Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns – Game 1 – First Round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs

I wrote this thing above, in case someone wants to search it in the future.

Usually, I'll have replays of many of these fouls, but because there was only ABC broadcast available, which chose not to view replays except for one And-1 foul and another Dillon Brooks foul, then I got almost none.

That's why I like Home and Away broadcast of NBA teams, as they tend to show replays of fouls as well.

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  3. Guy falls on the floor every play. Like come on dude. Some are legit contact, but half of them, guys like Curry, LeBron, etc. would never get those calls. 1 min into the vid, Brooks hit his hand after the shot is release and he still manages to fall to the floor even though Brooks was nowhere near his feet. Shit is pathetic.

  4. Some are legit, some feel soft, and 1-3 of them do not look like fouls in any sense of the word.

    I guess the problem many people are mad is that you see videos of other players getting smacked square in the face with no whistle while here you are getting called on because the defender was standing still with their arms down..

  5. Why is he falling in 1:18? He is hit in the wrist or forearm. Defender is not even close to him.

  6. No home and away broadcasts for this year’s playoffs of is genuinely one of the lamest things about this new TV deal.

  11. He is so frustrating to watch cause his game can be beautiful but the foul baiting antics are just awful

  12. This video does show how gross his whistle can be.

    Seriously, how do you guard someone if you can get jumped into and it gets called? Teams are going to start fouling Shae hard like its the 80s.

  13. This guy is a joke. One of the most fraudulent MVPs in recent history flopping around like a fish every play. Disgraceful.

  15. lmao and they have the audacity to call murray foul baiter, this is a playoff games btw and yet the slightest contact is called a foul.

  17. I really dislike how for some of these, the defender would have to actually jump out of the way to not get called for a foul. They are making good defense a foul.

  18. My rule of thumb is that if SGA falls over it probably wasnā€™t much of a foul. This video does nothing to change my opinion.

  19. People used to not care as much because as soon as playoffs came around the refs started eating their whistle for guys like Harden/Embiid/Luka/etc. For whatever reason playoff whistle karma has never hit Shai, still gets an extremely soft whistle and itā€™s leading to a lot of resentment and for good reason.

  20. the second one is the kinda shit that drives most of us nuts. Book is playing good D, Shai pushes off twice and then loses the ball and the refs blow the whistle

  22. Look at SGA’s feet in the slomo with brooks. Both feet turn in the direction he’s planning to flop. It’s ALL premeditated, and should be called out. Alternatively, you know he’s going to get the calls, so why not make sure the foul counts… Let his dirty ass feel the foul.

  23. Every free throw merchant has dealt with the playoff free throw deficiency except him

  25. You can tell there’s a tentativeness by defenders because they know a whistle is coming.

    It’s an unfair advantage that the Thunder don’t really need…

  27. I couldn’t even finish the highlights. I will never acknowledge this fraud or his ring.

  28. I donā€™t care if you say ā€œum he technically got fouled because according to the rule bookā€, some of these are absolute dogshit and just against how the game should be played. He seriously will just push a guy out of the way and then dive right into him, flop, and then thereā€™s 2 free throws. It sucks to watch.

  29. Not only is it the foul call it also softens the defense. Knowing you can’t go over the limit reduces the defenses aggressiveness.

    I’m just tired of ref ball…….

  30. If I’m the suns, im gonna start fouling that mfer hard as hell. If theyre gonna call the ticky tacky shit might was well foul him hard and send a message.

  31. Sure helps the turnover and shooting stats if you get whistles every time you lose the ball or miss

  32. Honestly, itā€™s not even that shai gets these calls. Is that lu dort and Alex Caruso get to fouls whenever they want. Itā€™s one thing if itā€™s a close game, but why are they giving them all the fouls for a blow out.

  33. NBA needs to make it so if the offensive player initiates the contact then you canā€™t call a foul off that. This shit is bogus as hell.

  34. We need enforcers like in hockey. Have one guy on the team dedicated to getting tossed. Save it for players like this. The league will get the message.

  35. Listen weā€™re gonna get smoked by OKC and I accept this, but these types of fouls are unwatchable and not just when SGA does it

  36. I refuse to watch OKC games – it’s just horrible to watch

    Rooting for literally anyone else to come out of the West

  38. This is why his FG% is so efficient, because any time he misses the refs bail him out and call a foul

  40. When are we gonna add ‘fun to watch’ as criteria for mvp? Bc this shit is awful to watch.

  42. Play this clip back to back with the stuff Dort, Caruso and Cason get away with and youā€™ll lose your mind

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