Spurs win game 3, Dan Crawford MVP my prediction.

[exstatic]

If the Spurs win, you can COUNT on us seeing our "favorite" Crawford on Sunday.

[Mavzy45]

From an Article by Tim MacMahon on ESPNDallas.com

"Why doesn't Cuban like Danny Crawford? Well, the Mavs are 1-15 in playoff games officiated by Crawford during Cuban's ownership tenure. "

"It didn't help the credibility of Crawford, who will work with Bavetta and Rodney Mott, when disgraced ref Tim Donaghy claimed that Crawford bragged about the Mavs' miserable record in his playoff games."

Doesn't mean it will affect this game...however, the history does not bode well for the Mavs tonight!

[Andy25]

Maybe the coaches or Cuban will and they'll get suspended or something.

[texlawman]

Like I said before the game. It was close and both teams played hard, however Dan Crawford laid the wood on us all night long. I thought the Mavs would win tonight until I heard he was in the building. That swallowed his whistled and reversed calls all night light.

The one saving grace however, is that won't work another game this series and I think we can get Sunday and make it 2-2.

[texlawman]

And my hate for Crawford goes back to 2006 when he screwed us out of game 3 in the finals with Dwayne "It's a foul" Wade.

[biziofromdowntown]

Like I said before the game. It was close and both teams played hard, however Dan Crawford laid the wood on us all night long. I thought the Mavs would win tonight until I heard he was in the building. That swallowed his whistled and reversed calls all night light.

The one saving grace however, is that won't work another game this series and I think we can get Sunday and make it 2-2.

Dream on.

[Whisky Dog]

They let them play all night. Name on call he reversed that was the wrong call to reverse. Name one.

[FromWayDowntown]

So does this count as whining? Or are we dealing with another one of those principled complaints about officiating that seemingly emanate only from Dallas?

[Whisky Dog]

mav fan pissed cause a ref didn't give dirky every touch foul for free throws. You know why your team doesn't win when Dan C. Refs? Because he doesn't give Dirk all the bs touch fouls. That's why.

[baseline bum]

Dallas must have a mental block or something to go 1-16 with Crawford officiating. No way he'd still be employed and calling playoff games if he was so bad as to skew games so far in one direction. I gotta invoke Occam's Razor here and say the most likely explanation is Dallas just not being able to get the monkey off their backs. To believe otherwise is to think there's some great conspiracy against the team, in which case, why would anyone ever be a Mavericks fan if he believed that the league was fixed against them?

[FromWayDowntown]

They let them play all night. Name on call he reversed that was the wrong call to reverse. Name one.

Surely, he's talking about Dan Crawford repeatedly reversing the no calls on the contact that Ginobili encountered at the rim.

Or maybe it was that time that Dirk's chicken wing busted Ginobili's nose and cost Manu a defensive foul.

Or maybe it was the reversal of the ridiculous te al assessed on George Hill.

Must have been one of those.

[GSH]

And my hate for Crawford goes back to 2006 when he screwed us out of game 3 in the finals with Dwayne "It's a foul" Wade.

And the Mavs got absolutely jobbed by the refs in that game. As much as I detest Cuban, I can't deny that championship should have gone to the Mavs. The refs inserted themselves into the game and decided the outcome.

They didn't do that tonight. There were missed calls both ways, but they mostly let both teams play.

[texlawman]

They let them play all night. Name on call he reversed that was the wrong call to reverse. Name one.

A good example of a reversed call tonight would be 2nd quarter when the ball trickles of a spur and Bavetta blows it out to Mavs. He's right in front of the play. Crawford waives it off when he's behind the play and give the Spurs the ball. Should never happen. That however, was not as critical a call, just a bad one.

If you want to talk critical. Crawford ate his whistle when Manu fouled J. Kidd in a clear path to the basked foul bearhug. That cost us a possesion in the 4th. He also gave Bonner a charge when we was not set and waived off an And 1 play for Dirk which he made. Two calls in the 4th 3-5 pts easy.

[poop]

Surely, he's talking about Dan Crawford repeatedly reversing the no calls on the contact that Ginobili encountered at the rim.

Or maybe it was that time that Dirk's chicken wing busted Ginobili's nose and cost Manu a defensive foul.

Or maybe it was the reversal of the ridiculous te al assessed on George Hill.

Must have been one of those.

this.

the calls (with a few exceptions) were excellent this game. they let them play and didnt bail out people(ahem Dirt) with bull phantom calls.

[davidbowie]

thank GOD stern and co want the spurs to win so badly dont know what we'd do without em w00t....river walk !!!

[Whisky Dog]

A good example of a reversed call tonight would be 2nd quarter when the ball trickles of a spur and Bavetta blows it out to Mavs. He's right in front of the play. Crawford waives it off when he's behind the play and give the Spurs the ball. Should never happen. That however, was not as critical a call, just a bad one.

If you want to talk critical. Crawford ate his whistle when Manu fouled J. Kidd in a clear path to the basked foul bearhug. That cost us a possesion in the 4th. He also gave Bonner a charge when we was not set and waived off an And 1 play for Dirk which he made. Two calls in the 4th 3-5 pts easy.

He also didn't call the fouls where Manu got hit going to the basket, once Hauwood got all wrist and no call. Bonner's charge was close, but he was outside the circle and he did slide to take the contact square so that was a close one that can go either way. Manu's foul on Kidd wasn't a clear path because Hill was even or a bit ahead of him running down the court. Dirk flat out bowed Manu in the face and Manu got the foul. They pretty consistently let the players play and called obvious fouls for the most part. That's all I ask.

[Obstructed_View]

Dallas must have a mental block or something to go 1-16 with Crawford officiating. No way he'd still be employed and calling playoff games if he was so bad as to skew games so far in one direction. I gotta invoke Occam's Razor here and say the most likely explanation is Dallas just not being able to get the monkey off their backs. To believe otherwise is to think there's some great conspiracy against the team, in which case, why would anyone ever be a Mavericks fan if he believed that the league was fixed against them?

Agree. Mental midgets walk into the game with an excuse to fail. I'm not sure how Crawford forced the Mavs to settle for all those jump shots.