In the last 30 seconds of the game I'd be fine with every stoppage of play being reviewed. GET IT RIGHT IF IT MATTERS.
I was answering mags, not you. And what I meant was if say Durant was the one blocking LMA instead of the other way around.
Does a foul in the 1st quarter matter less than one at the end of the game? That foul in the 1st led to two points. A foul at the end of the game led to two points as well. What if the foul in the first was a shitty call and the team never should have gotten those two points?
Goaltending isn't a judgement call. Either the ball hit the glass first, or LMA hit the ball first. The two refs nearest the play thought it wasn't a goaltend. The ref with the gambling addiction (allegedly) who was standing near midcourt thought it was a goaltend. I'm sure the team itself has moved on, but the NBA even admits that Scott Foster, who already has been involved in his own issues, completely botched the call.
I agree you can't review if there was a block called that was actually goaltending because the play doesn't stop. But it does when Goaltending is called so you should review that. All close calls should be called goaltending during live play and then reviewed and overturned if necessary.
I know it was botched, that's why I wrote this: Shit happens. Most offensive fouls are pretty clear cut too and refs botch them all the time. No use complaining about it now.
NBA admits mistake!?!? Don't see anywhere they admit to not dealing with conflict of interest referee's.
A botched goaltend in the first gives the aggrieved team 36+ minutes to overcome. A botched goaltend with 6 seconds to go gives the aggrieved team six seconds to overcome. This makes the latter is more "expensive"; the remaining pool of resources (time to overcome) is more limited. So yeah, the latter is more important.
No Portland had the rebound and was holding the ball. Ref called it after foster saw we had possession. At that point I think the team with possession can call a time out and request for review. And like football; if it comes back inconclusive; the team gets charged te time out and possession still goes to the team that had possession when the goaltending was called. If not then if there was no possession do what caravan said. Jump ball center court. And I would be fine with that. Even if it was against us.
Yes, to me it does. A team has 3 more quarters to correct that error. At the end of a close game, that window collapses to almost nothing. See your question #1, and my answer to it. I don't think fouls should be reviewed, though, at any point in the game. I thought the NBA said they would become more transparent in their officiating, though. I think the fans of the NBA deserve to know how Foster has been disciplined for his obvious error.
Hardin gets the rebound, check the video. [video=youtube;F1QFLk9gHCg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F1QFLk9gHCg[/video]
Is he? I think he just wanted to point out what I was saying was wrong. Which was the case. I thought we had the rebound.
If I have to defend being a homer bitching about a terrible call on a Blazer board, so be it. I'm not going to let facts get in the way!
