Is it possible for both teams to be right?
Harden is definitely going out of his way to create fouls by flailing and kicking out his legs on almost every shot, but the rules are that if the defensive player jumps into that it should be a foul.
Here is what the teams are saying.
“I mean, I just want a fair chance, man,” said Harden, who scored 35 points but was only 9-of-28 from the floor and 4-of-16 from the 3-point line. “Call the game how it’s supposed to be called and that’s it. And I’ll live with the results.”
“I’ve been fouled by James on a James 3-pointer before,” Green said. “No, I ain’t going with that one. …
“I think we can all sit here and complain about calls after every game. That’s just the nature of the game we play. Refereeing is an inexact science. So it is what it is.”
“Gotta contest the shot,” Green said. “When you land three feet ahead of where you shoot the ball from, that really ain’t my issue.”
Flip the pages for video of the Harden’s shots.