Posted by bitty41:
Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by franco12:
Utah hurts most because the refs made some horrible calls- the imaginary technical on curry for Okur's 'flop' and the non call on the Derek Fisher foul of Crawford.
one thing about the fisher foul - he committed it like a pro. the ref was behind fisher and crawford, so fisher put his arms straight up while using his body to ever so slightly bump crawford. from the ref's angle, you couldn't really see a foul committed...and that's his call. the other ref was looking in the paint, and the other one was on the other side of the court. it was a sneaky veteran foul fisher committed and i could see why it was missed by the ref.
When I watched the replay Jamal actually pushed off first and than Fischer got under him when he pulled up for the shot. Most refs aren't going to give you that call I honestly I think end of the game situations, unless its completely blantant the refs shouldn't interfer with the outcome "no blood no foul". I certaintely wouldn't give a foul on a jumpshot unless of course the guy's arm was taken off lol.
I gotto disagree Bitty, because one of my pet peves is to see a jumpshooter get fouled in the first place. Yeah, get in his face, but you can't fall for pump fakes and you can't try and block the jumpshooters shot. Hand in the face or hands straight up will do just as fine, and it's something that a ton of players in the league don't seem to realize. Players can't get rewarded for stupidity, and the offensive player SHOULD get rewarded for exposing the ignorance.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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