[Highlight] Here’s the comically late foul call that sent Fox to the line for the game-winning free throws
March 24, 2024
[Highlight] Here’s the comically late foul call that sent Fox to the line for the game-winning free throws
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lol the fact that this guy makes those sarcastic faces when other people flop
suggs gotta just shave that shit off
it was a foul, maybe he shouldnt have called it so late but regardless its a foul
now THAT’S a late call
What I don’t understand is the broadcast announcers are from the Magic but on the top right corner, it says nbc sports California which is the Kings’ channel.
It’s more than 20s left. Not really a winning FT and that can be no call.
That’s a foul, but if he doesn’t fall off balance and into the back court, ref doesn’t call it, because otherwise if it ain’t a foul it’s a back court violation?
Same thing as when they wait to see if the shot is missed before the whistle is blown for the foul which is also major bullshit
a slight push… very late call, feels like 60% of the time they dont call it.
but I really dont know what is a foul what is a fixing/rigging anymore.
It very clearly was a foul. A late whistle, sure, but clearly was a foul.
Dumb foul and a bit of embellishment
Hate/downvote me for saying it but I don’t think it was a worthy foul.. Suggs barely pushed him, Fox planted his pivot foot and then realized he had no where to go/pivot and was fucked so played off the push like it was worse than it was.. and I’m saying this as a fan of Fox.
That…is not how foul calling works, is it? Are they supposed to wait and see what the outcome of the foul is or are they supposed to call it regardless of the outcome of the contact?
He didn’t even clap at the refs for that call. Interesting.
that’s the right call lol
That level of contact could be called a foul possibly 200 times a game
watching this i kind of figured that it was specifically a foul because fox ended up in the backcourt like how pushing someone out of bounds is an automatic foul i even if the contact is incidental enough to not be called otherwise.
Honestly, I can live with the call (eventhough as a Mavs Fan I wanted Orlando to win). The ref didn’t want to blow the whistle for some minor contact but the backcourt violation kind of forced him to. Either way both sides would have complained in the end
Suggs makes contact with Fox. If he doesn’t then Fox doesn’t tiptoe the halfcourt line. It was late, but the right call. The Kings did their best to give us chances to win or tie tonight, so no complaints here. Tough loss, but thems the breaks
Yeah, but orlando also whiffed like 3 shot attempts off 2 offensive boards after this to lose the game
And got away with a flagrant on ellis that definitely wouldve ended the game
it was the right call
Magic didn’t challenge btw, despite having two timeouts. This was a veteran move.
Ya know, maybe it’s ok that a ref didn’t wanna give a guy free throws for a ticky tack foul in a game winning situation but wasn’t gonna allow the magic to win on a back court violation caused by a by the book foul. Idk this isn’t egregious to me
That wasn’t a late whistle.
You can’t push a player into the back court, and the ref blew the whistle the moment Fox stepped into the back court after being pushed.
It was a soft enough push to warrant play to continue almost anywhere else on the court, especially in a late game situation, but a push into the back court is a cut-and-dry call, and it’s one that can’t be called until it, you know, happens.
Everything is rigged, right guys? Idk why it’s so hard to understand. That amount of contact, we could all agree, shouldn’t be a foul. HOWEVER, if that contact caused a backcourt violation, thus a turnover, that’s now affecting the game and thus it needs to be called. Are you all either 12 or 80?
Most objective sport ever
Ok, so like yeah it’s late, but it’s CORRECT! We really in here complaining when the refs get the call right?
It was a foul though
What? Lately the refs have stopped whistling hand on hip during drives altogether which led to the scoring drought we’re in and then this shit gets called??? Just make it a back court violation and get it over with.
I don’t know, I like it.
The ref was planning to swallow his whistle and let the guys play, but when the foul changed the game, he made sure the consequences fell on the side of the team that committed the foul.
I like the intent. Just because he didn’t call it right away does not mean the foul no longer happened.
If the Kings and Magic played more than twice a year I would have to really work on deep breathing. I can’t handle the stress of these matchups anymore
Tbh it makes it seem like the ref wasn’t gonna call it but because it would have been a turnover he decided to call it
My favorite part of this clip is the online sportsbook advertisement Reddit is running under it lol.
I’m sure gambling never affects games or would influence a call like this one though! The other funny part is this call definitely pissed off some degenerate gamblers, so if you can’t afford to rig a game you probably can’t win regularly lol. Imagine losing like 10 million because of this call lmao.
I can’t imagine betting on this game seriously with the current state of refereeing, like do they account for the different refs in the betting odds because they should! Tony Brothers vs certain players and teams is probably worth 5-7 points.
It’s a foul. Bad late call. Still a foul.
It was explained before that they wont call fouls specially incidental contacts if it didn’t alter shots or affect the player.
In this case the contact affected Fox that will result in a backcourt violation.
It’s a very late call but I think correct call.
I think thats actually good reffing. Don’t lie, you would all still be complaining if he called the foul early and be saying that it was weak, etc, but the foul clearly would have caused a back court violation if uncalled.
Magic had the challenge. They didn’t elect to use it because it was the right call.
Feel like this was the equivalent of playing advantage in soccer.
I don’t like refs but this is call fair enough
it’s just the way this foul is supposed to be called. Because he pushed him off balance causing what would’ve been a backcourt violation, the foul was called instead. It’s similar to how it would be called if a player is pushed out of bounds.
Like those memes… twoooo hoursss laterrr
Actually not a bad call. He wanted to let the soft touch playout, I can respect it.
Money fingers hand gesture like Gobert
They get criticized for making themselves part of the game. This was the opposite. He waited as long as he could before impacting the game himself.
But isn’t that a good call?
