Exactly because basically the refs don't call the foul and award possession. Personally I would have been fine with a foul call on Chandler.
I thought there were a couple of pretty questionable calls. That last foul on Chandler was blatantly bad. If I were a Dallas fan I'd be pretty torn between being pissed off at the refs, and being pissed off at my gutless team that inevitably snatches defeat from the jaws of victory like the bastard love child of Britney Spears and George Costanza. As a Blazer fan I'll play along with the game and just think about the pure awesome legend of Brandon Roy. Tonight he guaranteed he'd have his jersey retired.
nobody had clear control of the ball at the top, nobody knocked it out of nobody's hands...and now saying you would have been fine with a foul on Chandler...sarcasm?
Oh yeah! forgot about that BS...Congrats Chandler, you just stole the ball and are gonna get 2 points...whats your prize...a foul?!? One of the biggest phantom calls Ive seen in a while (that i can recall)
Are you serious? The ball suddenly starts moving in the same direction as Chandler's flailing hand, right at the time that hand and ball connect -- how do you explain that? Magnets?
Looked pretty damn close to me, so.... Tie goes to the team thats playing its ass off and making a miraculous comeback.
I had 10 different angles to look at super slo-mo, and I can honestly tell you that the 10th angle confirmed it was obviously off Tyson Chandler. Great call by Steve Javie.
So right before the call went to review, Javie seemed to correct the other official and point ("possession is this direction" style) in Portland's favor. I wonder if, to our lead official and nobody else, the call on the floor was actually Portland ball, and there was nothing to overturn it. Maybe TNT and Comcst and Mark Mason got the call on the floor wrong.
Let me first say that reffing isn't why Portland got down by 23, nor is it why Dallas lost their lead and eventually the game. I don't think that was a great call, BUT they do get better views than we do, and maybe they saw a better angle. I don't know. That call might've helped momentum stay on Portland's side, but you'd be far fetched to say that the other 25 points they scored over Dallas (since the 23 point lead) had a lot to do with anything but Dallas playing prevent offense. Portland has had similar games where they have a size able lead stop being aggressive and coast. That is what Dallas did for the most part. Sure there might've been some questionable calls that the Blazers benefited from, but this loss falls squarely on the Mavs shoulders.
Hey, aren't you a Laker fan? Seriously, a laker fan bitching about the officials. The refs GAVE you the 2002 championship by fixing the Kings series. And you could make a strong argument for your other titles as well. Please, STFU. * Three Cheat Dynasty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVfZ-CU-bx0 The Kings are the real 2002 champions.
^blah blah blah Yes us groupthink Lakers fans...Im not allowed to ask for higher quality refereeing in the only sport I really care about....please......stop being a broken record
In re-watching the game, I paid more attention to the replays of it. I think it was ultimately inconclusive who touched it last. Wallace had two hands on it and Chandler slapped it out and out of bounds. It was impossible to tell who's hand was on it last. But basketball replay doesn't have the same rule as football replay: that there must be indisputable evidence to overturn. As far as I know, it's basically a second chance to make the call and the ruling on the floor no longer matters at that point. Whatever they decide in watching the replay is what matters. It was a call that could have gone either way and it went Portland's way. There were plenty of poor calls in the game that went each way...I don't think that was a bad call, just a fifty-fifty call that Portland got the benefit of.
He never say s WHY is was right....doesnt mention any still shot or new camera angle....sort of an incomplete article
