NBA apologizes for missed call on Kobe

[irishock]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/226949/NBA-Refs-Missed-Foul-Call-On-Kobe

The NBA has released a statement that a foul should have been called on Kobe Bryant in the final seconds of the Los Angeles Lakers' 120-117 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Bryant made contact with Ricky Rubio on a last-second three-point attempt that could have tied the game.
"Video review by the league office confirmed that Kobe Bryant fouled Rubio while Rubio was in his shooting motion," the league said on its website. "Rubio should have been awarded three free throws."

Via Associated Press (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/9109129/nba-says-refs-missed-foul-call-kobe-bryant-vs-minnesota-timberwolves)

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Only pussies & assholes blame the officiating.

[Mal]

The could say anything they want, since lakers got what they desperatly need.

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^& we absolutely had to have that game last nite.

[baseline bum]

Now when are they going to release the apology for Bavetta and Game 6?

[BatManu20]

Only pussies & assholes blame the officiating.

You'd be singing a different tune if it were the other way around.

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You'd be singing a different tune if it were the other way around.


I never play the officiating nor the injury card(s). Ever.

It's my religion.

[baseline bum]

I never play the officiating nor the injury card(s). Ever.

It's my religion.

LOL, why would a Laker fan ever need to play the officiating card?

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LOL, why would a Laker fan ever need to play the officiating card?

You'll have to ask the others. I don't do it.

It's my religion.

[Reck]

Hate when they do this. Its pouring salt on an already agrvated wound. We all saw it it was a foul. If you really want this to mean something, let 'em play the game again asshole, otherwise keep your apologies.

[Jacob1983]

How about a replay or do-over? Who gives a fuck about an apology?

[silverblk mystix]

Have they issued an apology for the 2002 lakers/ sacramento farce yet?

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Have they issued an apology for the 2002 lakers/ sacramento farce yet?

No, all that's left is:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

tee, hee.

[AussieFanKurt]

Have they issued an apology for the 2002 lakers/ sacramento farce yet?

no and they won't.. "it was just one bad quarter, thats all"

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no and they won't.. "it was just one bad quarter, thats all"

...and led to:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

tee, hee.

[CitizenDwayne]

Why do they even bother with these apologies? Doesn't change shit.

Is it so hard for them to just get calls right during the game itself?

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Why do they even bother with these apologies? Doesn't change shit.

Is it so hard for them to just get calls right during the game itself?

Exactly. the tired old shit bag Duncan would still be face ass down to Kobe, 5-4.

ha, ha.

[silverblk mystix]

...and led to:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

tee, hee.


Only pussies and assholes attribute championships to ONE player on a team. (and lakers fans)

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Only pussies and assholes

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[Jacob1983]

I have to agree with Citizen, apologies are meaningless. The NBA only gives out apologies to make the higher ups feel better about themselves and to show the public that "the NBA cares". How about some damn replays and do-overs? If a call like that happens in the last minute of the game, it should be reviewable. No excuses, no ifs, ands, or buts.

[99 Problems]

2000-2002 should be * as Kirby was carried by Robert Horry. Horry then had the chance to see if he was good enough to be a Spur and the rest is history.

[Brunodf]

It's pretty stupid that refs can't call fouls when they see it in the review tbh

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2000-2002 should be * as Kirby was carried by Robert Horry. Horry then had the chance to see if he was good enough to be a Spur and the rest is history.

Though without Kobe in Oregon in '00 they'd a hung Daddy by his Buster Browns.

[Reck]

Exactly. the tired old shit bag Duncan would still be face ass down to Kobe, 5-4.

ha, ha.

This old tired shit schtick is backfiring on you. Kobe is more of a TOSB than Duncan these days. Agreed?

[UZER]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/226949/NBA-Refs-Missed-Foul-Call-On-Kobe

The NBA has released a statement that a foul should have been called on Kobe Bryant in the final seconds of the Los Angeles Lakers' 120-117 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Bryant made contact with Ricky Rubio on a last-second three-point attempt that could have tied the game.
"Video review by the league office confirmed that Kobe Bryant fouled Rubio while Rubio was in his shooting motion," the league said on its website. "Rubio should have been awarded three free throws."

