How much did you pay the refs?

Dave Tholen wrote:
> TheBrownsBoss wrote:
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>> "lee watkins" <lrwiii.RemoveThis@nospam.juno.com> wrote in message
>> news:f4ou7u$k2b$1@news.tamu.edu...
>>> The Operator wrote:
>>>> "Lee Watkins" <spamisforsandwiches-lwatkins.RemoveThis@falcon.tamucc.edu> wrote
>>>> in message news:466f787f$0$30668$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>>>> Dave Tholen wrote:
>>>>>> What a blatant foul, an intentional foul even.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Spurs are as good as the 1972 Russian team.
>>>>> wow...the sour-est of the sour grapes.
>>>>>
>>>>> officiating was horrid both ways. both duncan and james' 3rd fouls
>>>>> were awful, and the offensive foul on parker was a joke, just to
>>>>> name a few. and james definately should have gone to the line at
>>>>> the end of the game.
>>>>>
>>>>> lee
>>>> Actually at the end of the game, Bowen did try to foul - BEFORE
>>>> James tried to even take a shot - the refs didn't call that. It
>>>> would not have been in the act of shooting and James would have got
>>>> 2 free throws - not enough to tie.
>>>
>>> it looked to me like he easily could have been given a continuation
>>> foul. he was turning and had already picked up his dribble, IMO.
>>>
>>> lee
>>
>> I agree. And two of the announcers agreed it was a 3point shooting
>> foul. The continuation was there. It wasn't called. But, I don't
>> feel cheated in this one by any means because the Cavs could have had
>> a double digit lead by then if they made some of those many open
>> shots. They know it. They are a "no excuses" team, and that's why I
>> think they will learn from this and be better next year.
>
>
> It was an intentional foul too, so they would have gotten free throws
> plus possession.

uumm....what?


lee

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:29:15 -0500, "Dave Tholen"
<tholen DeleteThis @antispam.mah> wrote:

>TheBrownsBoss wrote:
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>>"lee watkins" <lrwiii DeleteThis @nospam.juno.com> wrote in message
>>news:f4ou7u$k2b$1@news.tamu.edu...
>>>The Operator wrote:
>>>>"Lee Watkins" <spamisforsandwiches-lwatkins DeleteThis @falcon.tamucc.edu> wrote in
>>>>message news:466f787f$0$30668$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>>>>Dave Tholen wrote:
>>>>>>What a blatant foul, an intentional foul even.
>>>>>>
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>>
>>I agree. And two of the announcers agreed it was a 3point shooting foul.
>>The continuation was there. It wasn't called. But, I don't feel cheated
>>in this one by any means because the Cavs could have had a double digit
>>lead by then if they made some of those many open shots. They know it.
>>They are a "no excuses" team, and that's why I think they will learn from
>>this and be better next year.
>
>
>It was an intentional foul too, so they would have gotten free throws plus
>possession.

Unlikely. It may have been intentional, but it certainly was flagrant
or a clear path foul.

And since James still had the ball, it wouldn't be a free throw +
posses ion for fouling off the ball in the last 2 minutes.

Peter

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