Russ Angers Basketball Gods While Mike Brown Angry At Refs 

Props to Gobert for making free throws in the crunch time. Almost blown that large lead.

2:35 that slow mo shot is wild😳

5:25 Again coach, like in other videos about the refs. It's the consistency. Not the individual call. When the same action (here the jumping straight up) is handled differently throughout the season or even worse, within one game, it simply sucks. When the refs tell the coaches "you'll need to arms straight up for us to not call a foul here" and then they decide to let Lopez get away with his arm in front of him, it's just inconsistant. And that is NOT GOOD

We have to give props to Gobert, he is very clutch, that 65% in free throws is going to make it more difficult for opposing teams to hack him

It's not the rules. It's what the refs told Coach Mike Brown.

For the verticality rule, you need to stay vertical for the whole shot. This is why the Kristaps foul was recalled against the Pacers. I even called it out saying that he's vertical and he was straight and was never flailing. It's the same for Brook.

Wrong on the Fox contact with Dame - it's obvious Dame flops and there is no pressure from Fox because of the downward motion of his hand. Not fine at all. And Lopez's interaction with Monk is clearly a foul. 99 times out of 100 the ref calls that, but not here. The arm hook? Come on! The refereeing is so inconsistent and I think it's fair that the coaches are angry as this inconsistency takes games away from them and makes it awful for the fans. They simply have to find a better way to be more consistent. Refs just have too much power to control the outcome of games and they're human so will make mistakes. The NBA needs to act.

Lopez’s off arm was clearly slowing Monk down, basically pushing him in the air. That’s a foul just as Fox’s push was a foul.

I'm a clippers fan and i still think the clippers bench during the gobert free throws was Busch League.

I couldn't believe what they were thinking when they did not double Dame. Thanks for the video!

I dont care if players make fun of other players but Westbrook is the type that can dish it but cant take it how many times have we seen him get his panties in a bunch

Bench would have the same reaction watching Westbrooks highlights on the lakers too

Westbrick is an embarrassment.

B-ball breakdown: Hates: Russ Likes: Dodgy Refs

Thanks for the great content as always. Coach can we get a video on how "coach's challenge" changed the NBA? I find calls are being made extremely late constantly now (I watch all Bulls games). It seems to be caused by the refs wanting to see who has possession before the whistle is blown. Otherwise you will have a un/successful challenge result with a jump ball - and that seems crazy to most viewers.

The Lopez call bothered me the most, they need to overturn it with CLEAR & CONCLUSIVE evidence. And yet they decided to do it with the benefit of replays, this decision is wild to say at least

Its funny how harden rolls the ball up to save time but then takes 5 seconds to get the play started.

These is how all NBA fans react on ref calls all season! There should be some accountability or something, refs been getting away with it for so long.

So he has every right to be upset but should just suck it up, hmm... sounds like whats been happening the last few years, and anytime any coach takes a stand even Darko, everyone tells them to keep quiet and suck it up.

You always hated Russ the start of this video you couldn’t wait to bring up this situation😂😂

12 mins of Coach Nick (Sponsered by prize picks) defending his parlays.

RIP Ronnie Nunn. I am glad there is new blood who's an expert referee that we can look forward to in future videos though. More experts with different points of view.

This guy has a fetish for Westbrook

This honestly feels like you are just being a hater of Mike brown, and that the ref brought on is only trying to defend the poor calls instead of actually judging the consistency of the calls

big ups to Mike Brown for callin out the refs on their bs & sabonis is way overrated

the whole point is the refs are trying to give wins to the bucks and lakers.

Chips point at 8:48 is spot on, coach you guests really know their stuff

Coach used to hate the bucks, until his boy Dame got here

2:33 wow that was smooth

“The clippers f’d around and found out” 😂😂😂

Look how smug their faces are while defending the dodgy refs.

The 2nd I heard the music I knew this was gonna be a great video lol

Ref's are having terrible year again 😅 almost nothing new these days

how extremely sensitive you have be to think russ joking around is "problematic" its called being competitive

Monk face when holding mike brown is hilarious

Hey I've mentioned it on other videos and I agree is really not a good look for the reaction russ had, but you still never make mention of the good he does, even when he went for poster and made both free throws, you just kinda gloss over it, it feels a little like only the negative shines, never really the good, I mean his defensive numbers have gotten so much better and yet again, no mention of it in general or that he took bench role for the team

Rules so complicate it needs rocket science to see through.

Is it time we revive "Westbrick"?

Russ must’ve forgot he was air balling free throws 🙃

Dame has literally said he thinks about shooting from the half court line

Everyone is so mean to Rudy and he doesn’t deserve it

The only one that looks like a correct call is Fox with Dame. It doesn't look like he was applying any force but the call is understandable. Mike Brown is right about the rest though he deserves the ejection and fine

You really have to twist yourself into a prezel if you want to agree with what the refs have been doing lately.