It feels like “advantage” in soccer where the ref waits the next few seconds to see if the situation got significantly worse for the fouled player/team.
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lol the fact that this guy makes those sarcastic faces when other people flop
suggs gotta just shave that shit off
it was a foul, maybe he shouldnt have called it so late but regardless its a foul
now THAT’S a late call
What I don’t understand is the broadcast announcers are from the Magic but on the top right corner, it says nbc sports California which is the Kings’ channel.
It’s more than 20s left. Not really a winning FT and that can be no call.
That’s a foul, but if he doesn’t fall off balance and into the back court, ref doesn’t call it, because otherwise if it ain’t a foul it’s a back court violation?
Same thing as when they wait to see if the shot is missed before the whistle is blown for the foul which is also major bullshit
a slight push… very late call, feels like 60% of the time they dont call it.
but I really dont know what is a foul what is a fixing/rigging anymore.
It very clearly was a foul. A late whistle, sure, but clearly was a foul.
Dumb foul and a bit of embellishment
Hate/downvote me for saying it but I don’t think it was a worthy foul.. Suggs barely pushed him, Fox planted his pivot foot and then realized he had no where to go/pivot and was fucked so played off the push like it was worse than it was.. and I’m saying this as a fan of Fox.
That…is not how foul calling works, is it? Are they supposed to wait and see what the outcome of the foul is or are they supposed to call it regardless of the outcome of the contact?
He didn’t even clap at the refs for that call. Interesting.
that’s the right call lol
That level of contact could be called a foul possibly 200 times a game
watching this i kind of figured that it was specifically a foul because fox ended up in the backcourt like how pushing someone out of bounds is an automatic foul i even if the contact is incidental enough to not be called otherwise.
Honestly, I can live with the call (eventhough as a Mavs Fan I wanted Orlando to win). The ref didn’t want to blow the whistle for some minor contact but the backcourt violation kind of forced him to. Either way both sides would have complained in the end
Suggs makes contact with Fox. If he doesn’t then Fox doesn’t tiptoe the halfcourt line. It was late, but the right call. The Kings did their best to give us chances to win or tie tonight, so no complaints here. Tough loss, but thems the breaks
Yeah, but orlando also whiffed like 3 shot attempts off 2 offensive boards after this to lose the game
And got away with a flagrant on ellis that definitely wouldve ended the game
it was the right call
Magic didn’t challenge btw, despite having two timeouts. This was a veteran move.
Ya know, maybe it’s ok that a ref didn’t wanna give a guy free throws for a ticky tack foul in a game winning situation but wasn’t gonna allow the magic to win on a back court violation caused by a by the book foul. Idk this isn’t egregious to me
That wasn’t a late whistle.
You can’t push a player into the back court, and the ref blew the whistle the moment Fox stepped into the back court after being pushed.
It was a soft enough push to warrant play to continue almost anywhere else on the court, especially in a late game situation, but a push into the back court is a cut-and-dry call, and it’s one that can’t be called until it, you know, happens.
Everything is rigged, right guys? Idk why it’s so hard to understand. That amount of contact, we could all agree, shouldn’t be a foul. HOWEVER, if that contact caused a backcourt violation, thus a turnover, that’s now affecting the game and thus it needs to be called. Are you all either 12 or 80?
Most objective sport ever
Ok, so like yeah it’s late, but it’s CORRECT! We really in here complaining when the refs get the call right?
It was a foul though
What? Lately the refs have stopped whistling hand on hip during drives altogether which led to the scoring drought we’re in and then this shit gets called??? Just make it a back court violation and get it over with.
I don’t know, I like it.
The ref was planning to swallow his whistle and let the guys play, but when the foul changed the game, he made sure the consequences fell on the side of the team that committed the foul.
I like the intent. Just because he didn’t call it right away does not mean the foul no longer happened.
If the Kings and Magic played more than twice a year I would have to really work on deep breathing. I can’t handle the stress of these matchups anymore
Tbh it makes it seem like the ref wasn’t gonna call it but because it would have been a turnover he decided to call it
My favorite part of this clip is the online sportsbook advertisement Reddit is running under it lol.
I’m sure gambling never affects games or would influence a call like this one though! The other funny part is this call definitely pissed off some degenerate gamblers, so if you can’t afford to rig a game you probably can’t win regularly lol. Imagine losing like 10 million because of this call lmao.
I can’t imagine betting on this game seriously with the current state of refereeing, like do they account for the different refs in the betting odds because they should! Tony Brothers vs certain players and teams is probably worth 5-7 points.
It’s a foul. Bad late call. Still a foul.
It was explained before that they wont call fouls specially incidental contacts if it didn’t alter shots or affect the player.
In this case the contact affected Fox that will result in a backcourt violation.
It’s a very late call but I think correct call.
I think thats actually good reffing. Don’t lie, you would all still be complaining if he called the foul early and be saying that it was weak, etc, but the foul clearly would have caused a back court violation if uncalled.
Magic had the challenge. They didn’t elect to use it because it was the right call.
Feel like this was the equivalent of playing advantage in soccer.
I don’t like refs but this is call fair enough
it’s just the way this foul is supposed to be called. Because he pushed him off balance causing what would’ve been a backcourt violation, the foul was called instead. It’s similar to how it would be called if a player is pushed out of bounds.
Like those memes… twoooo hoursss laterrr
Actually not a bad call. He wanted to let the soft touch playout, I can respect it.
Money fingers hand gesture like Gobert
They get criticized for making themselves part of the game. This was the opposite. He waited as long as he could before impacting the game himself.
But isn’t that a good call?
It feels like “advantage” in soccer where the ref waits the next few seconds to see if the situation got significantly worse for the fouled player/team.