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Commissioner acknowledges mistake in Spurs' schedule
By BOB BAUM, AP Sports Writer
May 8, 2006
PHOENIX (AP) -- NBA commissioner David Stern acknowledged that it was a mistake to schedule the San Antonio Spurs to open the Western Conference semifinals with an early game on Sunday.
"If we had it to do over again, we wouldn't have acceded to the network's request on that one," Stern said on Monday night.
San Antonio wrapped up its first-round series in Sacramento so late on Friday night that it was after midnight in Texas. The Spurs spent the night in Sacramento and didn't arrive back in San Antonio until about 3 p.m. on Saturday.
They tipped off their series with Dallas at noon, local time, on Sunday because ABC wanted to show the Cleveland-Detroit game in the more attractive later time slot.
"We could lay it off on the network, but that's our responsibility and we have the ability to say no," Stern said. "And we should have."
Despite the short turnaround, San Antonio won the game 87-85.
Bet Stern would have kept quiet, not admitted the mistake, had the Mavs won.
Stern is an idiot.
Acknowledging a mistake after the game is funny.
It's not like he didn't know it was happening before the game.
No .
Waste of time forum.
What? Is he pissed that Dallas lost? I don't understand this dude anymore.
took the words out of my mouth sequspur
Easy to say that after the "JV" game was a thriller and the marquee matchup was a slaughter from the opening tip. Way to go Stern. Dumb .
Poor ABC. They put an exciting, come from behind, down to the last tick game in the crappy time slot to show a massive blowout in the good slot....
But it had LeBron!
The San Antonio Sterns strike again.
Kori has no vbookie cash.
NBA messes up team's schedule, news at 11.
david stern cant keep us down!
the haters!!!
I bet it all on the Spurs during the Kings series.Kori has no vbookie cash.
At the end of the season, everyone is probably going back to $500 anyway so I figured it didn't really matter
I was wondering if there was goign to be any public acknowledgment of this myself. If Dallas had won though, I think it may have caused enough backlash from the press, and certainly from the Spurs front office, that Stern would have had to say something. I think this man is a very untrustworthy person though.
Commissioner acknowledges mistake in Spurs' schedule
By BOB BAUM, AP Sports Writer
May 8, 2006
PHOENIX (AP) -- NBA commissioner David Stern acknowledged that it was a mistake to schedule the San Antonio Spurs to open the Western Conference semifinals with an early game on Sunday.
In an effort to right the injustice Stern and ABC have come to an agreement to schedule the remaining San Antonio Dallas basketball games as back to back games beginning at 1:00 AM on May 9th, 4:00 AM May 9th and 7:00 AM May 9th. Additional games will be scheduled beginningat 1:00 AM May 10th if required.
So much for the much overhyped Cavs game which turned out to be a borng contest.
WTF is right
stern is so weird
he's on pills
i don't get this man. does he have multiple personalities?
and if he could he would let it happen too.
Stern can off. He shoud have fined Adelman and hammered the point home. Idiot.
What was the point of him "acknowledging the mistake" Is it supposed to make us feel better?
Sadly, I would belive it...
I almost did.What was the point of him "acknowledging the mistake" Is it supposed to make us feel better?
Sadly, I would belive it...
really what does anyone expect from someone who allowed the Clipper/Grizzly fiasco.
Nothing surprises me schedule-wise anymore. The Christmas Day roadie to Detroit as a reward for kicking their ass in Game 7 told me all I needed to know about whoever makes the schedule in the NBA orifice.
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