A player reflects on a Celtics-Lakers game and why refereeing is so hard. Refs miss calls, but the real problem is they don't read the room when players are heated. A simple admission of error can defuse a confrontation, yet players almost always think they're right anyway.
All right, so I was thinking after watching the Boston Celtics versus the Los Angeles Lakers and everyone saying why did LeBron act a certain way. As players, basketball players, you're emotionally invested in the game, so you always feel like you're right no matter what. So did the ref miss the call? Yes, but this is not what that's— this is about. This is about refs not understanding that there's so much emotion involved in the game to relax the player before you attack them, right? All my encounters with the ref are always emotional just because, you know, I think I'm right most of the time, which obviously I'm not. But every single time, no matter what, if a ref says, maybe I missed it, The conversation's over. He's acknowledged the fact that he could mess up, right? What
