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I didn't care about it. I knew the ball will come to manu next possession and he would make the FTs. At that point, there was little the Cavs could have done. 4th quarter it was all manu.
I honestly didn't care about the foul. We had the game won either way. And Manu is an incredible compe or -- it is his defining characteristic, that and the bald spot.
He can't turn it off. We win because of it, and only occasionally get burned by it. But I'll take it, thank you.
I didn't care about it. I knew the ball will come to manu next possession and he would make the FTs. At that point, there was little the Cavs could have done. 4th quarter it was all manu.
Eat a ...that was the cleanest block.
You're right, Manu might have grazed Damon's head with one of his arm hairs...
I yelled because I didn't understand why he even needed to go for the block.... we were up 6 points at the time.
"Darn it that was not a foul! "
Then I laughed and said " I Love Manu!"
Funny, Carlos Boozer blocks Duncan at the rim but completely hip checks him down low, and everyone defends it as a clean block.
Manu blocks Damon cleanly last night, but taps his head on the way down, and it was a legitimate foul.
The problem is Rush blew the whistle before Manu even had his hand on the ball, he was just looking for an excuse to blow the whistle at that point.
I watched the replay several times...it was ALL BALL...a clean block...the foul was utter bull .
It matters not, though...Spurs get #4!
Clean block and it's no surprise it was Eddie Rush who made the call. However, I knew Manu was going to close it out so the call didn't bug me one bit.
I was a BIT nervous...
Than Manu hit those FTs and all was well again.
That was a block for almost a full second and then after the block very light contact with the head. Eddie Rush being Eddie Rush.
I was still confident the Spurs had the game although the play took a slight edge off the emotions momentarily.
Manu should of just let it go...and not even touched him. It kind of reminded me of last year against the Mavs.
No foul, no way. Damn good thing it didn't change the outcome of the game.
I had a bit of a flashback there myself. But it was clean as a Safeway chitlin.
That block was at least as clean as Bruce Bowen's block of Chauncey Billups' shot late in Game 7 in '05.
No way that was a foul, you don't even call that stuff in church leagues.
i saw the replay and I could see it was not a foul, but I think Manu shouldn't of tried to block it to begin with. I bet Pop felt the same way.
If there was contact, I sure as didn't see it. And I've seen the replay about a dozen times.
I screamed manu why
(he had no business being within 3 feet of him)
It was a foul, and not a very smart play. Fortunately, he made up for it.
i think an 'F' bomb flew out of my mouth, looked at the score and then relaxed.
When I saw it I was pissed. I still assumed the Spurs would win, but I kissed $699 of v-bookie cash goodbye.
Whether or not it was a foul it wasn't a good play by Manu. You contested the shot, you flew by, let him just take the shot. If he makes it then he makes it, but don't put his ass at the line or take any chance of putting him at the line.
Manu really needs to get that in check. Seriously. I got upset when he did it and all I thought about was game 7 last year.
Other knowleadgeable posters say it wasn't.
The thing is, in most of the blocks there is some contact, especially when the ball has not left the attacking player's hands. If the block would have been from in fron and not from the back, and it is clean for about a second, as manu's was, but on the way down, the two players collide, nobody calls a foul.
You saw a foul, I did not see one.
What I do agree with you is that it was a risky play. Manu should not have contested it.
The question is, what hit your head and left you thid stupid?
Absolutely, unequivocally NO FOUL.
But the refs accomplished (an unspoken) part of their jobs. That call made the game more exciting and kept a number of viewers tuned in.
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