Of all the things to complain about, that last exchange between Tony and Barrea doesn't make the list. I thought the second foul call on Nowitzki was total bull . Blair got by with a ridiculous push off on one of his rebounds. (It was out in the open - no way an NBA ref should miss that.) On the other hand, after Dampier got his 5th foul, the refs worked really hard to avoid fouling him out. That clothesline that Kidd put on Hill probably should have drawn a Flagrant 1. (You can hurt a guy really badly that way. It was excessive, and there was no attempt at a play on the ball. It would have drawn 15 yards in the NFL.)
The point is that the refs didn't take over the game. If the Spurs had lost, I wouldn't have ed about any of the no-calls. It wasn't perfect, but it was fair.
+1. TP-Manu-Hill is a of a three guard lineup.
Even Carlisle said it was physical 'on both ends'. Oh, I'm sorry, did u want a pass to the ft line bc u can't handle playoff basketball? You can't cry when the Spurs made crunch-time shots in the face of the defense and they didn't, plain & simple.
I'll complain about officiating. Tonight there was some Spurs bias.
I see the bias both ways and dislike it both ways.
I don't ever want to hear a Mav fan complain about Manu flopping. Dirk deserved an Academy Award for the acting jobs on some of the fouls called on his defenders.
when was this?Mavs center Erick Dampier took aim at the officiating, a risky move after NBA commissioner David Stern cautioned coaches earlier Friday about criticizing foul calls.
"It seems like we're under the magnifying glass when we play defense," Dampier said. "When we're on offense, there's no magnifying glass. You've got to call it both ways. Dirk drives, he doesn't get a foul. They drive, they get a ticky-tack foul. Just keep it consistent. Don't be one way or the other."
Wow... what a dumbass...
Of course Damp isn't known for his brain...
the home team always get the calls, what goes around comes around,
mavs just didnt adjust to how the game was played and ref....
now go put a sock in it
Look for at least a fine over that stupid comment. Stern didn't sound like he was screwing around with that warning. And he specifically included the possibility of suspensions. Even if Dampier was right (he wasn't) that was a really bonehead statement to make right now.
LOL Scouse ing about others' ing
Crawford is a good ref, even though he was in the house for 0.4.
Before a playoff game between the Mavs and Spurs in '03, he joked with Michael Finley, you guys call your own fouls tonight. Finley was sort of stunned and Crawford had to tell him, that he was joking.
Mavs have always been a jump shooting team and he isn't the type of ref to reward or bail out jump shooters. He's one of the better refs in the game, imo.
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It was interesting to watch the game, having read the reviews about Bravetta and Crawford in the other thread before the game. I'd have to agree, most people opinions held true.
Bravetta kept the game close, home team won, Mavs lost.
There was a very interesting play, I can't recall when 2nd or 3rd, where Crawford overruled Bravetta and awarded possession to the Spurs. The camera then showed Duncan looking slightly amused.
But don't worry Mav's fans... all will even out with Joey gets his hands on the series. Only hope he doesn't get Duncan suspended for laughing.
It was a charging call that he reversed, and it was the right call. Najera was still moving his foot, and may have been in the circle. He was def still moving though. The replay showed one foot still off the ground at contact, meaning position hadn't been established.
hahah GOOD THING WHAT YOU WANT DOESN'T ING MATTER. This is SPURSTALK not some pussy Mavs forum so you can kick rocks if you don't like it.
No, I recall that play. I didn't think it was that one. That was definately the right call.
What...and let your side have all the fun?
ok.
I thought the officiating was even up till the Nowitski charge which IMO was a very poor call, Bonner basically hopped like a rabbit in front of him after Dirk had left his feet for the layup... no way did he have his position established there...that was a critical call of the game that swung momentum into SA's favor.
And that was Bavetta blowing that call in the spurs' favor too, surprisingly.
The Najera charge "overturn" call by Crawford was the appropriate call, I'm just surprised that Crawford didn't overturn the next terrible call by Bavetta against Nowitski. It looked like he was thinking about it but thought the better of it.
Two overturned calls in one game against the crew chief (Bavetta) would probably get Crawford into some hot water after the game.
Nowinski breaks Manu's nose and Manu gets called for the foul. GTFO crybaby.
You fit right in with rest of the MFFLs on this site.
I thought the Kidd steal of the Dice pass and subsequent foul should have been a clear path foul as well.. another kick in the nuts to the mavs.
If this is the play I'm remembering, it wasn't a clear path, it's not a clear path if you get fouled trying to pass up your last defender; it's a clear path when you have already passed your last defender and are fouled. Kidd was fouled in the process of passing his defender, not after.
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