EVERYONE is Speaking Out Against This…

EVERYONE is Speaking Out Against This…

The Philadelphia 76ers suffered what I would consider as the most frustrating loss of their season to this point it was nearly a wire-to-wire victory against the Clippers where they came up just short in the conclusion during James Harden’s return to Philadelphia there was a lot going on in this matchup

I think people were building up the James Harden return a little bit more than needed to be the case I don’t think there’s quite the amount of animosity in the air as a lot of the national media was trying to portray and build it up even though I do have another video

Coming out with some quotes from James Harden immediately after the game that I did think were interesting but specifically there were booze but it was nothing above the normal I don’t think James Harden compares to the stratosphere of hatred to a guy like Ben Simmons to the city of Philadelphia but

The referees might have cracked that list after last night as they were firmly on notice following that matchup ultimately the Sixers did suffer a 108 to 107 loss at the hands of the Clippers as I mentioned the Sixers nearly leading through the entirety of that but the

Final few minutes of that game were an absolute mess and the referees were a great deal to blame ultimately the Sixers came up short with Kelly UB unable to hit a game winner there was a lot of controversy whether about whether he was fouled or not personally I was

More frustrated in some of the calls leading up to it than the specific last shot opportunity I think Kelly’s got to do a better job of having awareness and making sure he gets a shot off rather than trying to get bailed out by the whistle and in reality the shot would

Did not leave his hand until after the final buzzer anyway in that particular situation but there still was an overturn earlier on that it didn’t make any sense to me that they said it was out on Kelly when I did not think he touched it and even after all the

Reviews I think there’s no way that you could have considered that clear and conclusive evidence to overturn in the way the referees did and also in the play prior I do think Kelly had a rightful argument for being fouled and for the referee specifically they acknowledged that as well after the game

So I’m going to dive into each bit of it but what really stole headlines here was Kelly ub’s reaction and I know this is a kid show right here on Sixers digest and I’m not going to repeat some of the words that came out of his mouth but I

Want to start off by just playing the video from Kelly so immediately following the game in which there was a no call at the very end Nick nurse is livid going at the officials and Kelly UB sure had his back so directly pointed at each referee

Letting him know how he feels and again I’m not going to put the words out here in the universe they came out of Kelly’s mouth but if you cannot read exactly what he’s saying here some colorful language for Kelly UB now unfortunately for Kelly he was playing for free last

Night as he’s going to pay a pretty hefty fine for that following the matchup but I do want to give him a lot of credit for the entirety of the thing that for starters I thought he played pretty solid last night when looking at the box score he overall finish with 17

11 rebounds he did shoot just six of 17 from the field but I thought he had some really good moments in that game his fire his competitiveness was really important and I thought he was good defensively again as well that he competed on that side of the floor had

Some big plays so shout out to Kelly UB for the way he played he was obviously frustrated at the end of the game and then what I think is even more impressive is he had this rage fit he went nuts letting the refs hear it and then he immediately collected himself

When speaking to the media after the game so he gave a nice apology opened up his press conference with that and they had had this quote as well that really stood out to me during that process he said quote I saw coach nurse getting riled up and if our coach is going to

Fight for us then I’m right behind him but at the end of the day it wasn’t cool so I’ll take whatever penalties come with that and you just got to move on but I got to be better in a sense so I like him taking responsibility being aware that there are consequences for

These types of action but it’s important to have that fire that these losses should not just fly over the shoulder when you think you have a rightful case which Kelly UB clearly did and as evidence of that we get this tweet from Keith pomp coming immediately after the

Game that in the postgame video review the officials determined that a foul should have been called on Paul George in the closing second however no foul was called and the Clippers escaped with a 108 to 107 victory over the Sixers I hate that this is kind of how the

Process works for the league and the NBA as a whole for starters it’s frustrating that referee issues are as frequent as they as have been the case not just this year but only widescale just situation that referees impact the outcome of the game to a significant margin far more

Than should be the case and it’s frustrating when there is a situation like this which there’s clear and conclusive evidence why they’re wrong that unfortunately you just got to wear that for the Sixers that none of this none of the acknowledgement that they got things wrong Chang the outcome of

The game or really makes anyone feel better so I understand from the NBA’s perspective trying to have a little bit of just making sure that they are held accountable with this type of response having the pool report having them answer questions these type of things after the game but the bottom line is

Nothing changes when that is the case that they still got to sit there and do on what is ultimately going to leave a sour taste in the entirety of the Sixers organization’s mouth but this is an alltime moment for Kelly UB and I’ve increasingly become more and more

Digging my heels in on the Kelly U Island and this is a situation that just makes me want to stay longer this is the type of guy that I’m excited to have on the Sixers team that for starters the passion I love that it’s there that’s

Important to me to have the will to win the desire the frustration to wear your heart on the sleeve the way he just did I think that’s admirable and not only to overstep in the way he did which I think is just kind of one of those ler cool

