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If the Mavs want to win this series, they need to rein themselves back in.
You can't go nuts like this after a loss even if you think every call was wrong. Everyone from Cuban, AJ, Dirk, on down is talking like they are losing it.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13410349/
Unwanted timeout sends Dallas tempers flaring
Associated Press
National Basketball Association News Wire
MIAMI -- Mark Cuban has plenty more reasons to be furious with NBA officials.
From his perspective, referees made two huge mistakes before hitting his Dallas Mavericks with an unwanted timeout during the closing moments of their 101-100 overtime loss to the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA finals on Sunday night.
Cuban said replays show that referees missed a backcourt violation against Dwyane Wade at the start of his final drive to the basket. The Dallas owner also believes Wade fouled the Mavericks' Jason Terry before drawing the contact that led to his winning free throws with 1.9 seconds left.
For the Mavericks, those incidents overshadowed what seemed like the obvious source of their anger: Being given their final timeout between Wade's foul shots, instead of after, when they could've moved the ball to midcourt and had a chance to set up a final shot.
"I care less about the timeout," Cuban said. "The error in my mind occurred before then."
Asked if it was the collision that Terry jumped up from screaming about being shoved, Cuban said: "You mean when he pushed him? I don't know. I guess that's not a call. I guess that's not a foul."
Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki, who ended up being charged with the foul on Wade's drive, said he thought "Dwyane pushed off like three guys to get to the basket."
After Wade made another free throw following the timeout, Dallas guard Devin Harris missed a desperation heave. When the buzzer sounded, the Mavericks unleashed their anger.
Cuban, who was wearing the jersey of suspended forward Jerry Stackhouse, ran onto the court and screamed at official Joe DeRosa, then went to the scorer's table and stared down NBA commissioner David Stern and other league officials. Cuban then went up the tunnel toward their aisle and kept screaming and staring.
Stern made his way out, but Cuban didn't let up. Considering he's been fined well over $1 million -- including $200,000 this postseason alone -- his tab could rise again before Game 6 in Dallas on Tuesday night.
Players were irate, too.
Nowitzki, who scored 20 points including a tough jumper that put Dallas up by one point with 9.1 seconds left, kicked the ball into the stands as he left the court. On his way to the locker room, he slammed against a stationary bike then kicked at something else. Josh Howard, who called the timeout, threw off his headband in disgust as he left the court.
"Josh Howard goes to Joe DeRosa and not only once, but twice asks for a timeout," referee Joe Crawford told a pool reporter. "Forced to call it, simple as that."
When told by a reporter what Crawford said, Howard became so agitated that he had to be taken out of the locker room to calm down. Cuban came in when Howard returned.
"It's common sense -- what would I tell him timeout for?" Howard said after gathering his emotions.
The Mavericks went to the foul line 25 times. So did Wade. The entire Heat team went 49 times.
"I don't know," Cuban said. "I guess they got fouled more."
Said Harris: "It's not like we're not going to the basket."
Mavericks coach Avery Johnson refused to answer questions about the Terry-Wade contact, repeatedly asking his interrogator what he thought. Terry said he couldn't comment.
"We have to watch the film and see," he said.
Asked if the refs explained the non-call to him, Cuban said: "No, they don't do that here. That's unfortunate."
Cuban was standing against a wall, shaking his head while gathering his thoughts before speaking to reporters when assistant coach Larry Riley alerted him to the missed backcourt violation.
"You can't be established in the frontcourt, then jump into the backcourt," Cuban said after watching a replay. "My understanding from the rule book is, if you are going to catch the ball in the backcourt, you have to be in the backcourt to catch it. You can't be established into the backcourt after you catch it or that's a backcourt violation."
The Mavericks came into the game already furious over the decision to suspend Stackhouse because of hard foul in Game 4.
This latest incident, and possible league action against Cuban, makes things even more interesting as the Heat take a 3-2 series lead to Dallas for Game 6 on Tuesday night.
"This is going to leave a bitter taste in everyone's mouth," Howard said. "We're going to come out and play hard in Game 6 and Game 7." NBA.comNBA.com's Playoffs Coverage
If the Mavs want to win this series, they need to rein themselves back in.
You can't go nuts like this after a loss even if you think every call was wrong. Everyone from Cuban, AJ, Dirk, on down is talking like they are losing it.
If the Mavs had handled business, they wouldn't even be in this mess.
That article made Cuban sound way more intelligent than he actually acted.
