<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PyroManiac:</div><div class="quote_post">My reactions were: (Once it was called an offensive foul, before that I was cheering) Throw a phone that I held in my hand, it broke. However, it was a pretty bad phone and I was going to buy a new one. Throw some random punches into the couch/air and almost dislocated my shoulders because of the power behind the punch. Not to break the couch, I found my punching bag and almost dislocated my shoulders again. Decided to IM everybody I could find and type in all caps, at the same time I called everybody and complained about the call. What were YOUR reactions?</div> My reaction: 1. Call a good friend of mine and yell about the game, then listen while he yelled about the game, then did it all over again. 2. Went on here and tried to vent...didn't really make me feel better, though. 3. Went out to a party at a friends house, and everyone there was mad about the game, too. 4. Tried to go to sleep. 5. Had a dream that there was a really big earthquake (don't know how that relates to the game, but I was pretty angry so maybe that was my subconscience..) 6. Woke up and was still just as mad as I was when I fell asleep 7. Watched SportsCenter, realized that the refs are human, they make mistakes, and got over it. (Ok, that last one isn't true. Maybe it'll happen later, though! )
I hadn't watched the game, although I'm normally thrilled when the Wolves win. This sounds like you really deserved a win here. My condolences, Pistons. This seems as bad as the time TMac wasn't shooting at the line when he should've.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">WOLVES 80, PISTONS 79: Wolves, Pistons get pushy over call BY BRIAN HAMILTON Pioneer Press Before getting into the Timberwolves' 80-79 tractor pull of a victory over Detroit on Friday, understand this: Even if they were locked in an interrogation room, no one should expect the parties involved in the last 10 seconds of the game to get their stories straight. Kevin Garnett said he saw the push-off when Sam Cassell tumbled out of the play. Cassell said he saw Chauncey Billups push off Garnett so blatantly the refs had no choice but to blow the whistle. Billups said he saw Garnett and Cassell in the air before he shot, making it impossible to have pushed off anyone at all. Larry Brown didn't say anything, probably saving himself some money. What happened was this: With time running out and the Pistons down one, Billups got into the lane past Cassell, went up with a shot over Garnett and made it ? and then referee James Capers whistled him for a clear-out, negating the hoop. That sealed Minnesota's eighth win in the past nine games and sent the 19,006 at the Target Center home with their money's worth. The Pistons lost their second straight after winning 13 in a row. The Wolves have beaten Detroit seven straight times at Target Center. Replays appeared to show Billups made contact with an airborne Garnett, and very little contact at that, so it was at least a highly debatable call. "Great call," deadpanned Garnett, who finished with 22 points and 17 rebounds. "I'm not at the other end. I'm right here, with a 'W.' Great call." Detroit had a different view. "It was an awful call," said Pistons assistant Mike Woodson, subbing for an irate Brown. "I'm not going to get into it with (the officials)," Billups said. "They decided the game, not us." The finish overshadowed a playoff-caliber effort from the Wolves (29-12), who moved to within a game of Sacramento for the best record in the Western Conference. Detroit came in with the fourth-stingiest defense in the NBA, allowing an average of 85 points a game, and Minnesota steeled itself for a long night . Good thing. Neither team shot 40 percent. Detroit missed 14 of its first 15 shots. And the only thing Big about the Wolves' Big Three was the effort they expended chasing down misses ? Garnett, Cassell and Sprewell combined to shoot 33 percent from the floor (20 for 60). Cassell summed it best. "We shot a combined... terrible," he said. "It's a credit to them to (shoot poorly) and rely on the defense to pull through," Wolves coach Flip Saunders said. "In the past, we couldn't do that." Said Cassell: "We showed poise. When things weren't going right, like Flip said, our defense won this game for us. We did enough to win the game, and that's what championship teams do." Indeed, Detroit wouldn't go away, trailing by 10 at one point in the first half but taking a lead as late as the 1:56 mark of the fourth quarter on a Mehmet Okur dunk and having a chance to extend it one possession later. But the Wolves got a stop, and then Garnett fed Sprewell (17 points) for the go-ahead layup, and that led to the mess at the end. Saunders called the night a "back-alley brawl." "I don't know what it is," Sprewell said. "I'll take it though." </div> Link.
And? What do you want us to think Crossover? Did you expect the Minnesota players to agree with the Pistons and say "We should have lost that game, we got very lucky. Thanks refs!"? Anyways, the game is over and I'm calm for now. The refs names will remain in my sig (and a the sigs' of some other Piston fans) until we kill the Twolves at home in February. My prediction will be around Pistons by 15.
Just made me laugh a bit because I thought of you while reading it. But I laughed when I read "We shot a combined...terrible," though.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PyroManiac:</div><div class="quote_post">Anyways, the game is over and I'm calm for now. The refs names will remain in my sig (and a the sigs' of some other Piston fans) until we kill the Twolves at home in February. My prediction will be around Pistons by 15.</div> Naw, I say pistons by 25!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I had this brand new sweet Minnesota Timberwolves Hardwood Classics shirt, and I ripped it to pieces.
