Video of Michael Finley's Buzzer Beater

[timvp]

I apologize in advance for the extra jab at King Fan at the end.

[ElNono]

LOL... that was horrible... I'll take the W anyways.

[braeden0613]

nothing to see here folks...move along

[Dex]

Watching it in real motion, it sounds like the buzzer goes off exactly as the shot goes up or slightly after. I'm not surprised at the call that was made on the flo0r, or the fact that they couldn't see enough to reverse it.

Now looking at the frame by frame, it's clear that the ball was still in his hands when the clock read zero. But it's nearly impossible for the human eye to be that precise. Until the NBA fixes the rule to let them review plays like this in some fashion, these mistakes are going to continue.

[DPG21920]

Did anyone else hear the guys shouting: "Do you have a heart ref, do you have a heart?".

Terrible way to lose, Kings played hard/well, but bad calls happen. Spurs fans complain a lot when bad calls happen against our team, so no biggie that others will complain as well.

[EricB]

Did the game semi remind you of that 2005 game vs the Clippers?

[Dex]

Did anyone else hear the guys shouting: "Do you have a heart ref, do you have a heart?".

Terrible way to lose, Kings played hard/well, but bad calls happen. Spurs fans complain a lot when bad calls happen against our team, so no biggie that others will complain as well.

I did hear the guy yelling "NBA IS A JOKE!" at the very end.

Probably the same guy that was whining "WAHHH" every time the Spurs argued a foul.

[tp2021]

The buzzer sounded WAY after the clock hit zero. If they aren't gonna have red lights, at least have the buzzer synced with the clock.

[Roxsfan]

Watching it in real motion, it sounds like the buzzer goes off exactly as the shot goes up or slightly after. I'm not surprised at the call that was made on the flo0r, or the fact that they couldn't see enough to reverse it.

Now looking at the frame by frame, it's clear that the ball was still in his hands when the clock read zero. But it's nearly impossible for the human eye to be that precise. Until the NBA fixes the rule to let them review plays like this in some fashion, these mistakes are going to continue.

agreed.


david stern that fat ing re .

rox still win the division

[loveforthegame]

The buzzer doesn't go off until the ball is out of his hands. Interesting.

[exstatic]

I did hear the guy yelling "NBA IS A JOKE!" at the very end.

Probably the same guy that was whining "WAHHH" every time the Spurs argued a foul.

It was so quiet in the arena, you could hear that asshat all game long. I thought that idiot from the old Bullets arena moved to Sacto.

[baseline bum]

Refs really blew that one. When I saw it go up I thought no way in is that counting.

[timvp]

Watching it in real motion, it sounds like the buzzer goes off exactly as the shot goes up or slightly after.

Yeah, that's what I noticed. Going by the buzzer, the shot was good. That's probably due to sounds traveling slower but combine the possible late buzzer with no extra red light and I can see how they missed it.

Makes more sense to miss that than Fisher tackling Barry but I digress . . . .

[timvp]

Refs really blew that one. When I saw it go up I thought no way in is that counting.

When Finley hit it I thought to myself how lame it was that Finley of course drains the one that didn't count.

[exstatic]

I apologize in advance for the extra jab at King Fan at the end.

You're a very bad man.

[Chris]

It was so quiet in the arena, you could hear that asshat all game long. I thought that idiot from the old Bullets arena moved to Sacto.

I guarantee it was that asshat. Dude got his just desserts though.

[exstatic]

The "no red light" is what killed any chance to call it late. I think they really depend on that out of their peripheral vision, since they have to check the 3 point line and the release of the shot.

[GSH]

You guys do realize that the ball is out of his hand with exactly 3.0 seconds left on the GAME CLOCK? Don't argue with me... look at the video. The ball is out of his hands at precisely 3.0 seconds on the game clock.

The Spurs got the ball with less than 27 seconds left on the game clock. Which means that the 24 second clock should not have expired anyway. They may have started the shot clock too early, but the call was exactly right. I didin't think so until I saw this video. But the game clock can't lie, because it didn't get stopped during that sequence.

[DPG21920]

By the way, what an unnecessary cheap shot L to the J.

I know what you are doing and I don't like it.

- Happy Gilmore

[gameFACE]

Bad cal. Good win, I guess.

And forget the Kings fan. I liked My35 not bleeping out Tony's "Goddamn, Dan" at the end of the 1st half. About 38 seconds or so left.

[exstatic]

When Finley hit it I thought to myself how lame it was that Finley of course drains the one that didn't count.

When he hit the shot, and the call on the floor was good, I knew we were home, and that it wasn't reviewable, since there was still time left. I felt bad for Sacto's bench, but what's a ref to do?

[DPG21920]

When he hit the shot, and the call on the floor was good, I knew we were home, and that it wasn't reviewable, since there was still time left. I felt bad for Sacto's bench, but what's a ref to do?

He should have a heart. He should have a freaking heart.

[timvp]

You guys do realize that the ball is out of his hand with exactly 3.0 seconds left on the GAME CLOCK? Don't argue with me... look at the video. The ball is out of his hands at precisely 3.0 seconds on the game clock.

The Spurs got the ball with less than 27 seconds left on the game clock. Which means that the 24 second clock should not have expired anyway. They may have started the shot clock too early, but the call was exactly right. I didin't think so until I saw this video. But the game clock can't lie, because it didn't get stopped during that sequence.

I watched it in slow motion. There was 3.2 separation between shot clock and game clock. Finley released it at about 2.9 or 3.0. It's closer that it looks when in slow motion but it was late.

[exstatic]

You guys do realize that the ball is out of his hand with exactly 3.0 seconds left on the GAME CLOCK? Don't argue with me... look at the video. The ball is out of his hands at precisely 3.0 seconds on the game clock.

The Spurs got the ball with less than 27 seconds left on the game clock. Which means that the 24 second clock should not have expired anyway. They may have started the shot clock too early, but the call was exactly right. I didin't think so until I saw this video. But the game clock can't lie, because it didn't get stopped during that sequence.

I was wondering that. Don't they start simultaneously? With one button push?

I remember thinking the shot clock expired, but would that be too much time left for Sacto?

[J.T.]

Many an exercise bike was kicked at Arco tonight.