Stein: League acknowledges Spurs' Barry was fouled

Well, I guess it's a step in the right direction that they at least acknowledged it.

I am tired of the bullshit surrounding 99% of the media however on ESPN/TNT, etc proclaiming it was the right call, when they know full well that if that happened to Kobe Bryant their viewpoint would have changed dramatically. But I guess you can't really control the media.

Looks like the groundwork has been laid for a new instant replay rule.

Huzzah.

The possesion before that shouldve been laker ball with 24 on the shot clock regardless. There's not many people who deny that it wasn't a foul.

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Originally Posted by Commissioner Stern

What Lakers fan is saying there wasn't contact? There was contact, but no foul was called. No one expected a foul to be called. No one.

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So if the situation were reversed and that same exact play happened to Kobe or Fisher, Laker fans wouldn't have expected a foul to be called? :lmao

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Originally Posted by 1Parker1

Well, I guess it's a step in the right direction that they at least acknowledged it.

I am tired of the bullshit surrounding 99% of the media however on ESPN/TNT, etc proclaiming it was the right call, when they know full well that if that happened to Kobe Bryant their viewpoint would have changed dramatically. But I guess you can't really control the media.

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For sure Kobe, at the Staples Center, would get the call.

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

Looks like the groundwork has been laid for a new instant replay rule.

Huzzah.

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The first implementation of which will be to screw the Spurs. :lol :lol

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Originally Posted by PwrGetter

The possesion before that shouldve been laker ball with 24 on the shot clock regardless. There's not many people who deny that it wasn't a foul.

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Missed calls are part of the course of the game. It's not the referrees jobs to have "make up calls" for previous missed calls. If you go play by play throughout the entire course of the game for 48 minutes, I bet you'll find that more often than not those types of missed calls essentially balance out.

This thing has nothing to do with previous plays and everything to do with the absolute final play. Spurs did not deserve to win, Lakers definitely outplayed them for 48 minutes. But don't tell me that defenders can now pump fake and jump on a jumpshooter in the final seconds of a game and expect to not be called for a foul. I've seen plenty of worse ticky-tack fouls called in the final minutes of games (2006 vs Mavs comes to mind).

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Originally Posted by PwrGetter

The possesion before that shouldve been laker ball with 24 on the shot clock regardless. There's not many people who deny that it wasn't a foul.

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show me the link where the league acknowledges that

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Originally Posted by PwrGetter

The possesion before that shouldve been laker ball with 24 on the shot clock regardless. There's not many people who deny that it wasn't a foul.

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from the Laker fans' biased, blindsided, point of view.

whatever.

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Originally Posted by SRJ

Wow! So when does Barry get to shoot the FTs?

What? He doesn't?

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Right after L.A. takes the ball in with :05.2 and the shot clock turned off. Then you commit an intentional foul to stop the clock; the Lakers attempt two free throws, then you call time out and get the ball at mid-court.

Then you can have the two free throws.:rollin

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Originally Posted by PwrGetter

The possesion before that shouldve been laker ball with 24 on the shot clock regardless. There's not many people who deny that it wasn't a foul.

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Exactly. All the media assholes conveniently aren't discussing Fisher's shot hitting the rim because they wanna drive the point home of a conspiracy that puts the Celtics and Lakers in the Finals. And honestly, Kobe has been hacked worse than what happened to Barry and it hasn't been called. Kobe would not have gotten that call. Now, a flopper like Ginobili would have sold it better and perhaps would have gotten the whistle. Most Laker fans know Fisher fouled Barry, much like we know, we should have not been put in that position because the three blind mice failed to see a shot hit the rim. Game 4 was by far the worst officiated game of the series which the vast majority of the calls going in San Antonio's favor.

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show me the link where the league acknowledges that

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It's interesting that the league didn't look into that....I would imagine Laker folks are going to send that into the office to have them take a look at it. It clearly grazed the front of the rim, it went straight down right off of Horry's foot. Also, the Lakers should ask for the league to take a look at Manu's "3 point basket" which was clearly a 2 point shot.

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Originally Posted by Commissioner Stern

What Lakers fan is saying there wasn't contact? There was contact, but no foul was called. No one expected a foul to be called. No one.

The last thing any referee wants to do is decide the game on a last second foul call. No one is disputing that unwritten rule. Not even your own players. You can go through the annals of time and recollect numerous plays where the offensive player drives through the lane in the last second, gets his wrist slapped or his head knocked and no foul is called. It happens to Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan.

Well, maybe not Tim Duncan. They should've thrown it in to him. They would've called a handchecking foul or something.

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The problem with your idea in bold is the referee still decided the game, by not calling a foul. So your logic of that the referee does not want to decide the game is impossible. IF he does blow the whistle one team benifits and if he does not the other team benifits.