Via Associated Press (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/9109129/nba-says-refs-missed-foul-call-kobe-bryant-vs-minnesota-timberwolves)

Just like clockwork. The MN announcer was right...the official didn't have the guts to call that on Kobe...and that's what wrong with the NBA in a nutshell. Too much agenda drivin influences rather than letting the game play out as it should.

Then people wonder why players flop so much. Like all the NBA talking heads said, "Barry didn't sell the foul enough." But then turn around and complain about guys flopping. Actually I take that back. Vlade wasn't in the slightest called out for flopping until he left LA and joined the Kings.

[Monkeyboy14]

:lol I like how they think that makes up for it.. "Yeah, we realize we fucked up. but since we are admitting to it, everything is ok!" What a joke

[spurraider21]

Only pussies & assholes blame the officiating.


No, all that's left is:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

tee, hee.


...and led to:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

tee, hee.


I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSamEqtPVao

[spurraider21]

Just like clockwork. The MN announcer was right...the official didn't have the guts to call that on Kobe...and that's what wrong with the NBA in a nutshell. Too much agenda drivin influences rather than letting the game play out as it should.

Then people wonder why players flop so much. Like all the NBA talking heads said, "Barry didn't sell the foul enough." But then turn around and complain about guys flopping. Actually I take that back. Vlade wasn't in the slightest called out for flopping until he left LA and joined the Kings.
agreed. people say horsecrap like "you cant let a call at the end dictate the result of the game." i mean, by not calling the foul, you aren't even putting it in the players hands. rubio literally had no chance of "deciding the game" if a defensive player is allowed to hack his arms during a jump shot at the end of a game.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSamEqtPVao

You've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.

[spurraider21]

You've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.

which is why I don't go on other teams forums bragging about how great Neal is

[Dex]

I never understood why the NBA does this.

It doesn't fix anything. It doesn't make anybody feel better. All it does is taint their credibility by admitting the incompetence of their own officials, and spit in the face of the losing team by saying "You were screwed, but there is nothing you can do about it now".

But thanks for the apology, assholes. If they are going to let the officials suck, they would be better off just shutting up about it.

[AussieFanKurt]

which is why I don't go on other teams forums bragging about how great Neal is

zing

[Jacob1983]

Apologizes mean nothing. If the NBA wants conspiracy theorists and haters to shut the fuck up about the league being dirty, then they should stop with the apology bullshit and have replays of games or do-overs.

[Killakobe81]

Lakers get an aopology last week their opponent gets one this week ...

In the end they cancel out big freaking deal ...

[Ice009]

Didn't the NBA replay the final minutes of a game a few years ago?

[Seventyniner]

Didn't the NBA replay the final minutes of a game a few years ago?

I think it was Heat vs. Hawks when the refs incorrectly DQed Shaq; they thought he had fouled out and it was only his 5th foul.

[Bill_Brasky]

You can stuff your sorries in a sack, Stern!

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which is why I don't go on other teams forums bragging about how great Neal is

That's it?

tee, hee.

[Clipper Nation]

The best apology the league could give would be to dump the crooked, senile refs and hire honest ones who can actually keep up with the game, but that will never happen....

[Kool Bob Love]

That's it?

tee, hee.

But your kobe rapedPERIOD

and in the end it came down to

Finals MVP

Timmy - 3

Kirby - 2

[ElNono]

Lakers get an aopology last week their opponent gets one this week ...

In the end they cancel out big freaking deal ...

Pretty big deal if you're Utah or Dallas...

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But your kobe rapedPERIOD

and in the end it came down to

Finals MVP

Timmy - 3

Kirby - 2

Fine. You take that. I'm stickin' with this one:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

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rapedPERIOD

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[Kool Bob Love]

Fine. You take that. I'm stickin' with this one:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4


Years missing the playoffs.

Tim - 0

Kirby - 1


tee hee

[Kool Bob Love]

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

So we agree. Your kirby rapedPERIOD

No need to proceed.

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So we agree. Your kirby rapedPERIOD

No need to proceed.

