Lakers-Celtics Game 2 Officiating Analysis
After so much whining regarding game 2 of the NBA Finals, I was forced to perform a full-game analysis of every contested play and call. I noted questionable calls in the play log, and tracked calls that were clear (whether correctly made or not). I also tracked the Los Angeles “aggression” factor (jump shots versus drives), and just how many free throws LA didn't get and Boston did get from the poor officiating. Of course, this is because the biggest complaint from Los Angeles, led by Phil Jackson, was the 38-10 free throw disparity. Apparently, Phil and the Lakers forgot about game 4 against San Antonio, or game 5 against Utah or games 1 and 2 against Utah, etc.
Below are the results:
Game Summary
Good Calls 83
Bad Calls against LA 11
Bad Calls against BOS 11
Lakers Jumpers 20-47
Lakers drives 18 resulting in 20 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 2 (Bryant lob should have been 2 FTs, Fisher shouldn't have had 2,. Gasol should have had 1 from lob, Bryant shouldn't have shot 2 when not in penalty)
Celtics Fts from bad calls 4
% of contested calls missed 21%
This is shocking based on the perception floating around Laker-land. Even I said to someone today I thought the Lakers maybe had 12 calls go in there favor and the Celtics eight. Because of the huge Boston lead, I forgot about a series of questionable calls against Boston later in the game. Also note this completely supports the notion that LA wasn't driving the ball to the basket. They drove the ball successfully in the first quarter without a single bad call, and yet only had 11 drives in the last 3 quarters compared to 38 jump shots!
A well officiated contest will have a 90% of better accuracy rate on contested plays (yes, I have performed such analyses before). This game finished at 79% (by this count), and thus the complaint about the game, as a whole, being poorly officiated, is obviously justified. Crawford and Delaney aren't exactly brilliant referees.
Attached below is the play log with my complete analysis. I welcome any challenge of any particular play I have analyzed.
Tracking every contestable play and call in Game 2 of the NBA Finals
11:51 BAD call on “moving screen” on Perkins – Fisher falls over running into his screen
11:34 Laker deep jumper miss
11:29 Could have a foul on Fisher bumping Allen before Allen forces a bad pass turnover
11:22 Bryant misses outside pullup
11:19 Bryant drives into lane, tripled team and kicks it out (no contact at all)
11:12 Odom gets an easy dunk (no contact?)
10:21 Odom misses fadeway 20-footer
10:20 Bryant gets offensive rebound and BLOWS absolutely wide open layup (no contact), then points at ref!
10:11 Pierce attacks Radmo off dribble – Radmo hit with ticky tac call (bad call)
10:06 Pierce HACKED by Radmo reach – good call
9:49 Bryant drives and scores off window – no contact
9:31 Fisher hits pullup 20-footer in transition
9:00 Odom misses running layup, mostly because he stumbles and doesn't get good lift – NO contact
8:44 Pierce goes to basket with SOME contact and no foul called on miss layup (questionable but ok)
8:29 Gasol drives on Garnett and scores on goaltending
8:18 Pierce drive, scores and fouled on big body contact by Odom (good call) AND hit by Ariza
8:03 Gasol left hook deep in paint goes – COULD be offensive as Gasol clears out Perkins with left hand
7:25 Bryant drives baseline and throws the ball away (should have bounced to Gasol)
6:53 Gasol spins baseline and dunks on Garnett – not even close to foul here
6:35 Garnett sets a screen on Bryant by beating him to the spot (close) – Bryant runs into screen and foul called on Garnett – also technical
6:20 Ariza misses an open 20-footer and Odom tips it in
5:54 Garnett hits a 16-footer open
5:32 Bryant catches at 3, upfakes, drives and dribbles to baseline where he misses contested fadeaway short – no contact again – TWO teammates were wide open
4:48 Gasol loses track of shot clock, 24-second violation as Walton doesn't shoot
4:16 Walton seals Pierce and gets an easy layup – no contact
3:59 Pierce hacked by Fisher on a pass at FT line – good call
3:51 Allen hits open 3 in corner – Kobe lost him, why is Kobe guarding Allen?
3:45 Allen called for touch/phantom foul as Kobe goes to post up – bad call
3:28 Gasol runs into Perkins arm with 3 on shot clock – technically a good call
3:18 Fisher hits an open jumper
3:04 Bryant holds/bumps Allen off ball and called for a foul – good call (Why is he chasing Allen?)
