Video - Billups, Pistons use some game-clock karma

• Ben Q. Rock

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  Bummer for us, but the better team won in the end. Can't pin the loss solely on the officials.

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  • MrThell

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    Yeah, this game was not decided on that gaffe.

    Posted 5/6/2008 [reply] [flag]

• fastbreakblog

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  Lucky, lucky, lucky.      Can't kill the Pistons--they are like Dracula.  

  Posted 5/6/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Billups, Pistons use some game-clock karma
Published 5/6/2008 by Ryne Nelson at Odenized
Odenized video clip on YouTube | Download The referees incorrectly dealt with one of the season's oddest scoreboard muffs, but can you blame them? Should instant replay be allowed in these situations?

Detroit Pistons 100, Orlando Magic 93
Published 5/6/2008 by Ben Q Rock at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
The Magic's Jameer Nelson tied for the team lead in scoring with 22 points, but it didn't matter, as Orlando fell to Detroit, 100-93, facing a 2-0 series deficit in its best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup. Photo by Allen Einstein, NBAE/Getty Images Let's get one thing out of the way: the ...

DET: 100, ORL: 93 - Fading Magic
Published 5/6/2008 by Adam at The Piston Post
Ahh, the playoffs are in the air and we already have postseason “controversy” running amok. Was Chauncey’s 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left in the 3rd in time? Eventually it was deemed no, but unofficially. Considering the officials on the court can’t use instant replay for time-related issues, Chauncey was awared the 3-ball and the Pistons took a 78-76 lead going into the 4th. Here it is in case you missed it: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video As odd as the situation was, we can’t discredit the shot or the win. The ...

Worst of the Night: Cinco de Mayo, 2008
Published 5/6/2008 by Basketbawful at Basketbawful
Steve Javie, Derrick Stafford, Joe Forte: Sometimes the zebras get it right, sometimes they get it wrong. Very wrong. Such was the case last night in Detroit, when the game clock "froze" long enough for Chauncey Billups to beat the third quarter buzzer with momentum-changing three-pointer. Here's the official description from the Orlando Sentinal: "The Pistons took the ball out of bounds with 5.1 seconds left, but the clock stopped at 4.8 and again at 4.1 before Billups made the three-point shot. The Magic bench erupted in protest, and officials huddled while TNT replays showed it took 5.22 ...

ROAD TEAMS INVITED TO VIEW CROTCH
Published 5/6/2008 at With Leather
NBA -- The Spurs find themselves down 2-0 in a playoff series for the first time since 2001 as the Hornets blew past them in the second half of Game 2, a quick 10-0 run helping to expand a 1-point halftime deficit to a 102-84 win. Chris Paul and Peja Stojakovic led the way with 30 and 25 points respectively. Tony Parker was emasculated by someone other than his wife for once, as he was limited to 11 points and blocked twice by Tyson Chandler. Things got momentarily heated when David West clapped in Fabricio Oberto's face after the big man got called on a reach-in. Argentines just don't understand our boisterous ways.  The Pistons ...

Very odd game clock mishap helps the Pistons
Published 5/6/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
Was Chauncey Billups’ 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left in the 3rd in time? Eventually it was deemed no, but unofficially. Considering the officials on the court can’t use instant replay for time-related issues, Chauncey was awarded the 3-ball and the Pistons took a 78-76 lead going into the 4th.  Tags: chauncey billups, game clock, pistons, magic

Paging Stephen Hawking : Orlando Undone By Detroit’s Suspension Of Time
Published 5/6/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
You’ll excuse Stan Van Gundy if he believes the Magic oughta be tied at 1-1 with Detroit. Yahoo Sports’s Dan Wetzel can barely believe the trio of Steve Javie, Derrick Stafford and Joe Forte ” guesstimated because NBA rules prohibited them from consulting anything from the television to a sundial.” The league is so sensitive to the idea of the stereotypically biased hometown clock operator that during the playoffs it flies in neutral officials (in this case Minnesota) to run the thing. The NBA thinks of everything. But it never thought to equip its refs ...

Eastern Conference Semifinals: Pistons vs. Magic, Game Three
Published 5/7/2008 by Ben Q Rock at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
Eastern Conference Semifinals @ Pistons Lead Series, 2-0 Amway Arena 8:00 PM TNT Probable starters: C. ...