Monday 03/24/2008 - Game Thread

HouMac · Post #301 » by **HouMac** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:27 am

Can't believe I put in 4 hrs in this game to see that ending. Makes me embarassed to be an NBA fan. My buddies always talk about how NBA games are rigged and the officials are horrendous and I always laugh it off. Well...after that call, I can't. How do you explain that?

sine · Post #302 » by **sine** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:27 am

I don't see how strictly enforcing the rule on lane violations, albeit in a silly way given the situation, is the same as making up an offensive foul that takes away a possession that could change the outcome of the game.

Kobay · Post #303 » by **Kobay** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:27 am

Why doesn't fisher get the credit for this, such a veteran move?

eatyourchildren · Post #304 » by **eatyourchildren** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:28 am

Seattlesun wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

it was a lane violation and the right call. do you have eyes, or a brain, or anything resembling intelligence at any level?

Replay showed Kobe lifted his foot when Ellis released on his shoot

The Big Dog · Post #305 » by **The Big Dog** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:28 am

Kobay wrote:
And warriors got the lane violation?

Yeah but that was the right call. Kobe crossed the line, and he did so in order to intentionally mess with Ellis on his shot. That's two violations.

Day in the Life · Post #306 » by **Day in the Life** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:28 am

Iggyemu wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Nah dude...fans hated em last year when they were 7th too.

Nah, they mainly hated Kobe smoking their teams offensively.

JusBus32 · Post #307 » by **JusBus32** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 am

Refs don't make players hit their free throws or their shots.

High 5 · Post #308 » by **High 5** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 am

eatyourchildren wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Replay showed Kobe lifted his foot when Ellis released on his shoot

It was a lane violation. You can't step in the lane and jump back while someone is in the act of shooting. If you could players would do it on every FT.

Scrub Sura · Post #309 » by **Scrub Sura** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 am

For those who watched on KCAL, how did they view that call?

I switched over to NBA TV after the 3rd quarter

Vanhoo · Post #310 » by **Vanhoo** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 am

lmao omg at stupid Laker fans.

Theres a difference between questionable calls through out a 48min game and a total botched call during the last 4sec of a game.

Stop being insanely stupid.

yehyeh82 · Post #311 » by **yehyeh82** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 am

This reminds me of the Washington game last year when the refs called a foul with 0.1 sec left on the Warriors, then called a technical on Nellie and give the Wiz a 1 point victory. The refs must take one game from the Warriors every year, surprised it hadn't happened yet.

HarlemHeat37 · Post #312 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 am

you have to put the calls in context..a bad call in the 1st quarter isn't the same as a call that decided the game in OT..let them play..it wasn't like he intentionally pushed him to the ground..

TradeMachine · Post #313 » by **TradeMachine** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:30 am

Kobay wrote:Why doesn't fisher get the credit for this, such a veteran move?

.. uh because it's cheap and unsportsmanlike, kinda like the entire Laker squad?

Iggyemu · Post #314 » by **Iggyemu** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:30 am

Kobay wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

And warriors got the lane violation?

Warriors would have needed a 3 instead of a 2 to tie. Again a one possession game. Regardless...that call at the end took away that possession. GS didn't even have a chance. What I am upset about is that the refs decided a great game. Slice it anyway you want it...but thats a fact.

Post #315 » by **TMU** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:30 am

Kobay wrote:Why doesn't fisher get the credit for this, such a veteran move?

Because not all veteran pull cheap tricks like this to win games. They say Bowen is a dirty player, but Fisher is nothing more than a cheater.

HouMac · Post #316 » by **HouMac** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:30 am

Kobe better be kissing the refs and his teammates feet in the locker room. Particularly Odom. Talk about getting your ass completely bailed out.

Kobay · Post #317 » by **Kobay** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:31 am

look i know its pathetic call im just teasing you guys. It happens a lot and part of the game thats why their implementing the challenge the call thing next season.

Crooked-I · Post #318 » by **Crooked-I** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:31 am

I dont get how people say that call cost the Warriors the game. Last I checked they were down by 2 with 4 seconds left, Who says they would have made the shot.

Maybe they should have played better D and not given Odom his easiest shot of the game. How you give up a WIDE open layup with the game on the line is beyond me. The mental lapse on D cost them the game, not that call.

Bottom line is......you shouldn't put yourself in the position where the refs can decide the game.

eatyourchildren · Post #319 » by **eatyourchildren** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:31 am

TradeMachine wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

.. uh because it's cheap and unsportsmanlike, kinda like the entire Laker squad?

What did the Lakers ever do to you?

Seattlesun · Post #320 » by **Seattlesun** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:31 am

The Big Dog wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Yeah but that was the right call. Kobe crossed the line, and he did so in order to intentionally mess with Ellis on his shot. That's two violations.

exactly, it was the right call as opposed to the monta foul which was clearly a phantom call made clearly with bias. only the 10 year old laker fans would argue otherwise, of which there are just too many. people from LA are just flat out stupid. at least asknowledge you got a freebie you morons