-Bryant complains and Allen makes one of two
2:46 Fisher misses 20 footer short and flails arms - absolutely no contact
2:23 Fisher misses open 21 footer on wing
2:08 PJ Brown hooks Fisher in lane uncalled on turnover – inconsequential missed call (Walton got ball)
1:59 (makeup call?) Bryant called for elbowing Allen – ticky tac call
-Kobe leaves game 2 minutes prematurely with fouls
1:28 Odom drives line and misses running hook – no contact
1:03 Garnett hits fading 20 footer as buzzer of shot clock to put Celtics up 20-19
0:44 Rondo called for reach – hard to see if accurate call (ball moved in natural slapped motion)
0:37 Odom absolutely runs over Powe – easy offensive foul call – good call
0:17 Powe hit on baseline by Odom – Odom feet not set, in circle, and jumps into Powe's arm – good call
0:04 Farmar hits a 3 22-20 after quarter – 3-2 Lakers w/Kobe on bench
1st Quarter Summary
Good Calls 15
Bad Calls against LA 2
Bad Calls against BOS 2
Laker Jumpers 2-9
Lakers drives 7 resulting in 8 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 0
Celtics FTs from bad calls 0
% of these calls missed 21%
2nd Quarter
**Lakers start with 5 subs – why?
11:49 Lakers start with wild lob to rim for Farmer! - Broken up by Posey, no call – good no call
11:28 Cassell knocks ball away from Ariza in backcourt – questionable call – can't tell if he fouled him (like Rondo call from first quarter)
11:21 Powe hacked by Vujacic down low (how did that matchup happen?) - good call 2 shots for Powe
**After these two shots the FT attempts are 7-1 in favor of Boston. The Celtics are shooting SEVEN times as many free throws, yet as you can see it has nothing to do with the officiating
11:08 Vujacic misses 20-footer off curl
11:06 Ariza crashes class, tips ball – clean both on both teams, good no call
10:52 PJ Brown hits open 17-footer
10:43 PJ Brown called for ticky-tac foul on entry – slow mow shows he doesn't make arm contact – bad call
10:36 Posey steals ball on pass from Walton
10:32 Powe runs floor and is fouled by Turiaf on clean block (fouled w/body). I don't like these down low "body" calls – bad call and Powe gets 2 Fts (Mike Breen argues it's a foul)
10:22 Vujacic with a legit shuffle before dribble travel – good call
10:07 Powe absolutely abuses Walton and gets hacked – Why is Walton guarding Powe!? Good call
9:57 Farmar drives and gets held up by Cassell – no call – bad call
9:46 Pierce hits wide open 3 – 10-0 run to start period w/5 subs and Kobe on normal rest for LA
9:23 Bryant hits contested 16-footer on wing
9:10 Offensive foul called on Pierce battling for position – questionable and ticky-tacky
8:50 Bryant fakes at elbow and loses ball out of bounds on his own accord – good no call
-Bryant looks to refs again despite the fact that he just lost it!
**9 turnovers for LA at this point which seems to also have nothing to do with refs
8:33 Posey hits a wide open three – where is the defense? Doubling Paul Pierce
8:18 Odom awkward floater in lane way off – easy no call – good no call
8:12 Odom gets pass from Radmo and scores with hook – not much contact, another good no call
7:44 Powe scores down low and hacked – good foul call on Odom
7:34 Bryant turnaround from elbow rolls in
7:06 Bryant makes contested 21-footer on Powe – hard shot
6:40 Garnett slapped by Fisher on drive – 2 shots – looked like a good call in slow mow on the arm
-Bryant complaining to officials about something
6:33 Crazy alley-oop to Gasol good – Garnett fouled him on arm and no call – bad no call
6:11 Powe called for foul in backcourt on Odom – good call
5:59 Bryant misses contested 17-footer
5:50 Perkins fouled by Gasol on and-one – easy call – good call
5:33 Bryant misses 3 contested by Garnett
5:29 Odom tips in rebound – looks like a clean play – good call
4:56 Bryant posts and misses fadeaway from 14 feet
**3 straight misses on quick, contested shots
4:54 Rebound by Garnett after volleyballed – clean play again, good no call
4:42 Perkins called for loose ball foul going for rebound – bad call, he just simply has position
