NBA: *** Official 2014 NBA Playoffs Thread ***
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Blake Griffin with a nice 15 ft moving pick at the end. Looked like Jackson might have got away with a reach at the end. Crazy finish.
Hey Clippers you don't want a controversial ending? Then don't blow a double digit lead. Game shouldn't of been in doubt in the end.
Missed foul, missed who it went out on... then called a tick-tack foul on the westbrook shot. Not a good night for the officials haha.
I'm surprised it went that way - I figured the Clippers would get the advantage with their 'adversity' and large TV market.
Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but it seems the frequency at which NBA teams give up such large leads is increasing.
And question; is the hand considered part of the ball? (In reference to Jackson play)
And question; is the hand considered part of the ball? (In reference to Jackson play)
itd be even more messed up if they try to use that rule for the explanation. That rule is talking about the players hand on the ball being considered part of the ball. If you hit his hand that's on the ball, you basically touched the ball even if you didn't. That's not what took place. This is one time I'm really curious what the explanation is...it should be entertaining. I don't like the clippers but that's a sad ending.
You're really missing the boat not watching the Pacers-Wizards.
Really gruesome basketball poorly played.
He claims that he was anticipating an intentional foul by Westbrook. Doc Rivers said in his postgame press conference that he wasn't sure what Paul was trying to do there. Terrible final 45 seconds for Chris Paul.
I know that reffing is a difficult, thankless task but what happened last night was beyond bad. On one play they missed twice - first, it was a foul on Barnes. Second, it looked to me like the ball went off Jackson. And the replay was unable to reverse either error. I understand the foul part; fouls aren't reviewable and I'm ok with that. But none of the replays showed conclusively who touched the ball last before it went out of bounds? Weak sauce.
I thought Bill Simmons was going to have a stroke. Funny thing is he called it before the game that these officials would screw this game up.
Doc did a great job in his press conference of shifting the post game focus to this one botched call rather than his team completely melting down over the last three minutes. Running down the shot clock to have Jamal Crawford shoot fade away 27 foot 3's might not have been the best way to go about it.
Couple things got overlooked in the wake of the refs' final minute brain lock - the Clips' meltdown (although Doc did mention that his team stopped playing and started trying to milk the clock at around the three minute mark), and Westbrook's decision to fire up a game deciding three with seven seconds left even though he was closely guarded by Chris Paul and Kevin effin' Durant is his teammate AND he was finally on after being MIA for most of the game.