It gets painful defending a physical player if you can't have a forearm guard

Here’s what I don’t understand. How is a defender entitled to his space and then at the same time has to keep their arm straight in the air. Not only is the offensive player given more angles to finish at the rim they are allowed to get up the air space of the defender and likely get the call. Embiid is the perfect example of this. Defenders are not even trying to contest him anymore because he will eat up the air space and either exaggerate the contact by falling or making an unnatural shooting motion. It’s not just Embiid either. Players are full blown trucking into the paint expecting every call. The slightest bit of contact this players are screaming at the refs when it should be that significant contact should draw fouls. The NBA really needs to change some of the language in their rule book

The Fox on Lillard foul call was ticky tacky at best. The Lopez no call on Monk was definitely a foul with the head contact, armbar extension,and he didn’t even have legal verticality. His arm came down at an angle. I don’t agree with Brown actions on the court though but I understand the frustration

Mike is absolutely right. Officiating in the league is a wreck. If putting your hand on a shooter is a foul, then it has to be a foul everywhere. The Lopez review with a hand on the driving player is exactly the same. This inconsistency is driving fans away. So, if the league desires to improve: 1) roll back to the older rules (i.e. no travels, carries, double step trash, gather, etc.), 2) enable defense (offensive player initiating contract is not a blocking foul, 3) be consistent. Edit: Every league I played in, the refs got to know the players. Often, during the opening discussion, the refs would call out certain bad habits of certain players and warn the teams they were looking for it. With Payne, the refs should know he grabs and holds like crazy and use informed officiating. Everyone in the arena knew Payne was going to hook on that play before it even happened.

dont call it fair when ref do stupid calls alot last year when the nba start they need to make it 95% correct then 80%

I'm sorry but I don't agree with this video analysis at all. The Lopez call is absolutely bogus as it clearly altered Monk's momentum. Arm was NOT vertical, and his forearm clearly altered Monk's movement. It's mind-boggling how the Lopez-Monk play is considered "incidental" when there's SO MUCH more contact with clear impediment as compared to the Fox-Lillard play, where there's virtually no contact other than a hand resting on Lillard. Showing a few other highlights of Sabonis' defense is anecdotal at best and proves nothing. And how convenient is it that the refs just simply "missed" the foul call on the Fox arm lock? That's not accountability. The refs should be in position to have proper view of the court. The refs are miscommunicating the rule book or giving phony information to coaches. They are telling coaches (not just Mike Brown) that a defender has to have both arms vertical. But this verticality rule is not actually officially written in the rule book. It's just what league refs are saying how they have been trained to call it. If the league is purposefully leaving it vague and not entering it into the rule book, that sounds like it's being left open to interpretation so the refs can make judgment calls, which allows them to give preferential treatment whenever they or the league wants or to control the flow of games. Not okay... And just because someone brings up a discrepancy in free throws doesn't automatically mean they're claiming there's a conspiracy. I agree with Brown's ejection and coaches can't storm onto the court during a game obviously. But using the argument that there's all kinds of nuance and reasons why a ref calls things the way to do is just using a burden of proof fallacy. Everything can be viewed in multiple ways and the outcome doesn't automatically mean it was the right outcome.

Yes, the NBA is riged.

I think there should be 4 refs. 3 refs are clearly not enough with how many missed calls there are.

That foul on Dame should NOT have been called. Fox simply put his hand on Dame's hip, but there was no pressure applied at all to throw him off. Payne should have been called for an offensive foul. Lopez should've been called for a foul. The positioning of his forearm and the contact of his body against Monk's and his arm on Monk's head affected his momentum. Mike Brown should not have ran onto the court, but he has every right to be frustrated.

russ just hates gobert😂

Refs are a joke. Give an angel it's wings everyone, when you see a ref in person, call them an idiot.

Nobody else is best and worst simultaneously quite like Westbrook 😂 He singlehandedly lowers the life expectancy of Clippers fans who suffer from heart conditions. Reminds me of Ginobili. Live by the wild card, die by the wild card. But more so.

How does Russ get mentioned almost solely in a negative light when, if you watched the game, you know damn well the clippers don't come back without his energy...

Good call on the slot/trail at the end coach. I saw it immediately. Note, however, that this was not the fault of the trail, nor the slot. It was the fault of the lead, who was on the wrong side. It makes no sense for him to be on that side anyway. In 2 person officiating, the trail is on the left. Why? because most players dribble righthandedly, towards the rim. That means they have good view of any action and can look between the players for contact the second a blowby occurs. In 3 person officiating, the lead determines the positions of the slot and the trail. The lead wants to be on the strong (ball) side, roughly along the location of the ball. When the ball switches sides, the lead determines if he can switch sides (and the slot and trail then rotate accordingly) It almost feels like the lead has been doing 2 person officiating and was plopped into a 3person setup... and the team as a whole just followed his lead. But even if the lead is on the wrong side, that is no reason for the slot and trail to not adjust position if the play demands it. So in the end... all are at fault.