4:22 Gasol fouled by Pierce on and-one – good call
**Just second Laker drive of quarter!
4:05 Fisher knocks ball out of bounds – good no call
3:57 Garnett gets on rebound on missed fadeaway
*no refs here, simply hustle
3:49 Garnett misses shot in traffic at rim – looks like no contact – good call
3:33 Odom misses foul line pull up
3:22 Pierce hits a 3 from the parking lot
3:10 Rondo steals ball from behind on Gasol – looks like a foul and no call – bad no call
**Allen hits 3 and Celtics 6-9 from downtown!
2:42 Fisher misses contested 3
2:07 Radmonovic hits tough three – Bryant dribbled to foul line only to be double teamed and pass out – no contact at all
1:53 Bryant runs through Pierce screen – easy call, good call
*2 more FTs for Celtics on a good call
1:37 Gasol in post gets hook over PJ Brown – clean play, good no call
1:17 Pierce up fakes and scores on Radmonovic from elbow – good no call on bump
1:03 Rondo clean block on Radmonovic jumper – good call
0:50 Gasol misses jump hook – good no call
0:24 Rondo drives and fouled by Fisher clearly on arm – good call
0:02 Fisher drives and has ball knocked away clean – good no call
-Gasol misses hook on clean play again
*Half ends with Gasol under basket – then he starts complaining to refs (not sure about what)
2nd Quarter Summary
Good Calls 24
Bad Calls against LA 4
Bad Calls against BOS 2
Laker Jumpers 4-11
Lakers drives 3 resulting in 3 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 1 (Gasol alley-oop also should have been and-one)
Celtics FTs from bad calls 2
% of contested calls missed 20%
1st Half Summary
Good Calls 39
Bad Calls against LA 6
Bad Calls against BOS 4
Lakers Jumpers 6-20
Lakers drives 10 resulting in 11 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 1
Celtics Fts from bad calls 2
% of contested calls missed 20%
3rd Quarter
11:38 Gasol misses jump hook deep in lane – easy no call
11:14 Perkins offensive rebound – clean play – good call
10:36 Fisher misses open 3 (Bryant was cutoff by double team and passed out)
10:26 Perkins hacked underneath – easy call, good call
*Porous defense by LA
10:09 Odom swishes open 17-footer
9:37 Bryant misses tough 18-footer
*The Lakers have now gone to the basket three times in ~15 minutes
9:17 Perkins hustles down a miss for another offensive rebound
**Nothing to do with officiating
8:59 Bryant scores on spin (drive!) and is called for technical – absolutely no contact – good no call
8:40 Allen fouls Bryant in open court – good call
8:29 Odom misses dunk underneath on good cut – looks totally clean on slow mow, good call
8:20 Pierce hits a 3 (the lead is 16 without a single bad call in the quarter) and Perkins called underneath for push on Gasol – great call
8:10 Radmonovic hits hi-arcing 3
7:57 Rondo blows by Fisher and dishes to PJ Brown for open jumper
*Nothing to do with refs again - Lakers not stopping penetration
7:49 Rondo pokes ball away from Radmonovic from behind – questionable call as he either gets all ball or moves the arm so the ball flies away – impossible to tell
7:48 Gasol picks up loose ball and swoops in to miss lefty layup – no contact from challenge by Brown or Garnett, good no call
7:33 A questionable call the other way as Rondo is called for a ticky-tac foul on bryan 30 feet away – replay shows Bryant hooked Rondo though while Rondo reached
7:27 Radmonovic bricks 3 with Pierce in his face on quick shot
7:13 Garnett goes right by Gasol and fouled by Odom- questionable call – hard to see if Odom hits arm
6:59 Bryant hits crazy bank shot running across lane
6:28 Rondo clobbered on drive to the basket – good call
6:15 Questionable touch foul on Ray Allen 16 feet away on Kobe hesitation – puts Lakers in penalty
** 2 Laker free throws from a questionable call!
5:54 Rondo called for hook offensive foul going around Radmonovic – bad call (easily less of a hook than the previous Kobe play)
5:42 Great dive cut by Gasol for open dunk – no one near by to even contest
5:26 Garnett gets offensive rebound – good no call as there was no contact
5:25 Garnett scores on rebound – great no call as Odom flopped (if any call would be defensive as Odom tried to set feet in lane)
5:04 Bryant 16 foot jumper rolls in
4:30 Gasol hits open foul line jumper
**Lakers 5-8 on jumpers in the quarter and winning the quarter at this point by 3
4:14 Odom nice rebound in traffic on Pierce miss – clean play, good call
4:04 Odom drives, double teamed and ball almost stolen (knocked out) by Allen
**3rd drive of the period
3:54 Radmonovic takes contested 20-footer and misses
3:20 Radmonovic pass blocked cleanly by Garnett for steal – easy no call, good call
3:00 Pierce with a layup on cut – no one around for LA
2:43 Bryant airballs fadeaway double teamed! Easy no call – not even close to being touched, good call
