[Two days ago](https://twitter.com/wcgoldberg/status/1612269071051153408?s=46&t=bc80k3oowFjgUQflUTqgHQ), Jimmy said he didn’t think it was the refs fault for the Heat losing the game against the Brooklyn Nets, in which Jimmy did not get a foul call on the final play. [Today vs the OKC Thunder](https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401468766), Jimmy got a fairly generous whistle, with 23 attempts (and 23 makes). He had 35 points on 6/17 shooting overall. Miami was a record 40/40 from the line
Shai did something similar earlier in the season, and then got blessed with a generous whistle too, currently at 4th in FTA in the league at 10.28. Should more players try to be nicer to the refs instead of jawing off at them when they don’t get calls?
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[Source for today’s game](https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401468766)
by mastermind208
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Ref meta is real
What if you bang a ref?
How many FTs?
it very obviously does
Unironically needs to be an investigation into the refs after that lmfao
Jimmy got 23 FTs. Thunder got 21. Heat got 40. Most were cheap touch fouls.
Pretty sure it’s the Heat Culture
New Meta
YESSIRRRRRRR LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
lmao
Luka please pay attention bro
This really is the new meta. KD should talk good about the refs when he comes back.
Embiid could use this strat for sure lmao
Unfortunately Hitler still has the record for 24 free throws without a miss in a game. Refs need to do better next game.
Shai did it first
Jimmy playing the ‘we cool’ game with the refs and it worked
Play the game folks, play the game.
Lebron… you know what to do.
Nah. Jimmy is always like this. There are never excuses for a loss as far as he’s concerned.
Then prime Harden was giving the refs pre-game handies
Refs can call something almost every possession if they wanted to. They are human too and if someone is nice to them I wouldn’t put it past them to be paying attention to when that person is “fouled” more.
Heat went 40-40 from the line. Just insane.
Smart man lol
Jimmy B and a bunch of 3rd stringers get another W. Name a more iconic duo
You definitely get a better whistle by not blaming the refs in a contentious decision, even if it’s just implicit bias rather than conscious.
Having said that, I didn’t see the whole game but Jimmy draws his free throws through legitimate contact. He might get some soft ones at times but I think it’s fair game when you’re actually going at defenders instead of twisting your body to buy some contact from a shot.
I never understood why players don’t do this more often.
And tons of offensive foul on Heat lol
Stop complaining, the refs are bad both ways !
Did you watch the game? The Thunder’s discipline on D was atrocious – it’s not Jimmy’s fault they fell for literally every single pump fake
Steph enters the chat.
I knew this post was coming
Refs are handsome and have big ass dicks
Jimmy showed the slightest bit of respect to the refs and they awarded him with a Joel Embiid stat line lmao.
Butler always gets a ton of FTs
I didn’t watch the game, were they soft calls or relatively normal stuff? I wouldn’t be surprised either way tbh
saw this coming from a mile away after seeing the result of that SGA quote lol
Kill ‘em with kindness
I don’t know how many of you actually watch basketball games versus highlights, but the thunder do commit a lot of fouls. The mavs attempted 42 free throws against the thunder last game. The wizards 36 the game before that.
Idk if complimenting them works but whatever Ant and KAT are doing screaming at the refs every play, definitely doesn’t work.
yes, which is why they will never give Steph a FT after he called them out by name
Complimenting works everywhere
Refs will forget what you said, refs will forget what you did
But refs will never forget how you made them **feel**
Something tells me the refs aren’t watching highlights of every single NBA game each night and seeing which players complain or not to their referee brothers/sisters
someone please explain this to luka
You bet it does
This sub has a hate boner on the Heat. Look at how many fts the Thunder has given in their last games, just shows how they are atrocious in defending without fouling (42 mavs, 36 wiz, 36 magic). But now that we hit them at a perfect 100%, y’all calling bullshit. Lmao.
Well Lamelo said he could do the refs job last year and this year he’s gotten very little to no foul calls. Even when getting clobbered
Jimmy would average 12.5 ppg without free throws he’s always gotten the calls
It doesn’t matter who we root for. We all watch our teams play other teams and the refs suck for everyone, consistently. JC they can’t even go to a replay and get shit right.
Last night The Lakers and Nuggets beat the shit out each other for 48 minutes. It’s not even fun to watch. But 40 FTs for one team? Was it an 8 hour game? That’s fing ridiculous.
They are getting worse. One single challenge you get after watching 15 fuck ups.
Jimmy knee pads
Unequivocally yes. The refs are sensitive weirdos and this dusty works very well. Surprising more players don’t do it, but honestly it must be hard to compliment/at least not complain about the refs. They’ve been so awful.
Coming from a dude who employed this strategy with every Rec league team I played on, it probably doesn’t hurt. I would make it a point to ensure we didn’t ever complain about calls and were polite to the refs. Felt like we rarely were the team to get screwed over by the officials. Now this is the NBA, but what teams do you think the refs would like to officiate more? The whiny bitch ass team or the team that shuts the fuck up and let’s you do your job?