Miami Heat Playing ‘5 On 8’ With Celtics And Officials
Miami Heat: They Were Playing ‘5 On 8’ With Celtics And Officials
On top of that, there was an open floor play in transition(at about 1:30 in the linked clip) later in the game between Caleb Martin and, you guessed it, Marcus Smart. Though not exactly the same as the others, a similar action took place.
Though it was fairly called an offensive foul on Martin, they had called it the other way earlier—in Smart’s and the Celtics’ favor. That, needless to say, is the first of a few head-scratching situations.
The next instance of note is something that has happened a ton already in this series but hasn’t been called. Jaylen Brown likely travels every single time he drives the ball.
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Though the NBA doesn’t call it on the regular, there are some that are so egregious that they must be called. Take, for example, this awful no-call that was in the midst of a crucial Celtics run late in the game.
Brown, quite literally, took two more steps after making a hop-step. Even in the NBA, that should be called a walk.
How can it not be? Obviously, that must be right there beside Jayson Tatum’s forearm shiv that he does every time he touches the ball.