Damn right he raped.

But, you've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.

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Years missing the playoffs.

Tim - 0

Kirby - 1


tee hee

Fine. You take that one. I'm stickin' with:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Kool Bob Love]

Damn right he raped.

But, you've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.

Fine. You take that. I'm stickin' with

guilty of rape.

Tim - 0

Neal - 0

Kirby - 1

[Kool Bob Love]

Fine. You take that one. I'm stickin' with:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

Fine but in the end

FInals MVP

Tim - 3

Kirby - 2

[baseline bum]

I think it was Heat vs. Hawks when the refs incorrectly DQed Shaq; they thought he had fouled out and it was only his 5th foul.

The Spurs and Lakers also replayed the end of a 1982 game.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19821212&id=TWkeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7MgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1302,4450446

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Fine but in the end

FInals MVP

Tim - 3

Kirby - 2

Peaches with me. You have that. I'll stick with:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Kool Bob Love]

Peaches with me. You have that. I'll stick with:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

And dont forget Peaches

Your kobe rapedPERIOD

come to pappy

- PAPPY

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And dont forget Peaches

Your kobe rapedPERIOD

come to pappy

- PAPPY

lmemulatedao!!!

[Budkin]

Brett Hull's skate was in the crease. Sorry bout that.

[Dancelot]

Being that the stern is so quick issue fees on players & teams I think the league should have to pay a fee to these teams that get screwed over like this.

[Arcadian]

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

:lol No you don't. Shut the fuck up.

What you do, is you say predictable shit, and you repeat it a lot. Then others pick up on this, and they repeat it back to you, just to imitate your predictability. And then you think, "Oh this is fun, I'm controlling them." But you're not; you're just another faggot on a message board trying and failing to be funny.

Oh and just so you know, I won't be reading your inevitable response. Not gonna give ya the time of day. Fuck you.

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:lol No you don't. Shut the fuck up.

What you do, is you say predictable shit, and you repeat it a lot. Then others pick up on this, and they repeat it back to you, just to imitate your predictability. And then you think, "Oh this is fun, I'm controlling them." But you're not; you're just another faggot on a message board trying and failing to be funny.

lmcontrollinao!!!

[Kool Bob Love]

:lol No you don't. Shut the fuck up.

What you do, is you say predictable shit, and you repeat it a lot. Then others pick up on this, and they repeat it back to you, just to imitate your predictability. And then you think, "Oh this is fun, I'm controlling them." But you're not; you're just another faggot on a message board trying and failing to be funny.

Oh and just so you know, I won't be reading your inevitable response. Not gonna give ya the time of day. Fuck you.

Isnt he like 50 years old? I mean you gotta give the old man his props.

[Arcadian]

Isnt he like 50 years old? I mean you gotta give the old man his props.

Really? :lol

I don't know anything about him, other than that he is a shitty poster and a Kobe cocksucker.

[Latarian Milton]

superstars fucking rule this league, refs have no alternative choice but to act like wimps towards them tbh

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I don't know anything about him, other than that he is a shitty poster and a Kobe cocksucker.

& I invented:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

tee, hee.

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Isnt he like 50 years old?

I wish.

[Kool Bob Love]

So are you older than that? Fucking old phaggot.:lmao No hate tho grandpa.

I know some of the posters are 40 plus. Crazy. :lol

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So are you older than that? Fucking old phaggot.:lmao No hate tho grandpa.

I know some of the posters are 40 plus. Crazy. :lol

& I have some advice for you:::don't ever grow old.

[DMC]

You've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.

Do you have the video?

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Do you have the video?

:rolleyes

[Kool Bob Love]

Nah but you good in my book cub. Yes, sometimes you can go overboard but hey you gotta take the good with the bad.

[Kool Bob Love]

Do you have the video?

I got your video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSamEqtPVao

[DMC]

:lol No you don't. Shut the fuck up.

What you do, is you say predictable shit, and you repeat it a lot. Then others pick up on this, and they repeat it back to you, just to imitate your predictability. And then you think, "Oh this is fun, I'm controlling them." But you're not; you're just another faggot on a message board trying and failing to be funny.

