Rockets & Celtics
 

Did anyone see the Rockets & Celtics last night? I have never seen an NBA game called so closely. Well I only got to watch the first period or so but she was calling everything. I have never seen so many traveling calls and palming the ball calls. I was laughing. Gundy got a T within the first 3 minutes or so. She was tough, but the calls were correct. It really stiffled the momentum of the game tho. Also they do the Rockets Live broadcast before the game and Battier did an excellent job explaining the charge vs block and how they play it. I needed the slow motion view.... :)

Has anyone else seen the officials really call the minor things in the NBA? I think they should, but I just had a conversation this past weekend with my sons about how the NBA gets away with all thee things. I was glad to see her calling the violations.

I love the NBA and know I am in the minority. Actually "they" have been officiating the game the same for the last 3 or 4 years. Many more carry and travel violations have been called. To say they "get away" with much more is going back to the 80's and early 90's when the game was called different.

too funny. it was very nice to see. I mostly just watch the Rockets when it comes to NBA, but I do not recall a game officiated this way this season. It actually made it fun for me to watch from a Ref perspective, but the fans looked miserable as well as Coach Gundy. It was priceless to see the look on the players face when they were called for traveling or palming. I once so Gundy ask a player what was the call and he gave the traveling sign. priceless.

"She" is Violet Palmer and is very respected around the league and within the officiating community.

Van Gundy did get a T, but it wasn't in the first three minutes and it wasn't from Ms. Palmer. Houston was called for a defensive 3-second violation by one of the male officials; I believe it was Robbie Robinson. Van Gundy argued loudly that the ball had to be in the frontcourt for 3 seconds to make the call, and the ball had only been in the frontcourt for about half a second when the violation was called. I like the fact that Van Gundy actually knew the rule and that he then got T'd up for being obnoxious anyway. :)

1. That is correct. She did a fantastic job. I enjoyed watching her. They also had a moment of discussion in this early time regarding if Houston or the Celtics had posession when the Celtics grabbed a loose ball and chunked it down court and ultimately OOB on the celtics. Another good call.

2. I didnt know who actually gave it or why, I was reviewing previous footage at the time and when I went back to live they were shooting for the "T". I didnt get a chance to back up & see why. Thanks, for the follow up.

What's the NBA? :confused:

I keep seeing references to it here, but I'm not sure yet. I think it's an association of former basketball players, but I'm not positive.

I wish that Violet would have stayed at the college level, I really enjoyed her calling the college game.

Hmmm...
 

Well, how about that...I just might have to check it out sometime.

I don't know. I heard they were really counting on Jon Diebler to take the association on his shoulders and really expand their marketing so they could make enough money to survive.
But, that was predicated on him going to the, wait for it, SEC, and dominating. Since that never happened.... It's a sad story, my friend.

What's a "defensive 3-second violation?":confused:

It's an NBA thing. It's kind of like the old "Illegal Defense," but changed slightly when they decided to allow a zone defense. A defender can't be in the lane alone for more than three seconds (if he's guarding someone, it's okay). There are more nuances, I think, but I'll leave it to actual NBA fans to elaborate.

:D Snaqs, you are cracking me down......:) We needed a little humor today!

Snaq has it pretty close, I think. The penalty is a technical foul, btw.

Here's the rule from the NBA's website:

I love the nba as well, and if anyone watches it regularly they have called the game 10 times tighter than college games in the last 2 to 3 yrs.

That may be true. Until getting involved with officiating I never watched from this perspective before. I actually enjoy the games more now. This is the first time I actually noticed the game called so tightly this year. I was stunned at first; then I laughed; then applauded.