That Ibaka goaltend..

[Seventyniner]

if you just keep your eye on Durant's right wrist, its pretty clear. i don't think its coincidence that its also the exact moment duncan lost control of the ball

It looks to me like Durant jumped into Duncan, albeit slightly.

Still, the follow-through by Durant with his right hand (that taps Duncan's right wrist, causing him to lose the ball) is where I would expect the foul call. Verticality doesn't allow you to swipe down, even a little.

[EVAY]

He wasn't asking for confirmation, re-read the thread.

NO. YOU go re-read, if you can.

I said "someone claimed that.." Then I said "I have never heard that.." Then I said "Does anyone here know for sure what the rule is"?

YOU interpreted my statements, incredibly, to be an acceptance of the claim, which to most literate people, it clearly was not.

[Jenks]

if you just keep your eye on Durant's right wrist, its pretty clear. i don't think its coincidence that its also the exact moment duncan lost control of the ball

All ball.

There's an even better angle they showed right as it went to commercial.

[spurraider21]

i refuse to believe that if durant had the same exact dunk attempt and was greeted at the rim the same way that we wouldn't have gotten free throws

[TheyCallMePro]

I don't know but I lost my voice when it wasn't called. Couldn't believe we were going to get robbed in another Game 6 at OKC.

[siraulo23]

thank god it didnt cost the spurs the game

imagine the ST outrage

[4down]

Ha. Enough of Serge Ibaka and his golden calf. On to the redemption. Do it.

[Hemotivo]

It looked to me like the ball's downward trajectory after it hit the glass would have been below the rim of the basket and not even close to going in. I don't know how much leeway the rules give the Refs have on a call like that one. Can they figure in whether the ball had a chance to fall into the basket?

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[MANUNG-Ginobili]

I don't think the shot would fall if ibaka didn't blocked it..

[Chinook]

You gotta be kidding me Even if that was true, please remind me how many thousands of calls Russ & KD got away with while blatantly initiating the contact?

I agree Westbrook and Durant get too many calls, but I was pleased how the refs let Lock n Lock check them.

[Knucklehead]

What I hated was when westbrook kicked his legs out like crazy at the 3 point line and no foul was called on him.

[sexinthatsx]

Yesterday's game was the only one where the refs were actually able to control the game and keep it close for ratings purposes. All other times, it's either the Spurs blow the lead wide open with non-stop 3's, or refs bail OKC out and Spurs lose momentum and OKC wins by a large margin.

[Kidd K]

i refuse to believe that if durant had the same exact dunk attempt and was greeted at the rim the same way that we wouldn't have gotten free throws

Durant would have gotten 3 FTAs if he got hacked on a dunk attempt like that

[heyheymymy]

thought spurs were gonna get hammered by the refs so when spurs only slight got screwed and overcame, i was pleased. the 18 FT's in the 4th was b.s., and i thought missing the goal tend was egregious. but they could've been s and waved off the manu three on the duncan screen. not saying its the right call, but you know they could've, (ehem, patty mills 3 pointer waved off in game 3 for example) and they let the play go on. i'm assuming they were making up for the goal tend botch.

otherwise, there was countless times in game 6 that the spurs defended a WB or KD drive and i felt the whistle coming and was pleasantly surprised to see the refs let a usual "okc call" play on. i think even the thunder players were caught off guard by this at first.

sometimes you just gotta give the spurs a chance and that's all they'll need to survive.

[UZER]

Any complaining about Duncan's moving screen on Fisher did not watch the last two OKC possessions. Ibaka threw multiple fullback blocks trying to free kd.

[Aztecfan03]

He wasn't asking for confirmation, re-read the thread.

First he stated what some else said then he asked this: "Does anyone on here know for sure what the rule is?"

That is asking for confirmation.

[superbigtime]

Yes. Not only didn't Durant get all ball, he got no ball...all forearm. My wife had to calm me down after that replay.

That one infuriated me too.

[sexinthatsx]

lol I was dropping F bombs so loud I think all my neighbors heard it. I was on an emotional roller coaster and Manu's 3 to lead the Spurs by 1 with twenty-sum seconds left still had me scared. It wasn't until Diaw's free-throws when I finally calmed down.

[heyheymymy]

classic ibaka, guy always goal tends. someone should show him the nba rules on that one.

[ezau]

Someone claimed that the call ended up being right because, even though the ball clearly hit the backboard before being swatted away, it hit the backboard below the rim, meaning that it wasn't a goaltend.

I have never heard that interpretation.

Does anyone on here know for sure what the rule is?

Kerr or Miller said that it's an automatic goaltend if the ball hits the lower portion of the board.

[Tuddy]

Need to see the video of durant's "block" on Tim, the one where Tim recovered and handed it off to Kawhi (who missed). IMO that was a much worse no call than the goaltend.

He only hacked half his arm off

[Kindergarten Cop]

It looked to me like the ball's downward trajectory after it hit the glass would have been below the rim of the basket and not even close to going in. I don't know how much leeway the rules give the Refs have on a call like that one. Can they figure in whether the ball had a chance to fall into the basket?

I don't think that they can figure that in, unless they are 100% positive that it wouldn't go in (which is obviously not the case here). This section of the rule defines the play we are discussing:

http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_11...av=ArticleList

Section I-A Player Shall Not:

e. During a field goal attempt, touch a ball after it has touched the backboard below the ring level and while the ball is on its upward flight.

[KL2]

Need to see the video of durant's "block" on Tim, the one where Tim recovered and handed it off to Kawhi (who missed). IMO that was a much worse no call than the goaltend.

That was ing obvious, yet another no call, I watched the replay and KD clearly got all arm, just like Caron's block on I think Manu.


Carried offensively/defensively, OKC is a bad team period.

[Seventyniner]

Kerr or Miller said that it's an automatic goaltend if the ball hits the lower portion of the board.

Only if the ball is on the way up, which it was.

[spurspokesman]

Fortunately, Timmy and Manu had other plans.[/QUOTE]

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