Oh and just so you know, I won't be reading your inevitable response. Not gonna give ya the time of day. Fuck you.
You've lost already. The way to "beat" Dale or Dale wannabe is to say your line, and let it go. Dale will continue to hit refresh all night hoping you respond to his repetitive schtick because he has nothing else. Who else would sit and monitor a forum for a year and show up as soon as someone mentions his name? Of course he reloads with the "I'm sharing myself with you now" moment to milk a bit of empathy from you, then he resumes the shtick and refresh. You win by just saying what you want to say and not including him in the discussion. Quite often he tries to get in anyhow, as you can see by his spreading of his cancer shtick all around the forum lately.

So sure, let him think his mass advertising of stupid little phrases is a trend. 4Chan was doing that a long time before Dale, and it's been around since the dawn of time. A stitch in time saves nine so forth and so on, but when you do that little breakup note you wrote, he's won.

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Nah but you good in my book cub. Yes, sometimes you can go overboard but hey you gotta take the good with the bad.

Don't charm me. I ain't in a charmin' mood.

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You've lost already. The way to "beat" Dale or Dale wannabe is to say your line, and let it go. Dale will continue to hit refresh all night hoping you respond to his repetitive schtick because he has nothing else. Who else would sit and monitor a forum for a year and show up as soon as someone mentions his name?

So sure, let him think his mass advertising of stupid little phrases is a trend. 4Chan was doing that a long time before Dale, and it's been around since the dawn of time. A stitch in time saves nine so forth and so on, but when you do that little breakup note you wrote, he's won.

- "Ssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh."

- Derek Fisher - 15 June 2001 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[Kool Bob Love]

Don't charm me. I ain't in a charmin' mood.

You got any other advise for the young heads on ST grandpa Cub?

[DMC]

You can also do what I do and predict Dale, which is easy, and edit your post so he's scrambling for a retort (which he's doing right now). Meanwhile I'm off to other things.

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You can also do what I do and predict Dale, which is easy, and edit your post so he's scrambling for a retort (which he's doing right now). Meanwhile I'm off to other things.

Buh, bye.

LMVICTORIOUSAO!!!

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You got any other advise for the young heads on ST grandpa Cub?

Yeahs, here's another good one I ponder as I enter the final 4th:::

- "If you live long enough some bad shit's gonna happen to ya."

- Danny Glover - "Grand Canyon"

[Arcadian]

...he's won.

He's won in his mind. In reality, there's nothing to win here. He just makes lots of shitty posts, and sometimes I tell him so.

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He's won in his mind. In reality, there's nothing to win here. He just makes lots of shitty posts, and sometimes I tell him so.

I exist.

[HI-FI]

Yeahs, here's another good one I ponder as I enter the final 4th:::

- "If you live long enough some bad shit's gonna happen to ya."

- Danny Glover - "Grand Canyon"
very good movie btw

I wasn't around for Dale's heyday, but he is beyond annoying. still, I think he needs this outlet far more than we need him, so I just take pity on him. I imagine he'll get banned again, soon as Kori and YH come back from their vacation. Not that I would report him, i feel sorry for the old fart, but I think most are burned out on his act.

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very good movie btw

I wasn't around for Dale's heyday, but he is beyond annoying. still, I think he needs this outlet far more than we need him, so I just take pity on him. I imagine he'll get banned again, soon as Kori and YH come back from their vacation. Not that I would report him, i feel sorry for the old fart, but I think most are burned out on his act.

Come ta Pappy.

Signed,

- Pappy

[Kool Bob Love]

Come ta Pappy.

Signed,

- Pappy

- "Snake ass kobe in my fuckin' face Bring your girl here cub so I could fuck her face"

- 2Chainz - "The One"

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- "Snake ass kobe in my fuckin' face Bring your girl here cub so I could fuck her face"

- 2Chainz "The One"

- "I've smoked. I've ate. Now what I ain't I done?"

- L.Q. Jones - "Winterhawk"

[Kool Bob Love]

- "I've smoked. I've ate. Now what I ain't I done?"

