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Roundup From BN Walk: News & Notes
Published 5/29/2008 by Nestor at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
... Lastly, we will end the walk with a quick visit with LA’s other marquee basketball team. Lakers are experiencing what the world of Ben Ball was going through this past March, as rest of the country is whining about a close no call in their last playoff games. Apparently even the NBA officials just like the Pac-10 ones did after the Cal game, have stepped in. All I will do is echo, what our friends at ...

The Roundup: An SEC Network Must Have Verne
Published 5/29/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... isn’t paying its freelancers. (NY Post) Looks like Dallas will likely be hosting NBA All-Star weekend in 2010. (DMN via Sports Buisness Journal) Not really round-up worthy, but it’s nice to see former Boston Globe writer Peter May getting some freelance work. (NYT) If the SEC gets its own network, it must take Verne Lundquist, because he IS the SEC. (AJC) The NBA says Derek Fisher fouled Brent Barry. So there. (LA Times) Bobbleheads out, giving away funerals in! (Sports Point) ...

Well, That About Does It For The Spurs!
Published 5/29/2008 by Corn (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... Not one, but TWO huge pieces of news today. First, the NBA has decided that it was indeed a foul that Derek Fisher committed on Brent Barry in the waining seconds of Game 4 two nights ago. And you what, BFD! The League isn't changing the outcome and the Spurs still aren't winning a title. At least we have some comeuppance, both from the League and for the Spurs, but not without controversy. Just as with the whole "rogue" official-Donaghy scandal, the refs are saying one thing and the league is saying another. This is not conspiracy theories, folks. This is truth. Just read the ...

Lakers-Spurs Game 4 Ends On A Foul Note
Published 5/29/2008 by SportsHubLA at SportsHubLA
Literally, in the sense that Derek Fisher fouled Brent Barry on the Spurs’ final possession, some no-call contact that the league later conceded should have gone whistled.   And in a “mood creating” sense, as the ref’s descretion adds a sense of controversy to the proceedings.  What if Brent Barry, who’s hit 95% of this season’s free throws and 82% on his career, had been awarded a pair?  The Lakers, who won the game by two points, may have needed to play five minutes of OT to secure the same win.  Who knows if they’d have pulled it off? In all honesty, it’s not worth worrying ...

Reading is Great! Thursday’s NBA Rumors, Breaking News, and Blog Links
Published 5/29/2008 by Andrew Thell at Empty the Bench
... the YouTube era. - CNN - Monkey-controlled basketball robots to take over the NBA, world. - Chicago Bull - Doug Collins will slow the pace in Chicago, and that may be a good thing. - NBA Stuffer - Eddie F. Rush can’t stand to see the road team win a playoff game. - Pistons Palace - Boston tried to give Detroit the game, but the Pistons refused to take it. - LA Times - There have been some late whistles in these playoffs, but 48 hours ...