Mo retweeted
The fact that a foul is being highlighted as a “highlight” speaks to the disconnect in how officiating is viewed and discussed. What some see as a great basketball play, others see as a missed call—which it was. This is precisely why perspectives on Game 5 differ.
MEET HER AT THE RIM 😤
Kiah Stokes gets her second block of the game!
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Beyond officiating, the Dream need to unite. Since Game 3, the guards have slowed the pace, settled for 3s and abandoned the paint. Karl Smesko inexplicably abandoned a winning offense. It’s a lot to overcome, but they can if they prioritize the team over individual accolades.
The same accounts that cherry-picked stats to convince people Angel Reese couldn’t play now use FT totals to dismiss biased officiating. They ignore context, missed fouls that swing games, and push false narratives. Angel Reese hate makes people and sports media dumb as fuck. 😂
DiJonai gets ejected, yet Burton doesn’t get called for a foul? The Valkyries get the same favoritism as the Fever. I question how much team valuations influence officiating. At this point, it feels like the league is protecting its investments at the expense of fair competition.
Veronica Burton should have been ejected for pulling down Allisha Gray face.
Windup, follow threw & potential for injury with no call is crazy. This is a FLAGRANT 2.
Dijonai was ejected for less. Refs can't ignore fouls like this
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Mo retweeted
With how great the @AtlantaDream media team is, I’d have them put together a compilation of all these bullshit calls/no calls and post it with audio from this postgame presser. Let that shit be the talk for the next couple of days leading up to Game 6. Show the world in 4k🤔
Blatant body contact before the block is a foul. Touching the ball afterward doesn’t make it clean. The WNBA and commentators praising “elite” rim protection while ignoring obvious fouls is INSANE. Half those “blocks” are fouls normally, but not against the Dream, apparently.
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Kiah Stokes gets her second block of the game!
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Mo retweeted
This is crazy, especially considering that foul calls are harder to get in FIBA. It's also not surprising if you've watched how the WNBA refs call Angel. Hacked all game and FG% obviously is impacted. The WNBA is deeply corrupt and clearly has an agenda against Angel Reese.
Mo retweeted
This officiating was set up to humble the dream. Yall thought Cathy was gon play fair and let a Black a&& team like the dream win it all?
Aight, I’m hiding replies and blocking anyone who brings up the free throw disparity between the Valks and Dream.
I’m tired of explaining that free throw totals don’t tell the whole story to people who refuse to think critically about officiating and its impact on the game.
Proud of Angel for speaking up about what we’re all seeing. Meanwhile, commentators applaud the Valkyries instead of calling out the refs like they do in the MNBA. The officiating is robbing the Atlanta Dream of a fair shot at a championship.
P.S.
Karl Smesko still sucks.
Wow! So as we knew, GSV knows that they can foul Angel and get away with it because the refs are just going to ignore it. This is disgusting. 😠 #DoItForTheDream
The refs did, in fact, go crazy after this.
Thanks for wasting your challenge on the dumbest play possible, Karl! You could’ve used it on the VERY next play, but instead, your team was further demoralized, and you had no challenges left. Absolutely brilliant in-game management!!