**Kobe complains to ref again!
2:30 Brown another easy layup – challenged but good no call
**21 assists on 24 makes for Celtics – nothing to do with refs
2:15 Bryant misses contested 3 pointer
2:05 Farmar misses wild shot surrounded by 3 Celtics – avoid contact on play, good no call
2:02 Odom goes over the back of Brown for rebound – bad no call on over the back
1:53 Walton misses open 17-footer
**Bryant complains and flails arms at refs again!
1:44 Allen makes another 3 (18 point lead) 77-59
**Nothing to do with refs
1:27 Bryant drives and alley-oop to Gasol is too hi, bad pass
1:20 Powe alley-oop makes it 79-59
**Lakers shooting 44%, 3-9 from 3 with just 12 assists thus far
1:07 Odom drives and runs over Brown – easy charge call, good call
0:40 Walton throws it away, Celtics break out leads to open Powe dunk
0:23 Vujacic hits 18 footer after little push off – good no call on that contact (would have been ticky-tacky offensive foul)
0:02 Powe dunk there was actually contact by Farmar on the arm – questionable no call in favor of LA
3rd Quarter Summary
Good Calls 19
Bad Calls against LA 0
Bad Calls against BOS 2
Lakers Jumpers 6-13
Lakers drives 5 resulting in 2 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 0
Celtics Fts from bad calls 0
% of contested calls missed 9%
11:35 Farmar hits an open 3 on the wing
11:11 Powe drives right at Walton and scores easily – why is Walton still guarding Powe!? There was a reach by Walton before Powe dribbles that was not called. Bad call. Good no call at the rim
10:57 Powe called for reach on entry pass to Walton. Good call
10:50 Bryant nice alley-oop to Turiaf – no Celtics around to contest
10:30 Vujacic knocks ball out against Allen dribble – stays with Celtics, correct call as Vujacic hands can be seen on slow mo poking it away.
**Vujacic argues it was off Allen's knee when it wasn't even close to knees.
10:24 Rondo travels slightly after slipping. Some say this is inconsequential b/c close travels aren't called – I thought it was obvious enough to be called. Bad call. (Rebound went to right to Brown uncontested).
10:09 Rondo drives and lays off for Powe who is hammered by Vujavic. Obvious foul, good call.
10:06 Rondo dives after almost getting charge on Farmar – not enough contact, great no call.
10:04 Walton fouled by Powe – very questionable call as slight body contact on up fake.
9:55 Bryant alley-oop to open Turiaf on drive – no contest
9:28 Farmar hits wing 3
9:10 Garnett miss bounces right to Powe who had already turned to run back on defense. No contest from LA. Bryant then hacks Powe on arm for easy foul call. Good call.
8:43 Vujacic misses 22-footer, Garnett alone for rebound.
**At this point no one for ABC is talking about free throw margin, and they haven't even posted it. I couldn't tell you what it is, nor did I notice watching the game in real-time.
8:41 Bryant knocks rebound out of Garnett's hands. No foul called, ball to Celtics – right call.
8:35 Powe dribbles length of court for uncontested dunk.
**Again, this and Celtics shooting 8-12 from 3 have nothing to do with refs.
8:20 Bryant misses 17-foot pull up.
8:18 Rebound clean and knocked out by Radmonovic – good call.
8:02 Pierce fouled by Kobe with chicken wing at 3 point line uncalled – bad no call.
**95-71
7:39 Bryant hits 18-footer at top of key on catch-and-shoot
7:27 Rondo drives again and lays off for Powe who is hacked by Radmonovic – good call
7:22 Bryant drives and is held up by Posey at top of key. Good call.
7:22 Bryant shoots free throws – this is an error. The foul was CLEARLY on the floor, way out near the top many dribbles before Bryant goes “into the act.” This was a two foul shot error in favor of LA.
7:02 Powe misses jump hook – clearly no contact, good call.
6:53 Bryant left arm hit by Pierce on alley-oop attempt. Bad no call – should have been 2 FTs.
6:38 Pierce called for travel up-faking Fisher. Close play but acceptable call as Pierce slides pivot while Fisher landing on him. Bang-bang, good call.
