The NBA’s officials have had a rough year so far, to put it lightly.
People have always complained about officiating in the NBA and in other professional sports, too. It’s like a rite of passage at this point. Somebody will always have some complaint about a call made during a game. That’s sports.
With that said, folks. Listen. I’m not normally one who likes to hyperbolize things. But there have been some pretty awful and literally game-changing calls made in the NBA this season. It’s been pretty ridiculous.
Teams have legitimately lost games on the back of blown calls as we saw with the Pistons on Monday night. And the most teams have gotten from some of those calls has been an “our bad, guys.” No wonder teams have been so upset with the officiating this year.
With that in mind, let’s look at six of the worst calls we’ve seen this year.