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It appears that he was in the act of shooting which is confirmed by the context.
Yeah but I dont think they would have givin him continuation on that one.
It appears that he was in the act of shooting which is confirmed by the context.
seriously we cant have it both ways, had we won the game im sure mavsfans would be complain about duncans no calls.....i think that sums it up for every star player in the league.
i dont think non of us should be complaining, since we shouldve lost this game in the first quarter by a team who didnt show up to play defense.
After all, what else was he going to do at that point with that amount of time left?
The foul was before the shot.
He wasnt shooting when he was fouled, otherwise he woulda shot it right away. He pumped and tried to get open. The foul happened before the shot.
When the refs aren't terrible, then I don't make any comments about them.
This time, they were terrible.
I'm not going to ignore the obvious. The refs did make some incredibly bad calls and if the correct calls had been made, the Spurs do win the game.
Clearly, if the Spurs had played with more intensity and desire (con ganas), especially on defense, then the bad calls would not have mattered.
I believe that both ideas are true.
Disagree.
He did pump fake and then he did go up with his shot and by responding to the fake, Dirk fouled Finley while he was in the act of shooting.
Players do it all the time to draw a foul.
Even the Announcers on ESPN said it was obvious foul...they were just discussing whether it was a shooting foul or a foul on the floor...
It seems like it just wouldn't make sense to suppose that Finley was not in the act of shooting, which was what I saw, from my perspective.
Is he really not going to shoot at that time? It seems like that just does not make sense. Would he really hold the ball or go for a dribble drive to go for 2 when time is about to expire? That just doesn't seem to make sense.
There was not enough time to pass it to anyone and he knew that.
In any event, to me, you can't play half hearted and give up such a big lead to a good team, that's what I take away from it.
I am extremely disappointed with our energy level and our defense in the first half. I am very disappointed that Tim didn't get more rebounds as well.
Also, we should have gotten the ball into Tim's hands more and spread the floor better so that Tim would have more room to operate.
LET IT GO ITS OVER! AT LEAST IT WASN'T LOPSIDED!!!!LOL
Also, I have to give a lot of credit to the Mavs.
Dampier played really well tonight I thought.
His energy, defense and rebounding really helped the Mavs.
Dallas' defense in general was extremely good. Although we should have been more careful about our passes and spread the floor better and put Timmy in positions where he could better see the defense, Dallas got a lot of steals by sheer effort and force of will.
Dirk was terrific tonight.
Hitting those shots outside early really put Dallas in good shape.
LET IT GO ITS OVER! AT LEAST IT WASN'T LOPSIDED!!!!LOL
you're new here, huh?
The game is barely over. This was an important game between two of the best teams in the NBA in a heated rivalry.
Think that we're going to ignore this game this soon afterwards?
Did you not watch game 7 last year in the Western Conference semifinals?
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Did anyone see Devin Harris drive right through the hoop with Duncan just writhing in pain about 2 feet away? I was sure Dampier hacked him, how could Harris make the lay-up so wide open like it was just practice?
I did.
I saw the play and remember it, but I didn't see what happened to Tim.
What are your impressions?
I thought Dampier was holding his waist preventing him to block the shot. THat's why Tim was staring down the official for that little moment after the play.
They don't swallow it in the playoffs when Dirk has the ball.
All I know is if Dirk got ran into like Finley got ran into, Dirk would be going to the line for a three-point flagrant foul with the ball and time added to the clock and the offender would have been ejected and suspended for a game.
It was a foul, but I'm over it. Bring on another 5 game win streak!
Spurs need to stop getting down by 15-20 points in games and then they won't have to crawl their way back and worry about a single call that can go one way or another.
Even a lot of the Spurs wins this season, they have been down big. Sure a couple of those come from behind wins build character and all that jazz. But at some point, they need to stop getting down big.
(But yes I think Fin got fouled and I think Dirk shuffled his feet earlier)
Wasn't the play where Dirk shuffled his feet followed by him shooting an airball? So that call really didn't matter one way or the other.
I think it was a foul, but I didn't re-watch it enough to know if it was a 2- or 3-shot foul. My instincts tell me it would have only been a 2-shot...
In any case, it can't be changed now and the Spurs ALMOST got out of that huge first-half hole. I'm just pissed they played like crap that first half and made that hole a tad too deep to get out of it. I was more angry at their playing than I was at Dallas or the refs (other than Dirk's cheap elbow shot to Oberto and that random travelling call against Tony which should have been a blocking call).
The Spurs lost this one for themselves.
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