Scott Foster will be one of the refs working the Oklahoma City Thunder-Houston Rockets Game 7 on Wednesday, and NBA Twitter hilariously reacted to it.
To recall, both Rockets star James Harden and Thunder guard Chris Paul have well-documented beefs with Foster. Harden once said Foster shouldn't be allowed to work a Rockets game ever again. Paul, meanwhile, has openly mocked the official on the court before.
Houston has lost seven straight playoff games that Foster has worked, while Paul has lost nine. With that said, NBA Twitter had a lot of fun with their Scott Foster tweets ahead of Game 7.
Rockets have lost 7 straight playoff games that Scott Foster officiates, CP3 has lost 9.
This is the basketball equivalent if Stone Cold Steve Austin was the special guest referee for a main event between Vince McMahon and The Rock. https://t.co/ZruvUBivCJ
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 2, 2020
Scott Foster walking his way to eliminate the rockets once again pic.twitter.com/YtCLhEmKWk
— Jabari Smith_Feed (@rockets_feed) September 2, 2020
Scott Foster sitting in his hotel right now wondering if he wants to screw over Chris Paul or James Harden more tonight. pic.twitter.com/fIAmsYur2k
— Gary Kester (@garykester) September 2, 2020
The Rockets have lost their last 7 playoff games officiated by Scott Foster while Chris Paul's teams have lost 9 straight Scott Foster playoff games.
Something's got to give
— Adam Spolane (@AdamSpolane) September 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/PeterGriffinAcc/status/1301259953861165058?s=20
Since Chris Paul and James Harden have both publicly accused Scott Foster of being biased against them, it evens out. https://t.co/jegfUfhCEv
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) September 2, 2020
Scott Foster seeing Chris Paul and James Harden before tip-off pic.twitter.com/3n74b5kKyc
— Kelly Iko (@KellyIko) September 2, 2020
one of the best rivalries in basketball, one that produced the infamous lowercase Thttps://t.co/2vMfVvAZBN
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 2, 2020
The last time Scott foster officiated a Rockets game 7………… pic.twitter.com/WTU7bqBNL7
— LebronJamesHarden™️ (@LBJamesHarden) September 2, 2020
The winner of Game 7 will face LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the NBA playoffs. All eyes are going to be on Harden, Paul and Foster on Wednesday.
There could be a lot of fireworks in the do-or-die playoffs clash since Harden and Paul have beef as well. The two were teammates for two seasons on the Rockets but reportedly had a falling out last season. Houston traded Paul to the Thunder for Russell Westbrook as a result of Harden and Paul's icy relationship.
Paul will be extremely motivated to bounce the Rockets in the first round after the franchise traded him one year following a max extension. Many pundits picked OKC to miss the NBA playoffs this 2019-20 campaign, so no matter how the last first-round series goes for the Thunder, the team should be very proud of themselves.
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