For the second straight night, the Lakers and Warriors treated us to some very exciting NBA basketball. While the Warriors' Stephen Jackson made sure that his team won the first one in Los Angeles, the referees at the end of last night's game made a horrific call to seal the victory for the Lakers. With the Warriors down two and inbounding the ball, Monta Ellis is called for an offensive foul on Derek Fisher (at the 1:10 mark), giving the Lakers possession and allowing Kobe to hit two free throws to put it away.
The proper call there was a no-call, plain and simple. The play had no affect on anything that was going to happen, as the ball was passed to Baron way out behind the three-point line near half court. Even if the ref did think something had to be called, shouldn't the foul have been on Fisher for the takedown? That would have been only marginally better, though. The bottom line is, referees should let the players decide the game whenever possible, and in this case, they needlessly interfered with what was otherwise a fantastic game.
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3-25-2008 @ 2:22PM
mcjesus said...
let's not forget the "no-call" that resulted in a bloody ronny turiaf, or the equally ridiculous line violation on kobe bryant in the third. The refs always miss calls. get used to it.
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3-25-2008 @ 2:36PM
Miss Gossip said...
Yeah, there are always missed calls and bad calls, but a call like that, with four seconds left in overtime, AWAY from the ball... that was terrible.
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3-25-2008 @ 3:07PM
Chris said...
Hm, who replaced Brett Edwards with someone that's actually capable of thought?
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3-25-2008 @ 3:47PM
tien said...
I'm a Warriors fan who was watching this live, but don't think it was really as bad as the announcer, Bob Fitzgerald made it out to be. Fisher certainly didn't bear hug and tackle him down, but it definitely wasn't a foul on Monta either.
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3-25-2008 @ 3:57PM
mrhammerstein said...
agreed. a non call would have been best. to me, it was a 50-50 call on who the foul is on. i though golden state would have got the call since it was at home.
best two games in row i've watched all year.
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3-26-2008 @ 3:16AM
mcjesus said...
I agree it was a bad time to make a call, i would have rather seen it played out, but one call does not decide the outcome of a game. The refs need to be more consistent in their calls.
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