Moments you don’t got to bring the grandma involved in this type of situation but to overstep and then be able to reel it back yet and hold yourself in accountable in that situation I think is really cool of Kelly so again he is going to catch a

Big fine for that there’s no doubt in my mind I saw Lou Williams chatting up say expecting it to be 25,000 per b word in that full rant there so by my count he had six or seven in there so it’s going to be quite have to find if that is the

Case that he go and I also think that this was no able to teammates that one of the funnier moments that I recommend you going back and watching the full clip it’s when tyres mags he’s pulling him away and you can see the look in Tyrese Maxi’s eyes of like I did not

Realize how crazy this dude is and it’s cracking me up that even through the process he could not stop smiling look at the toothy grin on his face as he’s pulling Kelly UB away from just letting the refs hear it and beyond that I like a couple things here that for starters

UB doing the first thing of acknowledging coach nurse getting fired up I like that Nick nurse was a guy wearing his heart on his sleeves last night as well that the Sixers are obviously in a bit of a rut the results have not been there as they continue to

Wait for Joel embiid to return to the floor and nurse is still bringing that competitive spirit I think that’s infectious from a coach that that’s something that when you’re bringing that will to win on a night bynight basis when you’re in the referee’s ear and

Fighting for your team in the way that I think besides that specific altercation at the end I think throughout the length of the matchup he really went about it the right way just chirping being in his ear there was a lot that was picked up

On a hot mic last night at least I was do listening to the National broadcast last night that I I heard a lot of comments coming out from Nick nurse I think it’s very cool when that is the case stuff of him calling out plays calling out sets fighting for his guys

Saying how there should be a foul here shouldn’t be a foul here and frankly he backed that up post game too that he was not backing down from the take that they were allowed more physicality on one side of the floor than was necessarily being the case and again it is very

Frustrating that the referees can have such a hand in the outcome of game when things like that happen and there were a lot of calls down the the stretch that you can nitpick and look at and again I’ll be the first one to say I was more

Frustrated with some of those leading up to that final play than the final play itself and clearly the referees once again openly admitting that they should have called a foul in that final play but the overturn that they said went off Kelly ub’s hand last when I thought it

Was punched out of there as well as Kelly taking a great deal of contact when attacking the rim on that second to last play I thought was a little more egregious from the referee side of things but as this isn’t going to let the Sixers fully off the hook so I do

Want to acknowledge the game here when looking at the box score so Tyrese maxi leading the way as usual with 26 points eight assists and seven rebounds I thought it was a really solid maxi game overall but he played 44 minutes and and I think that goes back on Nick nurse too

That I understand this is kind of one of the the most notable critiques of Nick nurse is he rides his guys and Maxis young Maxi can do it but this was a situation last night where I felt he looked tired out there at the end and

Those final two plays that ended up with Kelly U attack in the basket looking for a gamewinner that should be Tyrese Maxi and even if he’s going to come up short even if his legs are tired he’s not ready for the moment this is so valuable

To have him grow through this to have this experience of I got to be the man I got to take the big shots so while I didn’t mind kind of the the look to get Kelly downhill I thought both these shot attempts were honestly fair and the

Second one happened after a jump ball so it’s not like it was drawn up in the same way the first one act absolutely was I’m not that mad about it from Kelly’s end cuz I you know I think he has earned it in the second tier he also

Kelly very much ignoring a wide open Tobias on that final play I don’t have any issue with that I’ve seen a lot of critique but for starters I trust Kelly UB scoring the basketball far more than I trust him passing the basketball and even if he did make that pass my level

Of confidence in Tobias actually hitting that shot is about as low as it could possibly get right now but my point in this being that Tyrese Maxi should step to Center Stage a little more and for Nick nuris I think this falls on his shoulders that you got to find a way to

Squeeze a couple minutes in there to just keep his legs rested and have him fresh so he can turn the corner as he was doing for the entirety of the first half in this matchup so I do think that was a bit of a Miss but overall we did

Get an epic Kelly UB rant for it I do think this will go down as an alltime moment in the Kelly UB story book and I cannot wait for the find to occur and see what that outcome is so shout out to Kelly for wearing your heart on the

Sleeve bringing that dog mentality and and the effort level I love that you wore it took responsibility cleaned things up after the fact and that proved to me once again this is a guy that I want to go to battle with night in and night out so let me know what you guys

Think of that rant as a whole did Kelly ubay overstep too far are you as in on him as I am let me know everything else in the comments make sure you’re smashing that subscribe button dropping a like and I’ll be talking with you next time right here on Sixers digest peace

EVERYONE is Speaking Out Against This…

The Sixers suffered a controversial loss at the hands of the Clippers in which the referees are under plenty of scrutiny. Sean Barnard breaks down the OUTBURST by Kelly Oubre and his comments after the fact. He also discuss the calls as a whole and why this only makes him love Kelly Oubre even more.

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