Last Play: Ellis fouled by Diaw but no call

[tp2021]

The non-call that had me surprised was on the play where Kawhi blew past Ellis baseline and layed it straight into the hoop. Ellis pushes Kawhi, two-handed, full extension, right in his side/back to make him go out of bounds, which is probably why he layed it up under the basket instead of dunking it. Kawhi then turns and looks at the ref in disbelief since the foul happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. What else could he have been looking at??? Thank you based god that he finished the play anyways, but gotdayum.

[Malik Hairston]

The non-call that had me surprised was on the play where Kawhi blew past Ellis baseline and layed it straight into the hoop. Ellis pushes Kawhi, two-handed, full extension, right in his side/back to make him go out of bounds, which is probably why he layed it up under the basket instead of dunking it. Kawhi then turns and looks at the ref in disbelief since the foul happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. What else could he have been looking at??? Thank you based god that he finished the play anyways, but gotdayum.

Leonard and Splitter get disrespected by refs more than any other Spurs that I can remember, tbh..

[KaiRMD1]

With the murder Ellis has been getting away with these series, no, just flat out no

[Budkin]

With the murder Ellis has been getting away with these series, no, just flat out no

Like that bull and-one at the end of the game where he practically elbowed Manu in the head on the way to the basket.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Hopefully the refs for the game in San Antonio aren't gay enough to let Dirk and Ellis suck them off. They are in love with those two and Vince Carter too. Elbows, travels, and moving screens like crazy and none called yet. I've never seen a team set more moving screens than Dallas.

[blizz]

Dirk should have fouled out last night. They refuse to call anything on him.

[bklynspursfan]

But Manu was moving. Refs seem to ignore who initiates the contact as long as a player with the ball is moving toward the rim. The foul on Diaw in the same situation last game was wrong, Diaw just held his ground and did not reach, and Ellis uses his elbow to create space and initiated the contact, but Diaw gets called for a foul. It's impossible to defend if you cannot move to the rim with the guy who's penetrating.

I agree... And i know Manu was moving but i thought he got hit in the face so it might negate it. all's well that ends well I guess

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Just makes up for the that BS call where Ellis jumps into Diaw, literally jumps into him and Diaw gets whistle for a foul.

Diaw tapped him on the head but he didn't impede his shot in anyway. And on the last shot of the game, refs aren't going to call fouls like this. Duncan slapped Ellis on the hand after Ellis had released his shot. You might call that foul. Again, if there was no blatant foul that alter the shot of the shooter, especially on the last shot of a game, refs aren't going to call ticky tack stuff..

[look_at_g_shred]

Honestly, I didn't see a foul.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Timmy pushes people too.

If we're complaining about refereeing, it's really because the team is playing soft.

[Horse]

You're not going to get anywhere in the post season playing soft. Dirk is a class act, he just knows where he's at and has learned he has to behave that way in order to gain an advantage.

I used to think dirk was a class act too. Maybe getting older has made him salty. All I see is dirk shoving and pushing and complaining about not getting calls when he is the one who intiatied the contact again and again.

[Proxy]

Like that bull and-one at the end of the game where he practically elbowed Manu in the head on the way to the basket.

what made that call worse in my eyes was remembering that same situation going against Kawhi in the first half

[TheyCallMePro]

I thought Ellis was fouled too...but although this is a cheesy defense....there are several calls throughout the game that SHOULD be called, or are called wrongly. And to focus on just ONE bad/no call as to the reason why you lost is just petty.

I mean dude. We lost a Championship last year when Ray Allen took THREE steps back to the 3-point line. I was even yelling "THAT'S A TRAVEL!" as he was hoisting the shot. But I don't think the game was tainted by that no call alone, as there were several egregious calls that went the Spurs too.

No excuses. Not on 0.4 seconds. Not on Ginobili's 'foul' on Dirk in 06. Not even on Ray Allen's travel in game 6.

[tmtcsc]

I understand that bad calls or no calls happen all throughout a game but on the last play, on the road, at such a crucial point - I thought we'd get called for it. Luckily the ref swallowed his whistle and we got justice. For the person who didn't see it: Boris' went for the block and his arm hit Ellis' head on the layup attempt. As you saw or probably read in this thread, we were getting whitstled for ticky-tack stuff. That made the no call surprising.

[313]

I understand that bad calls or no calls happen all throughout a game but on the last play, on the road, at such a crucial point - I thought we'd get called for it. Luckily the ref swallowed his whistle and we got justice. For the person who didn't see it: Boris' went for the block and his arm hit Ellis' head on the layup attempt. As you saw or probably read in this thread, we were getting whitstled for ticky-tack stuff. That made the no call surprising.

Refs just paying us back for all the bs they've been calling for the Mavs / not calling for us

[CGD]

Is this what the youngins call a "troll thread"?

[heyheymymy]

also gotta remember playoff are a diff set of rules than reg season and can be a little tougher and let more slide