I just got back from a game today and it was not an as easy as we thought it would be. We knew some of our opponent's players from starting five are not playing and we relaxed and almost got punished for it. We started sluggishly and with a with a thought in our head we are going to win this "easy." We beat this team twice already before with all the players accounted for, but today they played better than will all the other players that were missing.
Picked Up A Techinal Today
We finished the half I believe 40-30 for us and struggling to find our rhythm. And honestly, the referees gave them a push to keep the game close. I am not a guy who ever simulates fouls or something like this. But today these guys tried to beat me up and referees let them do it as well. I tried to talk to referees in the normal way to pay attention to what they are doing, but it did not really help at all. But, this usually only makes me play better because it awakens the inner fire in me to compete even harder. So in the 3rd quarter, we broke the game open. And, went ahead by 20 points and the game was over. I heated up and 4 triples that quarter, but got into an argument with the referee and picked up a technical.
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First, a guy hit me straight in the face when I went for defensive rebound in front of the referee. And the referess said this:
- It was not intentional?????
In which I told him what do you mean it was not intentional? Your job is not to look for unintentional but rather to call foul if you see one. It is not important intentional or not. It is a foul. I let it go until I was in position for an offensive rebound and the guy just ran behind my back and right before I was about to jump elbowed me hard in the back which made fall on the floor. It is not an easy thing to get me on the floor. He hit me, HARD guys. And, again I mean right in front of this referee. From the ground I told him?:
- Are you freaking kidding me? Did you not see that?
He gave me a technical for it. So not only he missed about 5-6 obvious fouls on me today, with the elbow one in my back right in front him, but he decides to give me a technical? And, this happened the attack right after I got hit in the face in defense. Let's just say it pissed me off. And, it is not an easy thing to do. I don't blame the other team fouling. I blame the referees for letting them do it. But, there is only so much beating I can endure. I mean guys this referee was half a meter away when it happened. And, you know what he tells me?
- I did not see it.
Are you freaking kidding me, it happened right in front of your nose? Where in the hell were you looking at? My body is my work and it is your job as it is mine to protect me from this kind of fouls. He again warned me to stop talking but I was not having it. I was pissed. Even my teammates tried to calm me down, but it did not work at all. But, the coach took me out as he saw I was rattled. It was a good choice because I would pick up a second technical and got expelled from the game if I stayed in. But, he put me back a minute later as I cooled down. I just ignored this referee for the rest of the game. And, we closed out the game soon after and won by 30 points. It was the best answer I could give him.
It was not as easy as the score tells it, but being easy or hard, it is the victory which counts. I believe this is a 3rd technical I picked in my career so far. And, I have been playing basketball more than 20 years now. Sometimes I honestly don't know how some of this referees get a license as they can literally decide games with their bad calls. It did not happen today, but I have witnessed it many times in my life. But, unfortunately, bad referees are part of basketball and you have to find a way to win a game no matter how hard they try to make you lose. We moved to 13-4 record for the season and going on the road next week and hopefully we will get win number 14. Life after every one of our wins it was time for 13th team selfie this season. 🏀 💪
Thank you all for reading, have an amazing day, much love,
dbjegovic 💓💓💓
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