I am not saying that it is right or wrong, but don't say the refs don't want to decide the game, because they still do.

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Originally Posted by 1Parker1

So if the situation were reversed and that same exact play happened to Kobe or Fisher, Laker fans wouldn't have expected a foul to be called? :lmao

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I'm sure a lot would. I for one, wouldn't. I also would have acknowledged Fish or Kobe traveling before the contact.

Fuck Stern (see my Sig)

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Originally Posted by Mamba24

Exactly. All the media assholes conveniently aren't discussing Fisher's shot hitting the rim because they wanna drive the point home of a conspiracy that puts the Celtics and Lakers in the Finals. And honestly, Kobe has been hacked worse than what happened to Barry and it hasn't been called. Kobe would not have gotten that call. Now, a flopper like Ginobili would have sold it better and perhaps would have gotten the whistle. Most Laker fans know Fisher fouled Barry, much like we know, we should have not been put in that position because the three blind mice failed to see a shot hit the rim. Game 4 was by far the worst officiated game of the series which the vast majority of the calls going in San Antonio's favor.

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Says the guy who didn't read the article.

If the roles were reversed and someone on the Lakers got fouled at the buzzer, Laker Fan would be crying uncontrollably. Laker Fan would be throw ever asterisk in the known universe at the Spurs win while their moms wiped away tears.

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They just verified what any reasonable person thought about the sequence.

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Originally Posted by Mamba24

It's interesting that the league didn't look into that....I would imagine Laker folks are going to send that into the office to have them take a look at it. It clearly grazed the front of the rim, it went straight down right off of Horry's foot. Also, the Lakers should ask for the league to take a look at Manu's "3 point basket" which was clearly a 2 point shot.

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Yes, it was so "clearly a 2" that it was called a three

The worst thing about that game last night is despite the Lakers playing brilliant basketball for 47 minutes all that will be remembered in the game is that last fucking call.

I can honestly say that was the best game the Lakers have played all season long and it's a shame the refs had to be so shitty on both ends of the floor. Both teams got screwed by the refs last night and if the NBA has learned anything it's that Joey Crawford should never ref another NBA game in his life. That man is a disaster and drama always seems to follow his bald head.

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Originally Posted by timvp

If the roles were reversed and someone on the Lakers got fouled at the buzzer, Laker Fan would be crying uncontrollably. Laker Fan would be throw ever asterisk in the known universe at the Spurs win while their moms wiped away tears.

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TRAVEL!!!! He traveled i have video evidence.

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Originally Posted by Trainwreck2100

Says the guy who didn't read the article.

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Not once have I heard the media (except Inside the NBA) acknowledge that the Spurs were given a gift by the refs for even having the opportunity to win the game.

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Originally Posted by timvp

If the roles were reversed and someone on the Lakers got fouled at the buzzer, Laker Fan would be crying uncontrollably. Laker Fan would be throw ever asterisk in the known universe at the Spurs win while their moms wiped away tears.

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I thought about this today and I can't say I would disagree with you. I can't even say the Lakers have been on the receiving end of a bad call at the end of the game this entire season. Conspiracy, coincidence, I don't know. But I would probably be pissed off if the game ended like that, I can't deny it.

That being said, I felt the refs also a very big part of the reason the Spurs were even competitive in the game last night. They benefited from some serious home cookin' in that 1st quarter and whatever pts lost by that no-call would have been made up 10 fold by the Lakers if the game was officiated properly.

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Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused

The worst thing about that game last night is despite the Lakers playing brilliant basketball for 47 minutes all that will be remembered in the game is that last fucking call.

I can honestly say that was the best game the Lakers have played all season long and it's a shame the refs had to be so shitty on both ends of the floor. Both teams got screwed by the refs last night and if the NBA has learned anything it's that Joey Crawford should never ref another NBA game in his life. That man is a disaster and drama always seems to follow his bald head.

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Yea its a shame that didnt see Timmys travel, Fish's shot hit the rim or the 20 hacks that Kobe got and ZERO trips to the FT line.....your right....

As ROME SAYS>>>>>>>

The Scoreboard never lies.......:lol

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Originally Posted by Trainwreck2100

Yes, it was so "clearly a 2" that it was called a three

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Yeah, just like Fisher clearly fouled Barry, and it wasn't called. Karma, bitch.

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That being said, I felt the refs also a very big part of the reason the Spurs were even competitive in the game last night. They benefited from some serious home cookin' in that 1st quarter and whatever pts lost by that no-call would have been made up 10 fold by the Lakers if the game was officiated properly.

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QFT!

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Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused

The worst thing about that game last night is despite the Lakers playing brilliant basketball for 47 minutes all that will be remembered in the game is that last fucking call.

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:hat