It's a shame refs are catering to Vegas yet people still bother defending them.

i just think that these rules have to be more expecific so we don't run into the problem of refs calling based on their perspective, i agree with Mike that there´s no consistency on the refs calls, but not exactly on the plays that he showed, but his point is still valid, and him being no the first to call out the refs in a postgame shows exactly that

At 10:30 id have to disagree. The plays are pretty similar, both are guards coming off the pnr. If theyre gonna give dame the foul, fox needs to get it too

NBA is the best basketball league in the world. There is no need for intentional biased calls.

And people wonder why I don’t like Russell Westbrick!

Good on Rudy, they flamed him on an off night and he made them look stupid.

No fault of any gods just missed open shots from players.

A lot of players don't like Rudy bevause of that covid incident

Russ should be careful with the tactical fouls.rudy gobert is a monster.

Westbrook is the worst trashtalker of the history every time he try to trashtalk he do something embarassing after , lose or both this time it was both

Refs are to blame for every sport these days 😂😂

refs just suck at refing

Russ does it again

How could you possibly disagree with Coach Brown who had the rules committed to memory and is 1000% more qualified than you? List major respect for your lack of knowledge to the rules and their enforcement by incompetent officials. How sad.

If you keep doing these videos defending refs, people won’t watch anymore. We all know you have a hard on for the refs but there’s no need to keep doing these videos. Just stop already.

Are you trying to recover from your raps vs lakers ref video? Cause it doesnt help that you got it so wrong in that one 😅

Im a kings fan and agree with your observation

There's no way only 1 hand/arm has to be vertical when contesting shots. That's beyond picking nits and is ludicrous. If that's so, then why has Draymond come under fire for extending his legs all those times?

What people need to understand is that not every call will be seen. The refs are human. They won't be able to see everything. When the reffing is overwhelmingly inconsistent, then I'd say yeah that's something to complain about (I'm talking from experience being a Suns fan when we got caught up in the Tim Donaghy scandal where they stole our fucking title in 2005-2006 from bad reffing). But when it's one call here, one call there...he should KNOW that's basketball. ANd yes, 'the game was won by a single point' but...that could've been made up in a myriad of other ways.

I swear, the vendetta Coach Nick has against Russell Westbrook has to stop. It's actually ludicrous how much of a hater he is when it comes to Russ. It's like 10 shots given at Russ' expense for every one acknowledgment of a good play. BTW Russ was a net positive in this game, with 12 points and 13 assists but you'd never know it from the way he's always portrayed. SMH, I swear if you can't be bothered to give Russ any credit for all of his positive traits then at least don't take stupid cheap shots when he actually plays well.

you dont understand when ive been a kings fan for 35+ years and i love watching basketball. i never miss a game and i always watch "the good teams" when they play at 7pm easter or 4pm my time. the games are called differently specially when its the home to of a good squad. if you cant see that then your not a true analyst. you cant just watch the highlights and go off that.

I think its about time NBA will use and AI ref. let see if coaches still complain.

A lesson in humility

i play basketball and thats not a foul on fox you are trippin. if you call that a foul in the games where i play you would get called soft as hell.

Norman Powell has been playing like klay

Russ is definitely not your favourite player. Russ had a +/- of +2 despite taking 3fouls on RG

Stop talking about the damn Flippers, no one cares about them!

Wolves just got lucky clippers were off that night, it showed that ty can come up with good plays to win a game, unfortunately as mentioned, starters had an off night. Wolves aren’t ready to win the chip.

No such thing as B-ball gods

How does one dig out a Russ FT miss clip for a second of a mention😅?

You can't call that a foul on the lillard shot, then not call the arm on the monk shot. It's the same thing! Imo (using your hand or arm to change a players shot while in the air)

This type of behaviour is what makes the nba look like a circus at times. Imagine this shit in any other league in the world.

Can't take the clown out of Westbrook apparently. KAT and the Twolves always have something to torment WB.

Mike Brown is funny I think Kings have good coach anyway to play with :D

2:35slow mo crazy shot

Coach is the biggest russ hater here for sure lol

you say this was better than the wild card but when was the last time the last seed in the playoffs advanced in the nba again?

1.0 points per possession is no longer good offense

I think that the Clippers' bench players probably feel insecure over their new roles (or lack thereof): Russ, PJ, and Bones are all players that've seen significant cuts to their minutes in recent weeks. They're used to having the attention on them and now that they don't have it they want to bully others to save face. Their reactions to Rudy seemed childish and it's poetic justice that it came back to bite them. Russ bricked multiple layups and made poor ball-handling decisions throughout the game.

Always defending these god awful refs. Other than that, it's great content.

The refs in the nba are a absolute joke. The lack of accountability is infuriating. How is there always a coach or player in trouble but nothing happened to any ref after any game?😂 not even the la Toronto one. It’s a joke

I'm throwing Westbrick back into the rotation personally

Mike Brown was right but keep all that for the post game press conference not storm on the court