Kenyon Martin foul on Dirk

[pauls931]

Hand checks, moving screens, clear-outs in the lane, over the back on rebounds... I don't understand the damn game anymore. Seriously, about half the time I can't find any connection between the calls (and no-calls) and what's happening on the floor. And now you have to try and figure out what is a flagrant and what isn't - and that probably makes the least sense of all.

I'm still a Spurs fan, but I can honestly say that I am approaching the point where I am not an NBA fan. It's kind of hard to reconcile those two, but I'm getting tired of watching something that feels more like the WWF than the game of basketball.

Really what it reminds me of is those gymnastic floor exercises in the Olympics, where there's a lot of dancing around, but it's all just a set-up for a few exciting athletic moves. And the judges are shamelessly biased in favor of one team.

But for the guy ing about that one call - there were plenty to go around. Just before that one, on the other end, Nowitzki was trying to get to a long rebound, and K-Mart damn near pulled his arm out of socket holding him back. It was out in the open, and an official was standing nearby. There's no way he could have missed it. Anybody who wants to get pissed off about the officiating has all the evidence they need. The officiating this whole season has been piss-poor. But the playoffs have taken that to a totally new level.

I completely agree on hand checking. A few years back you hand check you get a foul. Before that you could beat the out of players. Now I see hand checking, arm bars, etc and sometimes a foul is called, sometimes it's not. You know it's bad when the whistle blows and both teams stop and look at the ref to see which way it goes.

Charges are also a problem. I see a lot of players (and yes my beloved nash) getting calls when I don't think they're completely set. At least they have the circle in the key to keep that one from being a complete joke.

[jmanu20]

[quote=Ghazi;3386306]It's one correctly committed intentional foul and one shot away from being 2-2.

Denver is that good, they have a star who is actually clutch. quote]

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[monosylab1k]

[QUOTE=jmanu20;3386989]

It's one correctly committed intentional foul and one shot away from being 2-2.

Denver is that good, they have a star who is actually clutch. quote]

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[hater]

worst call of the playoffs. I am glad mavs are still in it but they should have won fair and square and not resorted to getting BS calls.

[jag]

Call me crazy...but it looked like Kenyon Martin got hand. If he got all ball, there's no doubt in my mind everyone in the AAC would have heard about it during his ensuing tantrum.

That being said, it was an extremely late call which probably means Javie waited to see where the shot actually went...mav fan can't expect to get those calls when your star is taking fade away 20 footers. You earn those calls by being aggressive and taking it to the hole. That's what makes it a "bail out" call.

Dirk is a beast and he deserved to get that win...up until he decided to take a vagina-like shot for all the marbles.

[Morg1411]

The call was bull .

The no-call in Game 3 was bull .

2 bull s = lots of bull .

Denver closes out in Game 5, series over, so who gives a ?

[Basketballgirl25]

The call was bull .

The no-call in Game 3 was bull .

2 bull s = lots of bull .

Denver closes out in Game 5, series over, so who gives a ?

[poop]

what a ing travesty this game was. worst officiating this year, it reminded me of the '06 spurs/Mavs series in which dallas's 'wins' were simply the re of dirk being gifted a million freethrows. literally half his points came at the freethrow line. he shoots 11 FT in the last 6 minutes, ALL of them coming on phantom or ticky-tack nothing fouls.

NOBODY IN THE NBA GET MORE PHANTOM CALLS THAN DIRK NOWITZKI.

i dont get it, everyone in nba history who draws lots of fouls does so because they are either deep post players who get the ball right near the rim, or because they are slashers who make drives to the rim. bit Dirk is a ing 7-foot perimeter shooter, and he gets more calls than ANYONE. he just ing stands there and shoots and if he misses, he gets a BS whistle (usually late) 99% of the time.

Dallas got a gift tonight. in fact, i wont even acknowledge this BS game. Congrats Denver on your sweep of the Mavs!

[sribb43]

[poop]

nobody gets more phantom calls than Dirk.

all your playoff wins are the result of gift freethrows.

[JoseJuanJesusBarea]

Who is San Antonio playing in round 2? Have you guys moved on yet?

[Findog]

[LakeShow]

Dirk cried as soon as the shot went up and Javie watched the ball to see if it was going in. As you mentioned, he blew the whistle about the time the ball hit the ground.

+1

that is exactly what I saw. I wish someone had a clip of that play, I didn't see a foul in realtime.

[Findog]

[Findog]

[poop]

how does it feel to be swept Mavs fans?

[Morg1411]

[FromWayDowntown]

It is funny that many Mavs' fans complaints about officiating are always justified as entirely principled, but if anyone dares say that his team got hosed by officials in a game against the Mavs, the same chorus shouts down the "whiner."

[pauls931]

Dirk cried as soon as the shot went up and Javie watched the ball to see if it was going in. As you mentioned, he blew the whistle about the time the ball hit the ground.

Well, about 33% of fouls called on shots go that way. The instant the official realized the shot's not going in they blow.

[lurker]

It is funny that many Mavs' fans complaints about officiating are always justified as entirely principled, but if anyone dares say that his team got hosed by officials in a game against the Mavs, the same chorus shouts down the "whiner."

You just described every fan base in the NBA.

[Findog]

It is funny that many Mavs' fans complaints about officiating are always justified as entirely principled, but if anyone dares say that his team got hosed by officials in a game against the Mavs, the same chorus shouts down the "whiner."

That's not what's going on here. There have been several calls going against both teams in this series. If Dallas had managed to win G3, the Nuggets would've justifiably been pissed at how all of their bigs were in foul trouble.

Some of your fellow Spurs fans are just butthurt over their first-round elimination to a bitter rival, and they're letting it show.

[mavs>spurs2]

2-2, gots

[FromWayDowntown]

That's not what's going on here. There have been several calls going against both teams in this series. If Dallas had managed to win G3, the Nuggets would've justifiably been pissed at how all of their bigs were in foul trouble.

Some of your fellow Spurs fans are just butthurt over their first-round elimination to a bitter rival, and they're letting it show.

That may not be what's going on with you, but it's certainly been true of many of your brethren.

It is what it is. I just think it's funny that so many Mavs fans go out of there way to admonish Spurs fans who whine about officiating -- no matter how principled and valid the complaints might be -- only to then turn around and about officiating and maintain that such complaints are reasonable because they're only ing about how crappy officiating has been in general (but mostly when it hoses the Mavericks)

[poop]

4-0, gots