crawford, callahan and mauer......crawford and mauer ed us out of game 2.
Callahan fell for the fineable Bosh flop in Game 4; the play didn't really mean anything at the end of the day, but seemed pretty egregious in the moment and showed itself to be a really bad call when reviewed. I don't think it's fair to judge an official based upon a single call, but missing a big one is worrisome.
At this point, the Spurs just need to play their game and not worry about whistles or no-calls or flops. Just play each play hard and with poise.
No champion has lost game 7.
Joey is the best for us of the three! And I think he does not like james muchThis is the guy with big ego.
no 2-3-2 champion has lost at home.........of course not....then they wouldn't be champions. LOL. its game 7. what has happened to the 2-3-2 champions when they lose game 7.......they are the runner ups. which is what is going to happen. I think there is such a disparity in the outcpomes of the games because Lebron knows how to take advadtage when he knows the refs are helping him.....believe it.
We will see on the court. But I don't have a problem with Joey. He has been fair with the Spurs since the Duncan incident a few years back. I guess losing 25 to 30 grand in money got his attention.
I'm not that worried, Joey loves pissing off home crowds, especially the Miami crowd. And he and LeBron don't get along. I could see the pressure causing Miami to start off poorly, then SA jumping up to a big lead early, resulting in frustration and a technical for James.
Wow. Right on cue.
My initial response is f*ck me. Spurs have won 5 on 8 in championship runs before though. This all raises the important point- We should not even know the names of these putos. Go Spurs!
Last edited by Kamala; 06-18-2013 at 10:41 AM.
Just ruined my day, tbh.
Holy . Could there be a worse officiating crew?
Joey has been pretty reasonable thus far...but I still wouldn't put it past him to blow some gigantic, game-changing call late in the 4th quarter of a game 6.
Lest we forget the last time he choked on his whistle:
this is fukin bull . last year crawford and crew jerked us in OKC in game 6. fuk this !!!why does he continue to officiate in our games?
Mauer is the one that worries me. He sees what he wants to see.
It wasn't Joey Crawford. It was Bill Kenney. He is the Spurs worst enemy. Scott Foster is the Heat's bff.
The only good thing is they can't be worse than they were in game 5.
Buck drinking coffee at the hotel, scanning SpursTalk for his next column.
When your team loses in a blowout, it's hard to blame the refs.
It's when your team loses in a close game that the officiating becomes more of a valid question.
I just
These playoffs, home team gets 24.9 FTA vs 22.6 for the away team. Same amount of fouls, 22.8 for each team. 97.1 points for the home team vs 93.5 for the away team.
Home team wins 58% of the time, his lowest % since 2004.
Former NBA Ref Questions Choice Of Joey Crawford
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/06/18/f...joey-crawford/
DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) – In a controversial move, veteran NBA official Joey Crawford has been selected by the NBA to officiate Tuesday’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
The selection has drawn criticism by many due to Crawford’s history with Spurs forward Tim Duncan.
In 2007, Crawford ejected Duncan in a game against the Dallas Mavericks for laughing on the bench. Duncan claimed that Crawford held a “personal vendetta” against him and that Crawford even asked him if he wanted to fight before the ejection.
After a series of on-court incidents, Crawford was suspended indefinitely for what the NBA cited as “improper conduct and a lack of professionalism”.
Tim Donaghy, a former a former NBA referee who pled guilty to betting on games he officiated, joined New School on 105.3 The Fan to discuss the NBA’s decision.
“There’s other referees that they could put on this game besides him,” said Donaghy. “Why they do stuff like this is just another strange and unusual thing you can throw into the bucket of the NBA.”
Donaghy went on to call NBA Commissioner David Stern “arrogant” for making such a decision, noting that the NBA would love to see a Game 7.
Crawford also worked Game 2 of the finals, a 103-84 Heat win. Duncan had his worst game of the season, scoring 9 points on 3-13 shooting.
“Do I think this is a little bit of a ploy by the league office? Absolutely I do,” said Donaghy. “I think that they’re not going come down on [Crawford] too heavily if he misses a couple of calls that go against San Antonio.”
On cue Spurstalk with their tinfoil hats out.
If there's anyone less credible than Donaghy on the NBA officiating conspiracy notion, I'm not sure who that would be.
Bill Kennedy
Scott Foster
Ed Malloy
Let's not go to 7
Heat win
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