You can go into the backcourt in the final minutes of the fourth period and onwards on the inbounds. Unfortunately the film Cuban inevitabley sends will only show his lack of knowledge of the rules.
You can go into the back court the last two minutes of the fourth quarter.
That's because they forgot that when they signed the deal with Stern to make it to the Finals this year through preferential treatment, there was a clasue in there stating they might have to endure lopsided officiating in order to actually win the championship... kind of like "Bedazzled"... their greed caught up with them... oh yeah, 50 FTs vs. 32 and touch call on Bowen... oh yeah, Dirk 24 FTs... oh yeah, momentum-swinging technicals called against Phoenix and Dirk 9-9 FTs in the 4th quarter (18 total for the game)...
Yeah, he's pretty much fishing for it at this point, but are we surprised that an MFFL has no concept of the rules?... Stackhouse shouldn't have been suspended though because I would have liked to see caveman losing it too after this loss... and he didn't deserve the suspension despite how borderline dirty it was because it wasn't a clothesline (1-game) and still wasn't as bad as a nut grab ($10K)...
I thought he pretty clearly signalled timeout, so I don't know what there is to cry about here. It's not the official's job to figure out why you're calling timeout, their job is if they see you call for it, to give it to you."Josh Howard goes to Joe DeRosa and not only once, but twice asks for a timeout," referee Joe Crawford told a pool reporter. "Forced to call it, simple as that."
When told by a reporter what Crawford said, Howard became so agitated that he had to be taken out of the locker room to calm down. Cuban came in when Howard returned.
"It's common sense -- what would I tell him timeout for?" Howard said after gathering his emotions.
"You obviously haven't spent 20 or 30 years around the NBA...." -Avery
Where can I get some Mavs colored glasses like the ones Cuban, the Mavs, and their fans all must be wearing right now?
Call 1-800-KISS MY ASS and I'm sure Mark will even autograph them for you....
or online at freetickettoNBAFinals.com/screwjob/can'ttouchDirk.html
It certainly isn't any fun playing against an opponent that accuses everyone under the sun of cheating after every single loss.
Man, I love seeing the Mavs lose like this
Dude this is the crap that is dealt with on this board. The Mavs blew TWO games with a chance to have three games and couldn't get it done. They lost leads and lost the game in the process.
Total professional choke artists.
It wouldn't be so bad but I don't remember the last time this team lost a game and was the least bit cordial about it. I caught a lot of flak last year for saying that I enjoy seeing the Mavericks lose more than I enjoy seeing the Spurs win. This is exactly why. The Mavericks are even making the Seahawks look classy.
Seahawks definitely got screwed, though, because the benefit of replay is more prevalent in that sport... but that doesn't explain the stupid 2nd half turnovers or inability to stop the running game...
I didn't think there was a foul here, but why didn't Jason Terry jump into them and draw contact? He had three guys in the air with his head fake and could have easily drawn a foul.
It's conceivable that the Seahawks could have won had things gone the other way, but they had their chances and all the fans wanted to do was blame someone other than their team for the loss.
Seriously, the whole "everybody hates us" is getting old. Nobody outside of Dallas or Seattle gives a ing about Dallas or Seattle. Mavs fans are downright hypocritical by now. They are actually complaining because Wade went to the line so much. Sports fans that think someone owes them something just for existing is annoying.
Seahawks had some iffy calls but just like with Dallas, you have to blame yourself. Both games had really stupid moves by the losers, who go on and blame someone else.
Yeah, I just liked the Seahawks game because in the NFL, it comes down to just one huge game (unlike 7 game series where there are alternating ups and downs)... some of the guffaws by the officials were on display on the biggest stage in America (Super Bowl) and has led to some review and potential reform in NFL officiating which I think is important because it seems like every receiver these days is Dirk Nowitzki (can't breathe near them or it's a flag) and the refs need to stop searching for calls... but Hasselback got rattled and they couldn't keep a drive going for the life of them in the 2nd half (again, though, karma came in the form of a motorcycle accident to none other than "Big Ben" - oh yeah, I hate the Steelers, btw)... oh yeah, and the Seahawks also have to pay licensing rights to A&M to use the term "12th Man" - double loss!!
You can't push off before you catch a pass. It's always been in the rulebook. I'm really sorry I brough this up, but it sort of proves my point.
Oh yeah, you're right, so my Dirk analogy doesn't work because no one pushes off more than he does (except Michael Irvin)...
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