- L.Q. Jones - "Winterhawk"


-"fax mentis incendium gloriae"

- Willy Wonka - "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"

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- "Nobody closes us out, Cully. Nobody."

- Lakaluva - minus 13, 3rd quarter - 17 June 2010

[Kool Bob Love]

- "We've done it before"

- Bill Russell - pre-game, Game 7 - 1969 finals

[Kool Bob Love]

- "But its gonna be fun to watch them get them balloons off one at a time"

- Bill Russell - pre-game speech, Game 7 - 1969 finals

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- "Now say 'good night.'"

- Edward Norton - "American History X"

[ElNono]

- "ElNono right bout dem Lakers"

- ElNono - "Spurstalk"

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- "I'm still 6'10", 250 lbs."

- Mitch Kupchak - knee shackled - in tears - 9 June 1985 - Boston, Massachusetts

[TE]

- "ElNono right bout dem Lakers"

- ElNono - "Spurstalk"
:lmao

[HI-FI]

- "ElNono right bout dem Lakers"

- ElNono - "Spurstalk"
:lol

[KaiRMD1]

Sorry but this is bullshit, the NBA can fuck teams over and apologize for it the next day then all is supposed to be right in the world? This is why this league is a joke.

[Sean Cagney]

Sorry but this is bullshit, the NBA can fuck teams over and apologize for it the next day then all is supposed to be right in the world? This is why this league is a joke.

Yeah I agree, fuck you over and apologize, thats like adding insult to injury! Yeah apology really changes the outcome! Just do not say shit you crooked league and leave it at that. Spurs when they lost in 06 got a Tech taken away after the series in a game the Spurs lost in OT, Pop says does that mean we won by a point? Alot of good it does later that they fucked your team over and then later take it back and you still lost.

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^Boiled down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[EVAY]

I have to agree with Citizen, apologies are meaningless. The NBA only gives out apologies to make the higher ups feel better about themselves and to show the public that "the NBA cares". How about some damn replays and do-overs? If a call like that happens in the last minute of the game, it should be reviewable. No excuses, no ifs, ands, or buts.

However, if the bad calls got the same amount of public attention that this one did, the league might require more replays to get the calls right in the last few seconds of a game. When Mark Cuban was making it very public, the league did a good job of convincing everyone that it was just Cuban being an ass (because he so clearly is one). Now, when it gets more wide-spread criticism, it might lead to something.

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^Remember after 2002 the Maloofs & Sacramento populace were clamoring for a Congressional investigation?

They didn't even need it. All they needed was for CWEBB to stay with his wing man...driftin' up that fuckin' lane.

tee, hee.

[benstanfield]

^Boiled down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

Only pussies & assholes use ring counts as an argument.

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Only pussies & assholes use ring counts as an argument.

Though it came in pretty handy for you fellows when I was holding the shit end of the 4-3 stick. And you also didn't miss a beat when Daddy was up 5-4 on Kobe. You lyao's off. Then when he rang and lit out after Shaq you all got tight-lipped.

Clean your own fuckin' house.

[benstanfield]

Though it came in pretty handy for you fellows when I was holding the shit end of the 4-3 stick. And you also didn't miss a beat when Daddy was up 5-4 on Kobe. You lyao's off. Then when he rang and lit out after Shaq you all got tight-lipped.

Clean your own fuckin' house.

Only pussies & assholes use ring counts as an argument.

[Kool Bob Love]

Only pussies & assholes


Cub's a trend setter.

He set trends.

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Only pussies & assholes

lmemulatedao!!!

[Kool Bob Love]

lmemulatedao!!!

:rolleyes

[Phillip]

:lol only reason spurfans care so much about the refs making a mistake is because it involves Kobe

:lol butthurt

[spurtech09]

Only pussies & assholes blame the officiating.
Dude do you ever sleep lol.....Get a life little kid

[spurtech09]

Only pussies & assholes use ring counts as an argument.



+1,000

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:lol only reason spurfans care so much about the refs making a mistake is because it involves Kobe

That's it. And that's all.

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Dude do you ever sleep lol.....Get a life little kid

Fits & drifts. I take naps throughout the 24 hour period.