Toronto Raptors forward Amir Johnson got away with what may be the most blatant double dribble in the history of the NBA during the first quarter of Wednesday night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
It's not even close how obvious this double dribble was. Johnson dribbles to his right, stops, fakes the shot to juke the defender, then dribbles again and makes the shot for the basket. Yet, despite three NBA referees watching the action, not one of them called the violation on Johnson. It was so bad that you could even see Johnson laughing about it as he ran back down the court to play defense.
Seriously, how did the officials not see this? Granted that with the Raptors winning the game 102-79, this play hardly made a difference in the game, but if the officials can't make this call, how can they be trusted with anything else?
H/T Cosby.
It's not even close how obvious this double dribble was. Johnson dribbles to his right, stops, fakes the shot to juke the defender, then dribbles again and makes the shot for the basket. Yet, despite three NBA referees watching the action, not one of them called the violation on Johnson. It was so bad that you could even see Johnson laughing about it as he ran back down the court to play defense.
Seriously, how did the officials not see this? Granted that with the Raptors winning the game 102-79, this play hardly made a difference in the game, but if the officials can't make this call, how can they be trusted with anything else?
H/T Cosby.
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