sons say what you want, but the Spurs ONLY won because of the refs

[Biggems]

son I'm just very upset about this nonsense.

do you realize how many times i have to watch the spurs get treated like they are the ing clippers by the refs, even when they play in san antonio? i mean the spurs get so little home cookin it is disgusting. poor blair has gotten strapped with so many BS calls this season, he has earned enough for an entire playing career, rookie or not.

so if the spurs did indeed get the love from the refs, it is a refreshing change of pace.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

You should be ashamed and embarassed to call yourself a basketball fan if you are going to drag out this lame "the refs suck because the free throws weren't equal" argument.

It is not the refs' job to even out the free throws. It is the refs' job to make calls consistently and correctly. If one team is driving the ball inside more than the other, they will naturally get fouled more. If one team is coached how to defend without fouling (as the Spurs are), they will get fewer foul calls than usual.

FAIL. LOSE.

[DynastyBuilder]

son I'm sorry ... its MLK day and I am highly motivated to fight the power despite being highly outnumbered. god bless.

Son, fight the good fight. God bless.

[TJastal]

do you realize how many times i have to watch the spurs get treated like they are the ing clippers by the refs, even when they play in san antonio? i mean the spurs get so little home cookin it is disgusting. poor blair has gotten strapped with so many BS calls this season, he has earned enough for an entire playing career, rookie or not.

so if the spurs did indeed get the love from the refs, it is a refreshing change of pace.

The jackals were fickle in this game. In the first half they bent over Bonner on an out of bounds call where West came over his back and batted the ball out of bounds then allowed Posey to punch Manu in the face and give him a bloody nose with no flagrant being called. There were other possession calls that were clearly off the hornets but they awarded the hornets the ball.

They did their absolute best to pump up the lifeless hornets, who looked like they didn't care until the 4th quarter. By that time the refs were like "screw you ers, we gave you every chance possible to get back in this game and you reward our generosity with this !? you!"

[MrChug]

God the Hornets suck.

Now go clean your room or I'm taking your IPod mini away.

Signed, Dad

[redzero]

Sadly, I was at the game, and the fourth foul on Okafor and the charge on Paul were the calls that really stick out in my mind.

Oh, and Richard Jefferson sucks. The Spurs are much better without him.

[Sean Cagney]

Sons okay lol..... Okay sons if you say so.

BTW try not getting down that much, then the refs can't hurt you as you say they did.

[redzero]

BR, none of this matters. The Hornets are going to win the next two against the Spurs, because Richard Jefferson will be back to up the offense.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Hey Pops, Da Spurs live and die by the refs ty calls. I know from where you come. I think our beloved Commish, David DumbDumb, should fire all the sorry ass ref's asap and just let these pros play ball. What the , we could use a few gun fights at the ok corral to liven things up. At least for the first 45 minutes of a game and then they put their cap pistols in the holsters and give us fans 3 damn, good, quality minutes of real live NBA basketball like in the old days of Russell, Wilt, Cousey, Robertson, Magic, Bird, Jordan and Barkley. Oh yeah, them Detroit Mad Men as well.

BTW, Go Saints...

Kick the living daylights out of them evil Vikings!

[Dunc n Dave]

Interesting fact:
Who had the worst +/- on the Hornets vs the Spurs today?

Chris Paul with a -16..............

[spurs_philippines]

sons that was one of the most poorly called games that I have ever seen. The lopsided calls in favor of the Spurs was downright embarrassing and pathetic. seriously with it being MLK day, do the Spurs have more blacks on their team than N.O.? I am just trying to understand the blatant favoritism today. Now a win is a win so props to you guys for taking advantage of the favoritism from the refs, but damn ... don't just take my word for it. Take your homer glasses off and go look at the stats ...

The Spurs had 26 more free throws than the Hornets ... 26!!!!!!! (Spurs 38, Hornets 12)

now sons you can say all you want to try and justify it, but no excuse is legit. there is absolutely NO reason for the free throw numbers to be that lopsided. maybe one team having 10 more or something REASONABLE like that, but 26?? really??? .... I'm just proud that the Hornets were actually able to make a game of it and only lose by 7 points. unbelievable.

Sorry LOSER!!!! LETS SEE IF YOU STILL MAKE EXCUSES WHEN BRETT FAVRE KICKS NEW ORLEANS ASS ON SUNDAY...

[Trainwreck2100]

sons that was one of the most poorly called games that I have ever seen. The lopsided calls in favor of the Spurs was downright embarrassing and pathetic. seriously with it being MLK day, do the Spurs have more blacks on their team than N.O.? I am just trying to understand the blatant favoritism today. Now a win is a win so props to you guys for taking advantage of the favoritism from the refs, but damn ... don't just take my word for it. Take your homer glasses off and go look at the stats ...

The Spurs had 26 more free throws than the Hornets ... 26!!!!!!! (Spurs 38, Hornets 12)

now sons you can say all you want to try and justify it, but no excuse is legit. there is absolutely NO reason for the free throw numbers to be that lopsided. maybe one team having 10 more or something REASONABLE like that, but 26?? really??? .... I'm just proud that the Hornets were actually able to make a game of it and only lose by 7 points. unbelievable.

nice sig son, but i hoped you saved one of them brown paper bags from the Saints craptacular days for the one on the left, God bless.

[BadOdor]

sons, nothing to see here, just whity br whining about the refs. God bless.

[ShoogarBear]

Sons I am just impressed that somebody from Louisiana knows that 38 is more than 12.

[BadOdor]

Sons I am just impressed that somebody from Louisiana knows that 38 is more than 12.

Son he be a "long time hornets ticket holder", he be intelligent like and stuff.

[pookenstein]

sons the official post game report is out ...




