Offensive Goaltending

[Dex]

Will the league issue a statement about the call or just blow it off since the Spurs won? We have all seen replays of tip-ins that were counted without comment when the ball was "more inside" the cylinder than that one.

They will release the standard Last Two Minute report (which will include all of OT, I believe), so we will see what they judge there.

The NBA won't release a statement though, especially since the Spurs won. TBH they only do that when they REALLY blow a call in the waning seconds, so that they can further piss off the fans of the team that they ed over with a meaningless apology.

[Dex]

Long story short, we won playing 5 on 8 last night.

those got refs. Way too many bad calls to not be a deliberate screwjob attempt.

If we had lost that game...

2K-style officiating. Any time a team started to gain any momentum or a significant lead, out came the ty calls to keep the game close.

[sammy]

The refs were horrible last night and it was loud at the ATT Center with all of the boos! Spurs were playing against 8 last night! Absolute travesty of these blind bat refs!

[Dex]

Miller is horrible.

I like when he was saying that Houston has several players who are capable of "making a play off the bounce".

Um...shooting a spot-up three isn't "making a play", Reggie.

[sasaint]

The refs were horrible last night and it was loud at the ATT Center with all of the boos! Spurs were playing against 8 last night! Absolute travesty of these blind bat refs!

Maybe we should send Manu after the refs...

[jbspurs]

Also that backcourt violation was a missed call

Today's Refs

Exactly! The ball never cross the mid court, only the player did. SMH

[boutons_deux]

"how LMa even suspended in the air waiting for the ball to come off the rim"

clearly, he pulled back, or hesitated, until the ball had moved out more.

[Poolboy5623]

You guys need glasses....the ball was CLEARLY still in the cylinder. Was it coming out? Yes but thats not how the rule works..

[Dex]

Exactly! The ball never cross the mid court, only the player did. SMH

Another call they didn't make until D'Antoni started barking in their ear.

[superbigtime]

You want to have some fun - go back and watch the last couple of minutes of regulation and the OT, and just watch Harden. It's not even close to that NBA refs should be allowing.

I posted it in the game thread, but there's a play near the end of regulation where Harden drives, and kicks to the corner, and then kicks Danny's legs out from under him so he can't go out and contest the corner 3. Reggie was blabbering about the defender "just falling down". The funny part was that after the shot was in the air, he threw himself on the floor like he'd been hit by a truck, so in case the shot didn't fall he could get a foul call. He's a tricky sonofa , I'll give him that. But the refs are doing everything but give him a reach-around.

Yes dude! Saw that and typical Regina Miller take.

[Dex]

You guys need glasses....the ball was CLEARLY still in the cylinder. Was it coming out? Yes but thats not how the rule works..

From http://official.nba.com/trigger/goal...-interference/

Once it has touched the rim and is either using the rim as its base or has bounced off the rim and is in the imaginary cylinder above the rim. (Note, a ball that is rolling off the rim may be touched, even if it is still in contact with the rim because it has no chance to go in); and

The center of gravity is outside the imaginary cylinder and moving outward, it is no longer using the rim as its base, and it has no chance of going in. That is not a goaltend.

The fact that they didn't even take the time to review the play is what pisses me off the most. One ref called for a review, and the other just waved it off and said to play on. It's ing overtime, you can review that call.

[ElNono]

what's more ridiculous is Pop not calling a review.... IIRC, all those calls are reviewable in OT...

[Seventyniner]

I was also pissed at the lack of review. I thought it was mandatory for close calls in the last 2 minutes of the 4th and any OT. Especially because play was already stopped.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

That bull call almost cost us the game. those refs tbh

[Chomag]

I was always under the impression that per rule calls can only be reviewed but there was no call made. I mean how the can you overturn a call that never happened anyway? It didn't matter though since it wasn't even goaltending, but ya...So why wasn't the out of bounds by Harden reviewed , and also the backcourt violation on Kawai? As per NBA rules that's not a violation. What made matters worst was all if these things started happening with the game on the line. I smell a fix boys... near the likes of Lakers vs Sacramento.

Makes winning feel all that much better knowing that our guys are still beating them 5 on 8.

[Dex]

I was always under the impression that per rule calls can only be reviewed but there was no call made. I mean how the can you overturn a call that never happened anyway? It didn't matter though since it wasn't even goaltending, but ya...So why wasn't the out of bounds by Harden reviewed , and also the backcourt violation on Kawai? As per NBA rules that's not a violation. What made matters worst was all if these things started happening with the game on the line. I smell a fix boys... near the likes of Lakers vs Sacramento.

Makes winning feel all that much better knowing that our guys are still beating them 5 on 8.

They did eventually make a goaltending call, therefore the call can be reviewed.

Considering all the officials had to confer and one of them even initially called to review it...I'm dumbfounded that they wouldn't even take a look at such a high-stakes call.

[cd021]

Dont forget about that call where the ball clearly went off of Harden (it may have been Beverly). Refs gave them the ball and the Rockets hit a three late in regulation.

[gambit1990]

what's more ridiculous is Pop not calling a review.... IIRC, all those calls are reviewable in OT...

[Blackjack]

Surprised no one is talking about that Harden out of bounds call that the refs made to give HOU the ball back late in the third.... Beverley hit a 3 because of it.

That error forced OT and potentially the game

Pretty sure I saw 2-3 out-of-bounds calls, not including that one, that resulted in Houston scores.

It's like clockwork. Either that happens or a would-be steal or loose ball is recovered by the opponent and it's a 4-6 point swing.