Refs erred on Spurs side today

[K-State Spur]

On one of Tony's alleged travels, he spun around NEVER moving his pivot foot, so therefore it is not a travel. It looks tricky and I can see where someone may have their eyes trick them to believing he traveled.

Tony's tough to officiate like that. A lot of times, when he is just holding the ball, he'll shuffle his feet and travel without purpose and get away with it (probably because he is not gaining an advantage). Then, a lot of times when he gets called for traveling, he actually had done a good job of holding his pivot foot. He actually drives the lane very under control compared to other players.

[bonesinaz]

Not to mention how many times Iverson got away with pushing off to create space for his jumpers, AND how he never got whistled for a technical despite several times cussing at the refs when Ginobili would draw a foul. The guy was swinging his fists in the air and going OFF on the officials yelline "THAT'S F*CKIN BULL !" I saw it happen at least 3 times in Game 3 and twice in Game 2. And tell how that that is not "showing up the refs?"

Yes, but he wasn't laughing and clapping.

[Extra Stout]

Looks like I dropped the ball on this one.

You are officially a Nuggets homer. Please change your "favorite team" field. Thank you.

[Extra Stout]

Speaking of Nuggets fans...where the are they? I have not seen ONE post .

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[ambchang]

When did Duncan become such a flopper? I've never seen a 6ft 10 power forward/center take 2 charges in a game. While it was quite funny to see, I didn't agree with Bill Walton calling him out for it.

http://82games.com/charges0607.htm
If taking charges = flopping, the Mavs > Spurs in flopping.
And you have obviously not seen many games when you have "never seen a 6ft 10 power forward/center take 2 charges in a game." given that Varejao averages more than 1 a game, and Bogut, O'Neal and Wallace all average more than 0.5 a game.

[Leetonidas]

I don't think the were in the Spurs favor at all. So many damn 3 second violations, and not to mention the ball of JR's foot and Carmello bashing Manu in the back of the head and hitting Finley in the face.

[ALVAREZ6]

Parker really got away with 2 bad travels.

I hope you're not talking about the one non-call that the whole arena ed after when Tony stopped in the middle of the paint, pivoted and put it in.


That was NOT a travel.

[2centsworth]

Duncan was clearly moving on the Anthony charge in the 4th.

And the Smith flagrant on Ginobili? Bull .

Duncan was there but he pussed out for some reason. The flagarant was legit and wasn't even close.


ooops, sorry for not reading the replies. my bad.

[td4mvp21]

When did Duncan become such a flopper? I've never seen a 6ft 10 power forward/center take 2 charges in a game. While it was quite funny to see, I didn't agree with Bill Walton calling him out for it.

I almost missed this. Duncan rarely ever takes charges, so why don't you watch a couple of Spurs games rather than just the 4 against the Mavericks and 1 against the Nuggets before saying that?

[Strike]

I actually watched a game one night when Walton called Corey Maggette one of the 5 best defenders in the history of the NBA. I take nothing that Walton says seriously.

Duncan made the right play in taking the charge on Anthony and not challenging the shot. Had he challenged the shot, Carmelo ends up on the line. By taking the charge, Duncan helped his team win. Recognizing and effectuating that distinction is precisely what makes Duncan so great.

Bill Walton is one of, if not THE biggest idiot commentator in all of professional sports today. I take every freaking thing he says with a grain of salt. Dude has smoked so much ganj in his lifetime that he's about as knowledgeable as Harry Caray was, but at least Harry was entertaining!

If Walton got his tongue ripped out by a rabid wolverine today, I would not shed a single god damn tear. In fact I would nominate the wolverine for the medal of honor. He would be doing the nation, wait, THE WORLD a favor.

[FromWayDowntown]

One side note with respect to the officiating in this series -- has anyone else noticed that the Spurs aren't whining and moaning and making faces after every call in this series? About the most animated I've seen any Spur get with respect to a call in the moment is Manu's hands to the mouth after he tried to take that charge from Smith last night. Perhaps I've forgotten something, but compared to the regular season Spurs, these guys are just playing the game and not worrying at all about the officiating. It's a breath of fresh air.

[SpursFanMatt]

Yeah, and that is a real plus. The officiating this series has actually been quite good. I wouldn't get to excited though. I'm sure we'll see Jack Nies or Showtime Bavetta later this playoff run. The facial expressions and body language we'll be off the charts then.

[mabber]

One side note with respect to the officiating in this series -- has anyone else noticed that the Spurs aren't whining and moaning and making faces after every call in this series? About the most animated I've seen any Spur get with respect to a call in the moment is Manu's hands to the mouth after he tried to take that charge from Smith last night. Perhaps I've forgotten something, but compared to the regular season Spurs, these guys are just playing the game and not worrying at all about the officiating. It's a breath of fresh air.

I noticed it last night.

[greenroom]

Speaking of Nuggets fans...where the are they? I have not seen ONE post .

Pissed off the way Denver played. The Spurs are a great team, but Denver had a great chance last night and they blew it.

One thing I noticed is that if Denver's crowd could be half as loud as the Warriors home crowd it would be a start.

[exstatic]

Pissed off the way Denver played. The Spurs are a great team, but Denver had a great chance last night and they blew it.

One thing I noticed is that if Denver's crowd could be half as loud as the Warriors home crowd it would be a start.

I think every team is jealous of the GS fan frenzy at this point. Stands to reason, though. They haven't been in the playoffs since 1994, the longest drought in the NBA until they ended it.

[Ginofan]

You are officially a Nuggets homer. Please change your "favorite team" field. Thank you.

wasn't Kris wearing a 99 championship hat last night??

[kris]

I'm a Nuggets fan first and a Warriors fan second. The Spurs apparrel is just a smoke screen. I jumped off that band wagon months ago when the getting was good.

[rAm]

what about nene taking a charge on parker? lawl?