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Yeah, the Terry jumping backwards into Manu foul.Amazing when the most memorable moments of a series are the times the whistle blows.
Yeah the loss to Golden State was sweet, but knocking them out of the playoffs, going on and winning a ring, is what I need to cleanse the bad taste out of my mouth.
I was at Game 7, and it totally sickened me...
Yeah, the Terry jumping backwards into Manu foul.
Yes, it's painful to even think about.
I think it's bogus to complain too much about the officiating in that series. In basketball, just like the game of life, you gotta focus on the things you can control.
The Spurs did that, and were in a position to win the game and series. And then...
I'm with you 100% on that one. At least those loses to the Lakers were blowouts. For some reason those are always easier to stomach. I remember sitting there on my gf's couch for like 15 minutes in utter disbelief on what I had just witnessed. I went from rejoicing jubilantly after Finley's 3, to a complete letdown. I knew once the game went into OT we were doomed. We were just worn out at that point from clawing all the way back...is how I was for about 3 days.
Bah, there chokejobs in the finals and the ensuing playoff series makes me not care anymore. Championship teams don't go down 3-1 in a series and go down 20+ points in a game 7 at home. That's always how I saw it.
If you think that was bad that year, wait until this year's playoffs.
Officiating is so inconsistent, as much as I like the moves Stern has made, he needs to GTFO and get someone in who is serious about having GOOD officiating. Enough is enough.
The most painful for me was 1979... Spurs Game 7 at Landover, MD against the Washington Bullets. Easily the worst officiated playoff game in NBA history. Let's see... the Billy Paultz moving screen... the James Silas offensive foul...
Bill Walton, during one of his broadcasts from last season, stated that if the Spurs didn't complain about games 3 and 4 in Dallas from the '06 playoffs, the Spurs would never complain about bad calls.
He was complimenting the Spurs because they don't to the press about bad calls like many players and coaches.
Make no mistake about it, Ginobili cost the Spurs that series. Worst play I can remember seeing. What was that guy thinking? Clearly he wasn't thinking at all.
I think even Manu would agree with this.
True, but without Manu, the Spurs don't even come close to winning the le against the Pistons in '05.
As to the '06 officiating, why has no one mentioned the real controversial call at the end of Game 6 -- the no call when Duncan got fouled on the attempted put back at the end of regulation. After the close foul call against Manu just seconds before? At home in Game 7?
Manu and Duncan actully were both fouled on that play by Dirk, Manu on the arm and Duncan over the back, but refs weren't going to call a play like that at the end of a game. Had it been with a couple of minutes to go odds are either would have been called.
I bet if the Spurs had been behind by 2 (like the Mavs were behind by 3 only seconds earlier), it would have been called. Because it was tied, the refs shrugged and let it go to overtime.
If Manu had not commited that foul and just let Dirk get his 2 points the Spurs would have advanced. Besides that was 2 seasons ago. Who cares? I don't go on like some Suns fans about the Spurs/Suns series last year. It sucked losing like that but is a new season.
I give thanks for the Golden State Warriors in 2007 and the Miami Heat in 2006, as both dismantled Mavs championship hopes.
In spite of their playoff meltdowns over the past two seasons, I've heard subtle comments from several Mavs players to the media that indicate the Mavs still feel as though they are "superior" to the Spurs in a 7-game series.
As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that will be as sweet as the Spurs successfully defending their le this season will be when they take down the Mavs in a 7-game series rematch along the way. I want those es silenced for the 3rd straight year.
I give thanks for the Golden State Warriors in 2007 and the Miami Heat in 2006, as both dismantled Mavs championship hopes.
In spite of their playoff meltdowns over the past two seasons, I've heard subtle comments from several Mavs players to the media that indicate the Mavs still feel as though they are "superior" to the Spurs in a 7-game series.
As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that will be as sweet as the Spurs successfully defending their le this season will be when they take down the Mavs in a 7-game series rematch along the way. I want those es silenced for the 3rd straight year.
Let me guess Stackhose right?
Too many what ifs in the past, we'll sound like Suns fans.
Stackhouse and Howard, to be exact.
To me, their comments are akin to the proverbial "whistling as one passes the graveyard". They're worried, but they're trying to convince everyone around that they're not worried.
That 2006 series was to me the most bitter of any one, too. But I remember the Bullets/Spurs series, also. Those last two minutes in game seven were the most atrocious officiating that I've ever seen. Let me add to mikeanthony21's list - how about Wes Unseld's fouls against The Whopper (always loved that nickname since he looked like one) during that stretch? He flew off the court (literally)several times when he had established defensive position for the rebound on Unseld. Unseld shoved off to get the rebound and those rebounds gave the Bullet's had several more offensive posessions. No rebounds then we win that series, too. But the Bullets were a more physical team than the Spurs and in the end that was the difference in the series. Sound familar?
But this is all history. Now all I want is a repeat and to silence all the media critics who desperately want style to prevail over substance - "the Spurs are old, boring and dirty."
Well they can all bite me.
Yes, but we LOST to that non-championship team...
Winning this last le was great...but every time I think about that series with Dallas, it makes me sick...I don't think I'll ever get over that one.
It's just a game, I know...but still...
Yep...and THAT pissed me off more than the Manu foul. Though his mistake was huge, not calling the foul that followed was the hardest to swallow.
I didn't see the foul on Manu, but the one on Duncan on the putback is clear.
Also, not to beat dead horses, but on Dirk's game-tying drive a minute earlier, he obviously clears out Bruce with his off arm as he goes through the lane. Of course, stars in the NBA get away with that move every single game, but it's still crap.
Actually it was a hook on Bruce. I was PO'd for a long time but the fact that the Mavs then got ripped off by the refs and Heat helps ease the pain and put the universe back in balance. The Mavs may taste the bitterness of their on lost chance forever.
I hate complaining about the refs, so I just believe that the Mavs got what they deserved in the finals, and in the first round last year. It's like Karma came back and bit them in the ass.
It's a shame some Spurs fans are not as classy as their own players.
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