Fantasy can you tell me all the playoff games where Kobe has been bailed out by the refs on the final play?
Not even Kobe gets that call. Just like Reggie said in the post game, you're not going to get that call unless you raise up and shoot. Even then, it's tough to get that call on the last play of the game.
Kobe gets that call 100% of the time. Had Barry jumped into Fisher like he should have, Reggie, Kenny, Charles and i dare say this board unanimously agree Barry would get the call for sure. For 3 FTAs. Bad move putting the ball on the floor for sure.
I'm happy to breakdown DVR with you, Reality, but what's the point? We can both agree there were some bad calls both ways throughout the course of the game.
I was all for addressing this:
It was ridiculous for a while there at the end of the 1st and in to the 2nd qtr. Kobe taking 29 shots and not getting to the free throw once? WTF?
along with WoW and much of Laker Nations drizzle about how the whole game the Lakers should have gotten 10-20 more FTs then the Spurs. I would also like to address specific plays where Duncan took it to the foul plauged Laker frontliners but none of you want to go there, apparantly.
Did they outplay the Lakers at all in that game?
For stretches? Absolutely. I would call it 50-50 for who was outplaying who and when. In fact the Spurs made many more stupid mistakes that benefitted the Lakers/kept the Lakers in the game then vice versa.
They had several opportunities to take the lead and throughout the course of the game and simply missed open looks. Did you at any point in that game feel the Spurs were the better team that night?
Totally agree and swinging the ball to tired Parker for wide open Js while people like Bowen and Findawg passed up open jumpers was to the Spurs undoing. Also many of the wide open 3s had a Laker defender bullrushing the Spurs shooter. Fake the shot, put the ball on the floor and either get a closer shot or take the ball to the rack if possible. See what happens. They died by the 3 or long jumper with the wrong players taking the shot.
Do you honestly believe the officials were the deciding factor in that game?
On the final play absolutely. The game as a whole, once again Poppycock is Phils bitch. That is obvious and cumulative.
It starts from the top with Popovich, and every player down the road said that call was a non-factor and they gave credit to the Lakers to sticking it to them in their building.
Tim Duncan is the "top' of the Spurs and Coatails Pop should be considered a dream come true opponent coach for any RealLakers. If you can't see the Phil Winters-Pop Cementhead disparity then i cant help.
First, the Spurs are class acts, and even if they believed it, they wouldn't cry about it. Second, and more importantly, they were on the court and they know they were badly outplayed and didn't deserve to win. So they're not giong to come out and cry about a no call at the end of the game that would likely never be called in any game. Take a lesson from "your team".
First, i think anyone truly interested in fair hoop likes to see calls made correctly, irregardless of the team or player and especially with end of game altering calls. People who lable others "crying" about clearly wrong calls to merely show their defensivenes and unwillingness to objectively talk about a call. There is nothing classy about approving/condoning wrong calls, be those calls for or against Kobe, Shaq, Duncan or anyone. That none of the Spurs players or Lord Poppycock would condone the call is like whatever to me.
Its a sad state of pro sports all this situational calling/noncalling. It's also obvious that not only the NBA but MLB and the NFL have no real interest in getting the majority if not the vast majority of calls correct with their lame nonuse of replay.
That having been said, yes the Spurs more then had their chances all game long and should not let it come down to a blown call like that. Starting Finley was retarded and was yet another Pop special. The 22-8 deficit was a tough one to overcome.
