I’ll take the downvotes but in real time (and from this angle) I can understand how the call was missed because it really doesn’t look egregious. I swear I watched the replay 20 times and slowed down and I’m still having trouble seeing exactly where KD got hit and who exactly hit him. Was it Keldon or Jones?
It’s definitely not Keldon. That’s a 100% clean steal. Maybe Vassell gets him but even then it’s not clear. I’m not sure what all the outrage is about.
Luckily for the referees they are actually in the arena, on the playing floor, much closer to the plays than the main camera. That should make it easier to call obvious fouls where players are struck in the face.
I’ll take the downvotes but in real time (and from this angle) I can understand how the call was missed because it really doesn’t look egregious. I swear I watched the replay 20 times and slowed down and I’m still having trouble seeing exactly where KD got hit and who exactly hit him. Was it Keldon or Jones?
It’s definitely not Keldon. That’s a 100% clean steal. Maybe Vassell gets him but even then it’s not clear. I’m not sure what all the outrage is about.
I totally get how it was missed in realtime watching the replay it was pretty clearly Jones.
Luckily for the referees they are actually in the arena, on the playing floor, much closer to the plays than the main camera. That should make it easier to call obvious fouls where players are struck in the face.