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The phantom foul on Kawamura that saved France at the end of regulation



The phantom foul on Kawamura that saved France at the end of regulation



by MyManD

33 Comments

  1. French refs literally stole this in front of our eyes. All hail draft kings.

  2. I mean he barely touched him, but they should have fouled before they had a chance to even shoot

  3. wildertwinkie

    The Rui ejection and this is wildly suspect

  4. Bonesawisready5

    It’s a weak foul but Kawamura was dumb to put hand on the hip when they were up 4 with seconds left. Say what you will about the refs but all Kawamura had to do was not touch him at all, let him make the 3 and then inbound the ball because France had to foul

  5. Either_Opening_41

    Fuck ref fuck France fuck Paris they deserve nothing

  6. cmwllms10901

    Compared to other fouls I’ve seen throughout this tournament that was nothing and they basically bailed out France. Definitely home cooking for the host nation.

  7. Ishield74

    The biggest mistake was that kawamura sagged off to double Gobert when they were up 4. Just live with the two and this shot never goes up in the first place

  8. actual_yellow_bag

    The home cooking for France was unreal, I would be pissed af if I were Japan.

  9. japan should have won this game, but well Refs save them from an upset and worst in their own home court…

  10. freezefox

    suddenly fiba refs make me…….. glad we have tony brothers

  11. Is end of the game intentional fouling allowed in FIBA? If so Japan should’ve just fouled and played the FT game to end the game.

    That was bad coaching if that’s the case.

  12. wolfofballstreet1

    Home court reffing at its most blatant. bleedin sham. Let Japan have its day in the sun 

  13. bballdiscussions

    Kawamura proved he can not only hang, but stand out around NBA talent. It is a shame the refs cost Japan the game.

  14. Maybe Japan will stop worshipping France as a result.

  15. _Tar_Ar_Ais_

    Kawamura was cooking the whole game, shame it had to end this way

  16. archangelcats

    the betting odd for japan vs france was at 1000 to 1 minimum. so it would have been a nice payday for the underdogs…needed some help from the refs.

  17. archangelcats

    France has always been the best at cooking. 🙂

  18. That was really a soft call.

    But Japan fuck this up.

    You’re 4 and the only thing you need to do is to not foul a 3 shot. They can easily just stand up and do nothing and they go aggressive.

  19. CodyCryBabies69

    yeah rigged as fuck but the japanese dude should have just let him shoot the 3

  20. strugglingtosave

    If Japan had won this game, basketball will just surely grow and grow even more over there.

    They’d be making manga and anime from this moment. But then the refs…

  21. Lapponias

    Tough but foul. You can’t hand check a shooting player. I really wanted to see Japan winning this one but crying about the play is useless.

    It’s a foul. And it doesn’t matter whether it was a soft foul. In that situation you keep your hands to yourself.

  22. -trowawaybarton

    i didnt know that i was watching a cooking show?

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