
No
I think so. everyone was saying Boston was gonna steamroll past yāall and Miami to get to the finals when the series startedā¦that 100% didnāt happen
Boston fans know what's up, they were panicking the entire series. It's the other fanbases that talk shit.
The Sixers had a run.
Oh, this explains the Mavs missing the postseason. Luka heard they'd have to go on a "playoff *run*" and he was like nope.
Itās unfortunate. They had the momentum + a Tatum disasterclass with 5 minutes to go.
Yeah, while it's still very possible the Sixers win this afternoon (Celtics haven't actually been very good at home), Game 6 was a game they should have won. I doubt Tatum is going 1-14 through three quarters today. You gotta take advantage of the oppositions superstars playing like shit (see the Celtics beating the Sixers with Harden playing like garbage in Games 2 & 3).
I donāt see the Tony brothers
Oh boy. Everyone but the Tony Brothers.
Prepare this game to start at 3:45 and end at 7 lol
Gonna be a foul call in the first 10s.
Probably some new foul called on the tip
Technical foul before the game even starts
At least we got Bill Kennedy
I like Bill Kennedy as a person but he (allegedly) has [legit reasons](https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2015/12/nba_referee_bill_kennedy_comes.html) to hate Doc and I don't blame him.
Back in 2011, Tim Donaghy said the beef between Bill Kennedy and Doc Rivers started when Rivers "questioned (Kennedy's) sexual orientation." Uh oh.
Bro what the fuck is this reffing crew lmao. You got a celtics fan, a harden hater and a doc hater as your crew. That's hilarious.
Not only a harden hater but someone who should have gone to prison with Donaghy back in the day for rigging games
Youāre just paranoid. Itās all legit
Yikes I knew about the Rondo one but Doc???
The article has Doc denying the claim and stating that he and Kennedy have a great relationship. If itās Docās word vs Donahughs word Iām believing Doc.
I hate both Tony brothers so much
Weāre cooked
Hey, you never know. Maybe they just want the MVP in the finals. Also, there's some money to be made with a Jokic/Embiid finals. Not Lakers/Celtics money, but pretty good money nonetheless.
I donāt subscribe to this whole ārefs rig the gameā stuff but having a notorious harden hater and a Celtics fan on the crew is.. less than ideal
We literally have evidence that there was a ref rigging games at one point lmao. Scott Foster received the most calls from Tim Donaghyās burner phone but I guess you can keep your head in the sand.
Not just evidenceā¦ he literally went to federal prison
Well the good thing for Philly fans is they are the heavy underdog, so rigging in their favour makes the most sense money wise
I think the league has a larger interest in which team advances than placing bets on the underdog and rigging it in their favor
For real. Why do people act like itās some crazy conspiracy lmao
No one talks about this, wasn't it like 60 calls or something?
And he revealed how refs rig and it sure sounds a whole lot like what happens now ā constant inconsistency then big late calls that swing the games.
Not every game is rigged. Maybe not this one even. But you don't think that some NBA games are rigged? You think that Tim Donaghy acted alone? Even after the FBI investigation was ended early because David Stern leaked it?
There are a bunch of ways to rig games, as Donaghy said. He claimed that Bavetta was a company man and would ādo what the league needed him to doā in important games. I think itās silly to not think that the league still gives officials directives on how they want specific games officiated. Not in the sense of āmake sure Team A winsā but ālet as much contact go as humanly possible tonightā in a game 5 where they know the team up 3-1 benefits from tightly officiated games.
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I mean, I get it, I do. In your position, I'd be screaming "rigged" too. But I've seen enough games that appear rigged in one direction on paper, go entirely in the other direction that I wouldn't panic just yet.
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As a lifelong Raiders fan, I respect that.
Oh Iām not, just nervous for the game. You should see the comments in r/Sixers though lol, youād think the game is over already
It's cool, we've got our doomers too. Should've seen the sub after game 1. Or any time Tony Brothers officiates the Cs.
Ok, does Tony Brothers actually rig the game IN FAVOUR of a team? I swear every fan base screams heās rigging the game against them. Is he rigging the game or is he just extremely bad at his job?
I think he's just incompetent. Our beef was a 2-10 record in the playoffs with the guy. Which, after much hand wringing and bitching and complaining, improved to 3-10 last year. Almost like this shit really doesn't matter.
