I still say Rip Hamilton drew a charge

[gameFACE]

Damn, I miss having a bigman with some nuts and chutzpah. Horry was so ing cleverly mischevious.

As for Rip, his feet weren't set. Especially his left foot. Just go frame by frame.

[EVAY]

BALL DON'T LIE.

As an aside, if the ball don't lie, what does someone making 1 out of 2 FTs mean?

It means the ball is unsure.

[FromWayDowntown]

what point are you trying to make with this thread? Are you trolling?

I think it's meant to remember good times.

[Namundy]

52 seconds in:

Best part of the whole video is the noise the crowd makes as Ginobili gets trapped and they realize it's Horry wide open for the trey.

[Horse]

Oh I have an idea RIP HAMILTON!!!

[Seventyniner]

As an aside, if the ball don't lie, what does someone making 1 out of 2 FTs mean?

Noone came up with the correct answer: a half-truth.

[lefty]

TP played like a got in those series



Ah right, it wasnt Bbie Gibsn and the Cvs

[baseline bum]

Stern conspiracies aside, I always wanted Salvatore at home and Javie on the road.

Lunacy

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...305190SAS.html

[Mel_13]

Lunacy

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...305190SAS.html

My general impression was always that Salvatore would bend to a home crowd and Javie never would.

Also, 36 fouls on each team in that game. Too bad that version of the Spurs couldn't make their FTs.

[timvp]

^That's the first game I think of when I think of Salvatore. The ol' free throw contest in Game 1 of the 2003 WCF that could have cost the Spurs the series. Mavs miss their first free throw and then go 49-of-49

[baseline bum]

My general impression was always that Salvatore would bend to a home crowd and Javie never would.

Also, 36 fouls on each team in that game. Too bad that version of the Spurs couldn't make their FTs.

10 of those Spurs free throws were from intentional fouls on Bowen in the second quarter, so it was hardly an even whistle.

[KaiRMD1]

You know, when I saw it originally, I always thought the wrong call was made. I'm too lazy to look back and see if Rip's feet really moved but initially, I thought a charge should have been called

[Mel_13]

10 of those Spurs free throws were from intentional fouls on Bowen in the second quarter, so it was hardly an even whistle.

As I said, it was an impression formed over the years. My impression was that he could be influenced by the crowd, whereas Javie called the game the same way regardless of location.

It's not surprising that there are games to be found that don't fit that impression.