myespn.go.com - 5/29/2008
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ESPN's Marc Stein reports : The league office on Wednesday reviewed the final play of the San Antonio Spurs' 93-91 home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals and acknowledged that a two-shot foul should have been called on Derek Fisher for impeding Brent Barry. After falling behind by seven points in the final minute, San Antonio sliced the deficit to ...
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NBA Admits the Spurs Got Screwed Out of a Chance to Tie Game 4
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... Of course not! The Spurs got screwed, plain and simple. The fact the league is sheepishly hanging its head saying "my bad" doesn't change a thing. Sure, chalk one up for transparency, but only if you chalk another one up for bad officiating dictating the outcome of a game -- and possibly the entire series. This apology is too little, too late. ...
NBA Sets a Bad Precedent by Issuing Statement on Officiating
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... "With the benefit of instant replay, it appears a foul should have been called." While that might make some astute (if admittedly petty) observers of the game happy, I think it sets a bad precedent and will only create more controversy for a league that already has so many of its foul calls questioned on a nightly basis. ...
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NBA says Fisher fouled Barry - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 5/29/2008 — Talk about a late whistle. Twenty-four hours after he collided with the San Antonio Spurs' Brent Barry with Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on the line, the Lakers' Derek Fisher was called for a foul. "With the benefit of instant replay, it ...
NBA says Fisher fouled Barry - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 5/29/2008 — Talk about a late whistle. Twenty-four hours after he collided with the San Antonio Spurs' Brent Barry with Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on the line, the Lakers' Derek Fisher was called for a foul. "With the benefit of instant replay, it ...
NBA: Foul should have been called at end of Game 4 - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 5/29/2008 — NEW YORK - The NBA acknowledged Wednesday that a foul should have been called on the final possession of Game 4 in the Western Conference finals, which would have given the San Antonio Spurs a chance to even the series. Trailing 93-91 on Tuesday ...