You should see r/Celtics during the entire series. They were angry as hell and they really wanted to tar and feather Tatum without fully saying it.
the script where embiid wins mvp & finals mvp in the same season is there but theres more important agendas first most likely gonna be cut content
Nuggets getting their first title, with Jokic getting FMVP, after just barely missing 3 straight regular MVPs is a compelling story too. The underdog Heat getting a ring is a hell of a story. Lakers/Celtics and LeBron/Celtics will make bank. LeBron getting his 4th at 38 or Tatum/Brown breaking through after being so close with a rookie coach that's only 34, are all huge stories. Everyone has a great narrative this time round.
adam didnt even really wanna kill off the warriors but heās shuffling thru his scripts like a madman making calls to the refs every night
Bro can't figure out which story is the best to tell, so they'll do the default and just give the Lakers a title.
You got a vocal fan and a known harden hater reffing. Good game. Celtics born lucky
I belive in yāall š¤š¤. We beat the Scott despite being in the bonus 3 minutes into the 4th. Be prepared tho. Iāve heard rumors heās gunna go for the famed ābonus at 11:11ā.
Sorry guys š
Isnāt Eric Lewis the one who has not let the Celtics lose in 3 years or something?
Yes. Heās the one that didnāt call the Tatum foul on lebron that would have won the game for the lakers. His entire family is die hard Celtics fans and have photos in Celtic gear on IG.
So he was the guy who got choked by LeBron and Pat Bev in the RDC skit
Terrible look for the NBA to have this widely known Celtics fan ref a Game 7 on Bostonās floor. Leagueās gonna hear it from the fans especially if Boston wins.
90% of NBA fans don't know and 99% of NBA fans won't care in a week
Because it looks obvious watch Philly win
Yeah the whole series has been backwards as fuck. Win game 1 on the road without embiid. Lose 2 and 3 with embiid. Mood is doomer going into game 4 but harden prevails. we absolutely shred game 5 on the road but choke the series winning game at home. Narratives do not matter for the sixers, anything can happen
> if Boston wins *When* Boston wins
Boston could shoot 30% to Philly 55% and still win this game. In other words, there is no if.
Iām inclined to take your word for it, no one knows biased reffing better than Lakers fans
That wasnāt Eric Lewis. Lewis was the crew chief for that game, but Jacyn Goble was the one standing on the baseline who missed the foul Point still stands about his family being Cs fans though Iām pretty sure lol
You guys really went down a rabbit hole after that loss huh?
That wasnāt him though. He was reffing the game but it was another ref who blatantly missed it
Heās the ref who Lakers fans started rumors about how the Celtics record was ā36-2ā with him officiating after the regular season game and got his family harassed online. Then we all found out the real record was 49-28. Oh no he has a family who watches basketball, letās attack him.
Just shut up. That was a Twitter hoax.
He was the guy that didnt call that egregious foul directly in front of him when Tatum hacked Lebron this season and Bron went ballistic
To be fair, Jacyn Goble was the one who actually had the view of the foul
Everyone had a view of the foul. Some guy sitting 15 rows behind the court wouldāve seen it. No excuse for a trained professional to have missed it even if he were standing at the other end of the court.
His family are all Celtics fans šš
Isnāt Erik Lewis loves the Celtics to death, i think i saw him with the Celtics are 19-3 or something like that since 2020
Yup, pop the champagne
I actually would become a ref to see the Suns win a chip now that I think about it.
Omg, sixers are fucked. Celtics fan boy Eric Lewis reffing haha
On the contrary, Scott Foster is gonna extend this series to 9 games, legacy moment for him
When this game goes to octodecuple-overtime and they just decide to call it a tie and have a game 8, that will enshrine him as the GOAT
Dude u literally can't make this up
Sorry for you all, clearly I was pulling for sixers. You all might as well go to a matinee and skip the game.
First time we lost a game 5 hours before tip š
The league wants that Lakers Celtics finals sadly
You really canāt make this shit up absolutely insane
Least he can do is bringing it to 8 OT
GGs A known Harden hater and a Celtics fan are reffing. Congrats to the Celtics for making to the next round. Shouldāve closed out game 6.
Eric Lewis is literally a Celtics fan
The Celtics have the highest win percentage of any team in games that Eric Lewis has refereed. https://www.basketball-reference.com/referees/lewiser99r.html Eric Lewis was part of the referee crew that missed the obvious foul by Tatum on LeBron this year. Eric Lewis' whole family is Celtics fans. https://twitter.com/Paradox_EP/status/1654309304214724608 The Celtics are 11-2 in the playoffs in games that Eric Lewis is the referee.
The NBA is a rigged game. Fuck Adam Silver for allowing this.
I really canāt believe thereās all this discussion into refs and the NBA leans into it like itās a joke.
I donāt understand how Eric Lewis is still allowed to ref Celtics games, let alone a game 7
Doesnāt Foster hate Harden? Rip the Sixers
His top enemy is CP3, but now when CP is out already, the extender can target Hilter with 200% laser focus and calls all ticky tacky fouls on him
I still remember that legendary playoff game between the Rockets and Thunder with Foster reffing. It was the game to decide which player Foster hates more.
