Game 5's "No harm, no foul" call

[jmard5]

I never saw the game since it was not broadcasted live here in the Philippines. Is this a late call or something?

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NOT IN THE BOX SCORE

With seven minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Spurs knocked the ball out of Ron Artest's hands, Tim Duncan picked it up and threw an outlet pass to Tony Parker to start a fast break. Parker took the ball straight at Sacramento's Mike Bibby, putting up a shot that twisted out. When the shot fell off the rim, referee Derrick Stafford called Bibby for a foul, the classic "no harm, no foul" call. In other words, had the shot gone in, the foul likely would not have been whistled. It was Bibby's fourth foul, and he had to sit for more than four minutes.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...5.31fef0e.html

[Boulevard1]

yeah, pretty much.

It's crap the refs pull sometimes when there's contact at the rim: if the basket goes in they let it go, if the basket doesn't fall they call the foul.

[Ginofan]

That's just like the foul they called on Timmy when he grabbed the board above Brad Miller. Even Sean and Bill Land were saying that they wouldn't have called that had the game been tied and there was 2 seconds left. Miller wouldn't have been bailed out like that. But I guess the Spurs being the home team, there was a little bit of "luck" on our side. It just goes to show you what kind of inconsistancy the officiating of the NBA has.