Joey Crawford gets the last laugh.
by Basketball John on May 28, 2008 9:32 AM MDT
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I hate the Lakers and the Spurs. So I don't care who wins. Just so long as they don't win it all.
But it was a foul on Derek Fisher last night, plain and simple. The whole, "You can't call that at the end of the game" defense is garbage. The other defense is that you can't have refs deciding the outcomes of games. Really? The first 47 minutes is okay to be decided by refs but the last minute is somehow exempt?
I'll follow up this post by TrueHoop by getting a little preachy. Your clergy, your mom, or someone in your life with some authority has likely told you to avoid even the appearance of evil. What was Joey Crawford doing within 2 states of San Antonio last night? If you're not familiar with the Crawford/Duncan fiasco, click here to read up. If you're trying to shed an image of where you're seen as a league that is fixed, whether true or not, how do you let Crawford in the state, let alone ref the game? You're just giving conspiracy theorists and fence-sitters more fuel. If his name comes out of the hat when picking refs, you throw it away and pick again.
The other argument from Barkley and others is that the Lakers out-played the Spurs and giving the Spurs that call would have taken that away. Well, sure it would have. Once again, why does the last minute or so in every NBA game somehow not count? If they come back in the last minute, then it doesn't matter. That's why games are 48 minutes. It's absurd that the last minute is somehow different than the 8:00 mark in the third.Should we just declare the leader at the 1:00 mark the winner?
There were a bunch of no calls and missed calls before then of course. Fisher's shot on the previous possession looked like it hit the rim and that would have given them a new 24 anyway. But it's the last minute of the game, that shouldn't get called either, right?
The Lakers nearly blew that game. They should have wrapped it up relatively easily but stopped playing the game the last couple of minutes. And they got bailed out.
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One more thought that I didn’t put in the post. On one of the recaps, I can’t remember which, they stated, “The Spurs got close, had chances to take the lead, but couldn’t quite get over the hump.” Sound familiar?
by Basketball John on May 28, 2008 10:03 AM MDT reply actions
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The most ridiculous part about this is it’s not like this was some trivial, ticky-tack foul. Fisher’s foul made it IMPOSSIBLE for Barry to hit the shot, and yet they let it go. Also, the whole, “pump fake then the defenders falls on him” foul is the NBAs absolute favorite foul. It’s the only one that gets call everytime, often when the defender shies away and barely even touches them, if at all. You can travel, get hammered, set moving screens all the time and they’ll let it got, but the old “pump and jump” gets called everytime. Except this one. . .
I also love how 2/3 of the people at ESPN think it wasn’t a foul. Isn’t that interesting, Laker fans wanting the refs to “let them play”. Curious, they seemed fine with free throws 6 years ago when the refs gave ‘em 27 in the 4th against Sacramento and stole that series. Well, at least the refs have wisely decided to change their tact so that Laker fans can more readily imagine that they aren’t having these wins handed to them.
Yeah, that move is guaranteed to get the call. Even in cases where the defender jumps out of the way, if the shooter jumps into him, it’s still called a foul.
by Basketball John on May 28, 2008 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Joey Crawford gets the last laugh.
Good for him. Laughter is good. Being serious only leads to high blood pressure.
(Sorry, that’s my view on life.)
In unrelated news, Joey Crawford stinks.
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
As old and tired as the issue of NBA ref inconsistency is, I don’t think it should go unaddressed. If David Stern is anxious to nip flopping in the butt, he should take the next step in his resolvent momentum and draw some consistency guidelines for the refs when it comes to calling and not calling.
by nichellecarignan on May 29, 2008 9:24 PM MDT reply actions
Agreed completely.
But I don’t think it’ll happen.
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
Conspiracy theory thought...
you know how everyone says that it’s not true because the Spurs win and all that?
Isn’t it possible that that’s what the NBA wants?
They can use it as proof… “see, the Spurs won. If we rigged it, would the Spurs win?”
So the Spurs were the lucky team that got the #1 pick the one year that The Admiral went down, and landed Duncan. Add in the steal(s) they got with Parker (& Ginobili?), and they were the perfect team for the NBA to use…
Sorry, I’m tired.
It makes sense. At times. In my head.
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
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