6:20 Radmonovic hits 3 after Bryant drives and kicks.
**Just the second Laker drive of the quarter
5:56 Fisher fouled by Powe on drive. This is a terrible call, as Powe has 100% ball with both hands and rips it away – should have been a jump, or just a steal and play on. Bad call. Shouldn't have been 2 FTs for Fisher.
5:40 Pierce drives and is smacked on the elbow by Gasol. Fould called – good call.
5:22 Radmonovic misses 3 from top
5:21 Gasol rebound cleanly in lane – good no call over back.
5:18 Vujacic hits open 3
5:07 Gasol reaches and slows up Rondo just like Perkins in first half. Questionable no call.
4:55 Garnett miss literally bounces right to Ray Allen for offensive rebound – no contest.
4:52 Allen sweeps in for layup – good no call as there was no contact.
4:32 Fisher hits open 3
**Lakers 6-9 on outside shooting in quarter thus far – winning quarter
3:55 Radmonovic misses 3 – Pierce tips rebound to Garnett cleanly. Good no call.
3:48 Posey fouled clearly by Radmonovic on sideline. Easy call, good call.
**Lakers not even in penalty
3:38 Posey hits open 3 from corner
*102-86 Celtics
3:24 Questionable no call on Allen guarding Bryant in post – slight contact, I don't ever want that called a foul though.
3:21 Radmonovic clean offensive rebound and score – clean play, good no calls.
2:58 Posey misses 3 – Garnett bumped off rebound, clean contest, good no calls.
2:53 Bryant hits pull up 3.
2:34 Bryant bumps Rondo up top (same way he was underneath – no call)...questionable, but then bad foul called as Rondo drives – hard to see who it would be on. Bad call. 2 Boston FTs (both misses)
2:19 Bryant hits running drive at rim. Good no calls on contest.
2:02 Pierce drives on Bryant and scores – good no call.
1:50 Bryant drives and scores going to basket – his off hand is grabbed by Pierce – should have been an and-one free throw, bad call.
1:34 Questionable no call on steal by Fisher. Bryant has both arms around Pierce and Fisher bumps him and might get arm before he cleanly slaps the ball away. Three replay angles show it was probably correct no-call.
1:27 Vujacic hits open 3 on turnover.
1:03 Radmonovic steals and goes in for dunk with major 3 steps travel in open court. This must be called – bad call.
0:38 Another questionable ticky-tac call as Pierce called for fouled Bryant at start of drive. OK call but not always called – similar to Laker contact on Rondo and Pierce in previous 4th quarter possessions.
0:22 Pierce fouled by Fisher on drive – reached in (as Fisher said “caught in the cookie jar”). Replay confirms clearly a foul – good call.
0:16 Vujacic 3 cleanly blocked by Pierce after it left his hand. Good no foul call.
0:13 Posey fouled on rebound – crashed into by Fisher. Easy call, good call.
0:01 Fisher misses 3.
0:00 Good call as Pierce knocks rebound out of bounds to LA.
4th Quarter Summary
Good Calls 25
Bad Calls against LA 5
Bad Calls against BOS 5
Lakers Jumpers 8-14
Lakers drives 3 resulting in 7 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 1 (Bryant lob should have been 2 FTs, Fisher shouldn't have had 2)
Celtics Fts from bad calls 2
% of contested calls missed 29%
2nd Half Summary
Good Calls 44
Bad Calls against LA 5
Bad Calls against BOS 7
Lakers Jumpers 14-27
Lakers drives 8 resulting in 9 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 1 (Bryant lob should have been 2 FTs, Fisher shouldn't have had 2)
Celtics Fts from bad calls 2
% of contested calls missed 21%
1st Half Summary
Good Calls 39
Bad Calls against LA 6
Bad Calls against BOS 4
Lakers Jumpers 6-20
Lakers drives 10 resulting in 11 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 1
Celtics Fts from bad calls 2
% of contested calls missed 20%
Game Summary
Good Calls 83
Bad Calls against LA 11
Bad Calls against BOS 11
Lakers Jumpers 20-47
Lakers drives 18 resulting in 20 points
Lakers drives w/missed fouls 2 (Bryant lob should have been 2 FTs, Fisher shouldn't have had 2,. Gasol should have had 1 from lob. Bryant should not have had 2 when not in penalty.)
Celtics Fts from bad calls 4
% of contested calls missed 21%
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