Thanks for that.
I've been meaning to read 2 minute reports for games I watch, but never remember to do so.
Just re-watched the PHI ending:
1) can't tell if RJ fouls Simmons putback attempt, due to the camera angle from behind the action. But it was a physical game and the refs largely let them play, so I probably like the no-call. Caveat, couldn't see what contact did/didn't occur.
2) Randle 400% traveled with 24.3 left and down 2.
Randle drove, took a step and then a jump stop (so there's two or three steps after the gather already), went up and realized late he didn't have a shot, so passed off to RJB AFTER he landed. Both feet touch down before he releases the pass.
So that's 4 or 5 steps Randle transgressed before passing.
Live and on replay at the time, it seemed miraculous Randle got the pass to Barrett somehow. But it's clear he relanded and then passed. Surprisingly only one guy on PHI bench got up and signaled travel. That pass set up a short 8' J from RJB that would have tied the game, but front-rimmed.
3) Randle indeed fouled the hell out of Scurry to allow Quickly to get off his bricky long 3 point tying attempt. As Scurry tries to get around Randle's screen, Julius holds on to him and entangles his arms (a minor foul that could be called),
but then as Scurry gets loose and starts going around Randle, Randle steps out and executes a moving screen to block Curry again..
A rather egregious illegal re-screen there before the shot is launched.
One thing impressive is after Randle screen-fouls Scurry twice, Randle hustles from the 3-point line, down the lane and grabs the O-rebound. Down 3 with 10 secs left, everybody needs to crash the glass (or spot up around the arc), but that was good effort, and Thybulle failed to anticipate JR bulling through and failed to box out.
A rather exhausted Julius was mixing it up in the endgame and got away with some transgressions.
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