Twitter Reacts To The Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Foul Call That Cost The Celtics A Win
BOSTON (CBS) -- The Celtics could taste victory, but a referee snatched it from them at the last second - literally.
With the Celtics up 103-102 and mere seconds left in regulation, the Chicago Bulls' Jimmy Butler went up for a potential game-winning jump shot. Celtics point guard Marcus Smart appeared to play strong defense against Butler's shot, which did not fall - but that's when the referee interjected, calling a late foul that may or may not have even happened. Butler made his free throws to secure the 104-1013 win for the Bulls.
Did Marcus Smart catch a piece of that elbow????? pic.twitter.com/QRQzxVbD42
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) February 17, 2017
If you need a microscope to see whether or not Smart grazed Butler's elbow, it probably should not be called.
The call felt like a moment out of WWE with the way the refs needlessly intervened and screwed the Celtics out of a sure victory. Twitter was quick to react to the Vince McMahon-esque double-cross by the officials.
They look like they're waiting for Vince McMahon to show up and announce the start of overtime. pic.twitter.com/Mt78O67soC
— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) February 17, 2017
If Tommy Heinsohn was at this game, someone might actually have been maimed.
— Toucher and Rich (@Toucherandrich) February 17, 2017
Vomit inducing officiating tonight. Worst screw job I've seen in a long time.
— Toucher and Rich (@Toucherandrich) February 17, 2017
Nuts and bolts, Celtics got SCREWED.
— Jon Wallach (@KenGriffeyRules) February 17, 2017
Boston sports-talk should be fun tonight after the call in the Celtics-Bulls game.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) February 17, 2017
For everything wrong with NFL officiating....NBA is a whole other level. My god.
— Robert Alvarez (@ralvarez617) February 17, 2017
That call followed by the stupid NBA tickets commercial is too much to handle right now
— Matthew Geagan (@MattGeagan) February 17, 2017
Butler runs the clock down so he can get a terrible spinning fallaway w/ no time left and somehow gets bailed out. I hate the NBA sometimes.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) February 17, 2017
It's rare you can point to a call and literally say "that was 100% wrong and 100% cost us the game". This is one of those times
— Michael Dyer (@Mike_Dyer13) February 17, 2017
But wait, there's a better look at the referee who made the call ... aaand it makes it even worse.
Isaiah Thomas summed it up.
What was your reaction to the call that cost the Celtics the game? Share your thoughts in the comments.