Playoff Props: FOUL ON FISHER!
Milwaukee Bucks Blog - The Bob Boozer Jinx —
Lakers up two, 93-91, Spurs to inbound the ball with 2 seconds left and a chance to tie or win with a three ...
What excuse could a referee possibly have for missing that call on Derrick Fisher? It's almost as bad as some of the noncalls against Philly in the 2001 Eastern Finals against the Bucks. We know the small market blues well here in Milwaukee, and now the NBA is telling me that the defending champion San Antonio Spurs can't get an obvious call on their home court against the Lakers?
No, Barry didn't sell the call like former Buck Sam Cassell ...
Contact? Yes. Foul? Doesn't sound like it.
Construda —
[image] San Antonio Spurs fans, L.A. Lakers haters, and NBA Fan Guy may see a foul in the closing seconds of Game 4 Western Conference Finals last night. Contact was made, that cannot be denied. Derek Fisher jumped to defend Brent Barry's three-point shot attempt, Barry pump-faked, drew body contact from Fisher, dribbled once to his right, and then heaved a prayer from five feet behind the line that was way off mark. No whistle. Lakers win 93-91 and take a 3-1 advantage back to L.A. NBA purists will say that's a no-call. Let the players decide the game in the final seconds. Fisher jumped, but was coming down when Barry was leaning ...
League Moves One Step Closer To a Lakers Final
Hoops and Other Pop Culture —
Now, I know the league doesn't want the ratings-sucking Spurs in the finals, but, um, folks.....Spurs are at home. Fisher lands right on Brent Barry. And Joey Crawford (who once challenged Tim Duncan to a fight) is the senior referee on a crew that looked on with their whistles somewhere in their pants pockets??? How can Joey Crawford be allowed to do a Spurs game? I mean, come on. He challenged their star player to a fight and then sat out the 2007 playoffs rather than agree to apologize. THIS is the impartial referee you want calling a Spurs game? Nice of Popovich to claim no foul, ...
Fixing The NBA's Image Problem
The Legend of Cecilio Guante —
No, not that image problem. There are plenty of 60 year old white men worrying about that. I'm talking about something that's actually a serious problem for the NBA, the refs. We bitch about football refs, baseball umps, and hockey refs all the time. Right now MLB umpires are under fire for a slew of botched home run calls. But, do we ever think that the NFL, MLB, NCAA, or NHL referees/umps purposely tank games? Long before the Tim Donaghy fiasco broke, my old man refused to watch the NBA because he was convinced that all NBA games are fixed. I don't think that all NBA games are fixed, ...
