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  This is getting ridiculous. First the TJ basket not being counted last year by the scorekeepers, then the Miami replay, then Horford almost paralyzes Ford, now this.

   About the shotgate though, here's the important point. The refs called the shot good on the floor as it happened. Then they overturned it based on video "evidence". Doesn't there have to be irrefutable evidence to overturn? How can they possibly know for sure if his fingers were touching the ball?

  And the whole issue of the clock starting early is a completely separate issue. It was 0.5 to begin with, 0.4 in the air, then 0.3 when it touched TJ's hands. He got robbed of 0.2 seconds.

   David Stern, do the right thing and overturn the overturned call.

  Posted 4/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

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How long does it take...
Published 4/3/2008 by c_r_black at T.Jose Caldeford
... and TrueHoop. To me, I don't think there's any question it should be overturned... but some people think there's no chance it will be overturned (however, "will" is much different than "should"). ...

Hawks 127 Raptors 120 (OT)
Published 4/3/2008 by Bret LaGree at Hoopinion
... that the clock started before Ford touched the ball. Who knows if that would have made a difference. Ford had the ball in his hands for about half a second. See also: TrueHoop, the ...

We're With You Canada!
Published 4/3/2008 by Cornrows at Indy Cornrows: Front Page Posts
True Hoop breaks down the clock/officials hijinx at the end of regulation of the Hawks-Raptors game last night. Basically, the clock started early on TJ Ford's game winning effort. Henry has all the video, photos, and relevant articles linked. ...

Raptors Get Screwed in Atlanta
Published 4/3/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
... last night. The Hawks have had several recent run-ins with regards to the scorers' table, screwing the Raptors out of two points in a game late last year (which went unfixed) and failing to correctly demark Shaquille O'Neal's fouls, which lead to a very surreal 51.9-second replay against the Heat earlier this season. This mess, though, should be blamed on a referee, reports Sekou Smith of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Check out the video below (from TrueHoop), keeping an eye on the clock as the ball makes its way toT.J. Ford. ...

Another Call For More NBA Transparency
Published 4/3/2008 by Rob at Upside and Motor
So this is today's big thing: an overtime loss for the Raptors' from what appeared to be a referee mistake: the referee timekeeper in Atlanta seemed to have started the clock prematurely, causing a wave-off of a potential game-winning alley-oop by T.J. Ford. I could write about what I think happened, but I'm not sure that really matters. Instead, this provides yet another example of why we need more NBA transparency. This situation is very muddled. Referees, because of NBA rules that restrict what is reviewable in-game, would not have been ...