floppymoose wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
I like the call. I think the call was not due to any contact, but because Kobe got underneath where Jason was naturally going to land. Jason came down funny with his feet off to one side to avoid landing on Kobe's feet.
Since I don't want players going under a shooter, I like that kind of call.
I agree - there is nothing worse than a player tunneling another player. It's dangerous and cheap.
But I thought Kobe made a real effort to move to the right. First I thought he might have put his hand on Swish's hip, but he totally missed him. I think the ref was on the right hand side and didn't have a good look at it and just assumed contact was made.