for you stupid mav fans defending crawford

[Man of Steel]

Yeah the spurs actually got more free throws for the series.

BTW--

It does not matter how many free throws a team gets--

It matters WHEN they get a free throw in a very close game

[Voice of Truth]

heh, breathalyzer....that's actually pretty good.

Got the idea even if the writer made a typo right?

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Good read.

[mavsfan1000]

The mavs didn't get the benefits in games 1 and 5 as well. The mavs almost lost game 7 thanks to the refs helping the spurs back in the game.

[ponky]

BTW--

It does not matter how many free throws a team gets--

It matters WHEN they get a free throw in a very close game

spurs fans like to argue that the spurs should get more free throws naturally because they have more points in the paint than the jumpshooting mavs...naturally, this is in large part due to duncan...you want duncan taking those free throws at the end of the game? you really want a close game to be decided by some free throws that duncan has to take?

[Voice of Truth]

The point here is that this is going to backfire when the refs screw your boring team

[Amuseddaysleeper]

The point here is that this is going to backfire when the refs screw your boring team

but you gotta at least enjoy ginobili, even if his flopping bugs you

[ponky]

nah, i don't think the league is protecting duncan, they just don't wanna see some baldy turn what was a highly entertaining game into fertilizer

[ponky]

i'm in shock...laughing at a heat fan's entertaining and funny posts

[THE SIXTH MAN]

The point here is that this is going to backfire when the refs screw your boring team

Good point.

[picnroll]

I hope for dear God (and likely to happen) for a Suns-Mavs WCF repeat

I see what you mean. I'm hoping for a Bulls - Pistons Eastern final. I mean who the wants to watch Wade parading to the line 50 times a game again. Hopefully Heat get knocked out in the first round to spare the nation from enduring that pain again.

[Kori Ellis]

Read the memo about stop starting new threads about the same topic.

Thanks.

[Man of Steel]

I agree--this may come back to haunt us.

But Stern had no option.

[johngateswhiteley]

spurs fans like to argue that the spurs should get more free throws naturally because they have more points in the paint than the jumpshooting mavs...naturally, this is in large part due to duncan...you want duncan taking those free throws at the end of the game? you really want a close game to be decided by some free throws that duncan has to take?

do you know how stupid you are?

[LEONARD]

Yeah, he looked at him. So ing what? (like everyone else has asked you)
Is that another rule I didn't know about?

You're wack.

I'm so confused...

You're agreeing with me that Duncan looked at Crawford and busted out laughing. And that's ALL I'm saying. THAT is what set Crawford off...he took it as showing him up after the previous incidents in the game (the 1st tech and all the other talk going on between them). Yes, Crawford is a POS and I'm glad he's out for the rest of the season. I'M NOT DEFENDING CRAWFORD.

You keep saying that like a mantra---"Serenity Now!"

But as soon as you say "But Timmy laughed and taunted him," you automatically justify that prick's ejection of Tim Duncan.

See Leo--you cannot have it both ways.

If there was undisputed proof that Tim Duncan was mocking and humuliating a ref in an intentional manner, that by itself would have to justify Crawford's actions.

So what if many fans argue that Duncan did not do that? Apparently David Stern is also of the same opinion--that's why he threw Crawford out of the game.

You have to understand this is a very emotional subject for Spurs fans. If the roles were reversed and Dirk was thrown out--and the Mavs got a 3rd seed and not a 2nd seed as a result--you cannot dispute that:

1. Cuban would amass the largest fines in sports history within 10 minutes of his postgame comments;

2. Mav fans would meet by the thousands on the grassy knoll looking for the other gunmen after Dirk;

3. The Dallas County DA's office would issue immediate warrants for Joey Crawford's arrest;

4. Guys like you would be innundating the airwaves and cybernet with brand new websites wherein they would dissect the video of the event--frame by frame (move over Abraham Zapruder) to show the direct angle of Dirk's face in proportion to the line of sight to Joey Crawford's view. Some SMU geek would probably publish a paper within a week arguing that he not only solved the JFK murder--but the fact that Joey Crawford's father was in fact the second gunman standing there with Lee Harvey Oswald...

I'm not having anything both ways. 2 days ago everybody was saying that Duncan didn't look at Crawford, and he certainly didn't look at Crawford then bust out laughing...everybody was laughing on the bench, etc etc. I think I've showed that he did look at Crawford and laugh, and that's what set Crawford off. I don't agree with what Crawford did...

So that game DEFINITELY took the 2nd seed from the Spurs?

If it happened to Dirk I wouldn't complain...I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT OFFICIATING.

Poor Leo.

Spent all that time dissecting the videos to support a really ed up theory i.e., "but Tim Duncan was looking at him when he laughed and I can prove it."

This is what really pisses ,e off about Mav fans.

The entire world has thrown its weight against Crawford.

No one justifies the theory that underlies Crawford's rationale for ejecting Duncan.

Except the ing Mav fans on their own stupid websites who are so damn afraid of Duncan that they latch onto any possible excuse that would cause him to miss the entire fourth quarter going against Dirk and Howard.

Their mangled logic is so twisted and ed up that they show their true colors--a bunch of dip s so hungry for a le that they would stand alone in support of the worst action by an NBA official in modern times.

Unbelievable...

[ForestBrain]

Leonard, you could learn alot from this guy's objectivity. ^

:: sigh :: I'm a girl.