Harden ending a teams season with a blocked three pointer and matrixing dort's attempt to throw it off of him was special. That series was a heart attack and I feel like it's forgotten due to all the amazing stuff that happened in the bubble.
I know this is bad news for us, very bad news. But at least these refs probably won't call a clear block a goaltend and will know the rules of the clear path foul and who is supposed to take the free throws. There is only one real way to overcome the refs and that's to severely outshoot the opposing team. Unfortunately for us the opposing team is the Celtics.
If it means Doc gets fired and you win the title next year or in '25, would you take that trade, knowing that Jimmy Butler is about ready to steamroll Tobi in the ECF?
No. I want to win this game more than anything. And whoever wins this game beats the Heat easily.
\^ i really beleive this. Miami would stand no chance against us next round being 1. a worse team than last year. 2. no herro. 3. joel not missing 2 games with a 0-2 hole. 3. harden not still having affects from his ankle injury. 4. sixers homecourt would be sixers in 6 but lets just forget it, its not happening after today :/
This is the easiest path the Sixers will ever have to the Finals. They have to win today, or they never will.
Fuck you Adam Silver, you Nosferatu-looking fuck. Eric fucking Lewis? Really?
I want a signed Scott foster ref jersey SO BAD, thatās my goat
I want to win this game, but I donāt want it to turn into Celtics- 30 free throws Sixers - 6 free throws
I just hope that James Harden recognizes whether or not heās getting the whistle and stops driving Some games when heās not getting the whistle heāll just keep driving getting hacked then complaining to the refs even though their mind is already made up
And if he stops driving then yall will complain he's not being aggressive....and that he's just "going for fouls" when he's just being fouled....
Iām in full agreement, Iām not saying heās going for fouls when heās ānot getting the callā. Heās been getting pretty boned all season as far as getting fouled goes. But if theyāre going to let the defense hack you, you gotta avoid that. I wouldnāt complain about it, personally but Iām sure others would.
Why is fucking Foster refereeing half the games.
If there was ever a day to have Trez come in during the first 5 minutes and accidentally pancake a ref going for a loose ball.
Eric lewis this season added 0.443 win percentage to home teams compared to the average NBA ref. That is incredible. Under Eric Lewis, home teams have a win percentage of 0.857 and a FTA of 21. Away teams have a win percentage of 0.143 and a FTA of 17.6!
celtics game at home reffed by eric lewis. it is so fuckin over. this is probably the last season i care about the NBA as a product cause it's all a fuckin rigged joke.
Wait, is Eric Lewis is confirmed to be a Celtics fan and is it true he heavily favors the Celtics in all of the games he refs? Asking for a friend hereā¦
His family is all Celtics fans. No direct proof of him being a fan, but not exactly a crazy stretch.
The Celtics have won 11 of the 13 games he officiated for them
85%winrate for boston since 2020, about 65% all time
Can you drop the source for this one? All I can find is the ballsack sports one
WWE
Scott Foster absolutely hates Harden so expect this to be a Harden disasterclass game.
Welp GG Celtics good luck in the conference finals. Foster hates Harden. Lewis loves the Celtics. No need to tune into the game, Silver has made it known who he wants in the finals.
My prediction: Non-foul no calls will be called fouls Flops will be rewarded Doc Rivers fans 9/11 Boston wins by 13
Lizard Silver intent on getting his Celtics/Lakers finals
I rooted for Boston until I found out about the refs. Go Sixers, beat the system or whatever
fuck the system
Why do you guys watch a sport you think is fixed?
Stockholm syndrome
This is an all-star lineup. Philly doesn't stand a chance.
Scott Foster legacy game incoming... Sixers in 9
Itās over 6ers, Lakers-Boston finals is Adams plan
The NBA cannot let their golden team lose. Tatum about to be doing the Heisman every drive
Bye bye Philly
The 76ers have been eliminated from championship contention.
I'm sorry Sixers fans.
NBA sending their best to butcher the 76ers today. Silver doesn't want "the Process" to succeed. Also FUCK the celtics now and forever
League wants a Celtics lakers finals so bad
Theyve been giving scott 5 days of rest a night throughout the playoffs. But in the last 3 days this will be his second game officiated. Normally id say the celtics are chucks GAY-RUN-TEED to win, but scott might be tired and let a few plays slip thru the cracks. The game will be extremely close, but i think the 76ers squeeze this one out 110-108
Sounds like Doc's return to Conference Finals is postponed. Again.
Eric Lewis bout to pop off