Detroit is Overrated

[mavsfan1000]

Oh by the way the Fakers finished behing the Clippers.

[5ToolMan]

Even in these two lopsided Spurs wins, Chauncey Billups has completely manhandled Tony Parker. Have you not watched the match-up in these two games?

What game were you watching? Parker owned Billips in the first half of game 2. When Billips finally got his 10 minutes of glory in the second half after the game was already decided, it was mostly Beno guarding him, as Tony was on the pine.

[5ToolMan]

I'm not going to start another debate about 0.4. To Lakers fans, it was an amazing shot in their history that helped them knock the wind out of and ultimately vanquish the team that got in the way of their potential 4-peat. To Spurs fans like myself, we feel the clock was not operated properly (it is physically impossible to catch, turn, and shoot in 0.4) and the shot shouldn't have counted. I was merely trying to say that I'm sure it is in the back of a lot of the Spurs players minds and feeds their intense hunger to win it all this year.

The shot was broken down frame by frame and sent to the league office as evidence on the protest filed. According to inside reports from the Spurs office, the shot took .68 seconds to get off. At the time, Pop and the Spurs accepted ... and expected ... the rulling as it came down. The league stood by the Zebras ruling on the court, but only on a review confirming that the shot was out of Fisher's hands before the lights went off. The possible starting of the clock early was not ruled upon, as it was said to be part of a human error outside the Zebra's authority. As part of the protest, the Spurs contented that the Zebras should have waved off the basket as a judgement call without even revewing the shot. They argued that since it was clear that .4 seconds was not enough time to get off the shot in the manner that Fisher did, it should have been waved off without review.

Hmmm. According to league rule, a player can only tip in a ball with .03 seconds remaining because break down of film demonstrates it is physically impossible to perform any type of catch and shoot and actually get the shot off. But if the play can send the Lakers to the Finals, .04 seconds is clearly enough time for the Lakers player to catch the ball with his back to the basket, spin, fake, elevate and still get the shot off. Yea right

I find it ironic, and perhaps telling that faced with simular situation in a Spurs/Griz game this year, the Zebras and the NBA appeared to change their stance on how this type of situation should be handled.

In a game near the end of the year Javie refused to review film to wave off a "Walk Off Hoop" the Griz made, even though it was clear the shot came after the lights had went off. In that case, it was just as clear, the clock started too early. It appeared the time keeper started the clock on an earlier fake, and not when the Griz player actually caught the ball. In this case, Javie refused to review the tape. He stated it was his judgement that the shot would have been made in time, if the clock was started correctly.

[rr2418]

I don't think the Pistons are overrated. They have been beaten by a good Spurs team playing at home. I'm just worried about game 3! To me, this game is another "must" win for the Spurs.