mreinman wrote:at least they did not give it to STAT for a triple pump 3

i'm actually shocked he didn't pull out his old standby of lobbing the ball to Bill Walker on the wrong side of the basket.

SupremeCommander wrote:

holfresh wrote:The rule is 0.6 sec left on the clock..Mike was right...

nope.

All those numbers live amid the millions of others in the NBA Register. But Trent Tucker’s true legacy is found on page 55 of the NBA Rule Book: Heading, “Comments on the Rules”, subhead, “Expiration of Time”:

“The game clock must show :00.3 or more in order for a player to secure possession of the ball on a rebound or throw-in to attempt a field goal... The only type of field goal which may be scored if the game clock is at :00.2 or :00.1 is a `tip-in’ or `high lob’.
“A tip-in is defined as any action in which the ball is deflected, not controlled, by a player and then enters the basket ring. This type of action shall be deemed legal if :00.1 or more remains in the period. A high lob is defined as a pass which is tipped by an offensive player while in mid-air, and if followed instantaneously by a field goal attempt.”

http://www.nba.com/knicks/history/tucker_061221.html

I stand corrected...

SupremeCommander wrote:

holfresh wrote:The rule is 0.6 sec left on the clock..Mike was right...

nope.

All those numbers live amid the millions of others in the NBA Register. But Trent Tucker’s true legacy is found on page 55 of the NBA Rule Book: Heading, “Comments on the Rules”, subhead, “Expiration of Time”:

“The game clock must show :00.3 or more in order for a player to secure possession of the ball on a rebound or throw-in to attempt a field goal... The only type of field goal which may be scored if the game clock is at :00.2 or :00.1 is a `tip-in’ or `high lob’.
“A tip-in is defined as any action in which the ball is deflected, not controlled, by a player and then enters the basket ring. This type of action shall be deemed legal if :00.1 or more remains in the period. A high lob is defined as a pass which is tipped by an offensive player while in mid-air, and if followed instantaneously by a field goal attempt.”

http://www.nba.com/knicks/history/tucker_061221.html

Exactly right..And the only reason Amar'e's 3 against the Celtics didn't count was because he took too long to get that shot off --what pissed me off that game against the Celtics was that after Pierce hit his shot, there was clearly more than .4 secs left on the clock. Amar'e's shot should've been with about .8, .9 left on the clock, not .4.

My guess is that when Melo suddenly sprung loose tonight top of the key, he wouldn't have taken nearly as long as Amar'e did to get a shot off, but who's to say? I'm no fan of Jared Jeffries AT ALL but to be fair (and I ripped him for it on the game thread which may not have been fair), when Melo was first wide open right at the 3 pt line, Jeffries was still looking down low to see if the play Mike drew up was gonna materialize or not---then it looked like Melo retreated even further back, now some 30-35' away, which would've made that shot next to impossible---for that to even have been close, Jeffries would've had to hit Melo right away at the top of the key the moment he popped open)...Guys said it on the game thread --- it shouldn't have come down to that anyway..

its .3 "offically"

Lets keep blaming the coach. Its his fault Tyler Handbrough scored 50+ on us last two games right?

Can we blame Karl for not teaching Melo how to play defense while we are at it?

MooK wrote:In 2004 Derek Fisher hit a game winning jumper against the Spurs in the playoffs with .3 secs left

His was .4