Has James Harden really been a victim of all those trios in the first match?

James Harden just wants a chance. After officials chose not to foul on several controversial attempts in the 104-1001 loss to Houston in the first game against Golden State, all Harden could offer in response: "I just want to a chance, dude " he said after the match. "Call the game as it is supposed to be called, and that's it. And I will live with the results. "

The result of the first game was a 0-1 deficit that the Rockets now face to overtake the Warriors and attempt to win a championship. Another result of the first match is a conversation: Are the referees officiating Harden in the right direction when he lands after taking contested three point shots?

Sunday, the answer was no

Houston's internal video team re-viewed the tape and, according to The sporty one Sam Amick and Kelly Iko counted eight unsuccessful calls on the Rockets jumpers in the first game. The officiating crew confessed to Mike D'Antoni that he missed four half-time calls.

Several of the incidents occurred when Klay Thompson challenged Harden's attempts in three points. The video poses an interesting question about the distance that separates him from Harden when he leaves his feet for a disputed shot.

But the video also shows that Thompson invades Harden's landing space while challenging his shot. It's something that happened more than once in the first game.

The final Houston rule, which allowed Harden and Draymond Green to make contact, was another factor.

Only this time, Harden's legs struggled in Green, who did not move while defending the shot. After reading Harden's comments, Green replied, "I've already been a victim of James' fault during a three-point attempt by James. … I will challenge the shot as I challenge a shot. If you land three feet ahead of where you shoot the ball, that 's not really my problem. "

This is particularly ugly because of the biggest problem Golden State Kawhi Leonard series ends his injury in the final of 2017 West. You know, when Zaza Pachulia slipped twice into Leonard's landing zone in the same match? This incident ended this series for San Antonio. The Rockets do not want to suffer the same fate.

"We all know what happened a few years ago with Kawhi," Harden said. "It can change the whole series."

But there is a strange twist in this story

Apparently, these fouls in the landing zone are not just a thing of the first game. They also go back to the showdown at last year's Western Rockets-Warriors Conference final.

L & # 39; athletics reported that Houston had acquired play-by-play refereeing reports for every game in the West Finals series – essentially a record of the last two minutes for each minute of each game. When the Rockets watched the officials' reports, they learned that the NBA had recognized missed calls that deprived Houston of 93 potential points in the series.

They also learned that the league had ruled that there should have been injunctions in two of the 27 consecutive games in Game 7. The Warriors won this game 101 to 92, but the NBA ruled that the Rockets should have earned 18 more points.

That's not all, either

according to L & # 39; athletics, Houston also believes that match 1 proved truthfully one of the allegations made during the discussion of the findings with the NBA: "The idea that the most experienced officials in the league are much less willing to qualify this game according to the rules , compared to younger officials. "

Houston reportedly filed the complaint with the NBA a few months ago. Their complaints did not influence the officiating crew, with three referees at least in their ninth NBA season.

That's why Houston general manager Daryl Morey tweeted mysteriously: "It's been 2006 that things are going according to plan" after Mark Cuban tweeted interest in seeing the final match of match 1. Because that the Dallas Mavericks have lost the 2006 NBA Finals to the Miami Heat in one of the most controversial games in playoff history.

This thing has layers. For the moment, all we can do is wait for the report of the last two minutes of the first part. However, the officials have already given us the answers to the questions we will have.

They missed several calls during Harden's shooting attempts on Sunday. The only question left is simple:

Now what?