NBA Officials lead Spurs past Hornets, 97-90
By Brett Martel

The NBA officials helped push the San Antonio Spurs over the New Orleans Hornets 97-90 on Monday. It was a relatively close game until the officials working the game decided to take control and award the Spurs with 38 free throws compared to the Hornets 12 once they received the go ahead from NBA commissioner David Stern.

Tony Parker scored 25 points and Tim Duncan added 21 points and 14 rebounds, while George Hill scored 16 points and Manu Ginobili had 11 to help the Spurs snap a two-game losing streak.

David West scored 18 points for New Orleans, which lost for only the second time in its last 15 home games. Chris Paul, who fouled out in the final minute, had 18 points and nine assists for the Hornets, while Marcus Thornton scored 16 points.

Hill started in place of Richard Jefferson, who sat out with lower back pain.

San Antonio led by double digits for most of the game, going up by as many as 21 points when Duncan hit one of two free throws to make it 76-55 late in the third quarter.

The Spurs went into the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead, which the Hornets quickly trimmed with a 7-0 run to open the period. Thornton’s fast-break layup made it 78-68 and the Hornets pulled to 80-72 on Darren Collison’s free throws with 7:06 remaining.

New Orleans missed several chances to get closer and still trailed by eight when Parker’s driving scoop made it 84-74 with 4:40 to go. Parker scored seven more points in the final minutes.

San Antonio outrebounded New Orleans 50-38 and was the more forceful team drawing fouls inside. Despite missing 14 free throws, the Spurs still outscored the Hornets 24-10 from the foul line. The Spurs were 7 of 18 from 3-point range with Keith Bogans hitting three. New Orleans went only 4 of 13 from long range.

Ginobili’s 3-pointer made it 24-12 at the end of the first quarter. The lead got as large as 18 in the second quarter on Hill’s reverse layup, which capped a 9-2 run and made it 47-29.

Parker had 16 points by halftime, when the Spurs led 56-41.

Duncan commented after the game, "Anytime you can get the kind of help that we received today its a blessing".

NOTES: Jefferson had not missed any of the Spurs’ previous 39 games. … James Posey and Parker were called for double technical fouls in the fourth quarter. … New Orleans is 15-4 at home. … The Spurs are 8-9 on the road. … This was the second of four meetings this season between San Antonio and New Orleans. The Spurs won the first, 113-96 at home. … Paul’s CP3 foundation announced that the guard had made a $61,616.61 donation to relief efforts in Haiti. The amount was to honor his grandfather, who was slain when he was 61.

I think this actually is funny. Well done.

[InK]

Refs did indeed suck in a big way, dunno why is so hard to admit to that. The only thing that sucked more is the way Hornets played 3/4, and Spurs the last 1/4 of the match. Both teams need to take their heads out of their asses and start playing some decent basketball giving some consistent effort out there on the court. It was a horrible game, and yeh, refs did their part and contribute with the loopsided calls at the end of the game. But really, so what.....as things look rite now this is a non issue.

[mosdef17]

Only reason Hornets were even close is because Spurs shot 24/38 from free throws. If they had shot their season average it would have been double digits.

[BOHOLANO#21]

36 free throws compared to 12 ... I don't care who you are, you're not going to win a game that lopsided.

dumbass, tell your players to drive to the basket to get more freethrows instead of jacking up shots....

[BOHOLANO#21]

Sadly, I was at the game, and the fourth foul on Okafor and the charge on Paul were the calls that really stick out in my mind.

Oh, and Richard Jefferson sucks. The Spurs are much better without him.

sorry son, the refs forgot that crybaby paul is licensed to just run over anybody and get a call in his favor...

[easy7]

God bless this mess, time to move on....

[Killakobe81]

I'm sorry but Hornets can NOT beat the Spurs when Parkers outplays or holds his own vs. C3P...
Paul had a "good" game but to beat the Spurs he must dominate or other dudes really have to step up ...based on the roster ...C3p playing well is FAR more likely ...

And for the Parkers haters (both Spur fans & non) he just more than held his own vs. arguably the best PG in the NBA ...

[redzero]

sorry son, the refs forgot that crybaby paul is licensed to just run over anybody and get a call in his favor...

The funny thing is, that last charge wasn't even a pushoff. I know Spurs fans like to say that Paul extends his arm when going to the rack, but he didn't even do it that time.

[Agloco]

sons that was one of the most poorly called games that I have ever seen. The lopsided calls in favor of the Spurs was downright embarrassing and pathetic. seriously with it being MLK day, do the Spurs have more blacks on their team than N.O.? I am just trying to understand the blatant favoritism today. Now a win is a win so props to you guys for taking advantage of the favoritism from the refs, but damn ... don't just take my word for it. Take your homer glasses off and go look at the stats ...

The Spurs had 26 more free throws than the Hornets ... 26!!!!!!! (Spurs 38, Hornets 12)

now sons you can say all you want to try and justify it, but no excuse is legit. there is absolutely NO reason for the free throw numbers to be that lopsided. maybe one team having 10 more or something REASONABLE like that, but 26?? really??? .... I'm just proud that the Hornets were actually able to make a game of it and only lose by 7 points. unbelievable.

Did you really watch the first three quarters of the game? Not a single Hornets player got into the paint consistently. Meanwhile, Parker was anally violating you at will on the other end.

I'll give you the fact that Okafor got 2 ticky tack fouls called on him in the penalty. But that only explains 4 FT.

[Agloco]

The funny thing is, that last charge wasn't even a pushoff. I know Spurs fans like to say that Paul extends his arm when going to the rack, but he didn't even do it that time.

You're right. All he did was lower his shoulder into Hill. That should never be called in that situation.