well, almost. Granted if Kobe didn't hit the trey they still couldn't have won. Did anyone watch last night's game between the Lakers and the Nuggets? With 20+ sec on game clock the Nuggets inbound the ball with 2 sec before clock violation and they clearly hit the rim before time ran out and Carmelo (sp?) had the rebound. You thought it'd be over for the Laker by then, they trailed by 2 points. Oh, no. The refs called clock violation! and handed the ball to the Lakers! I guess Shaq didn't have any complains about the refs this time. What a shame! When officials are directly "guiding" the game results there is much of a game anymore.
Granted that was a pivotal play (shows the need for replay on game ending issues, but that's a different topic and thread), but how does A.Miller let Luke Walton steal the ball from him!!! I think the defense, maybe the coaching, but never let them fire 3's (how many times have we seen this happen to the rockets) let them take the 2's...
*sigh* I'm glad I went ot the CU - OU game last night instead of watching this. At least at the CU - OU game, I had numerous heart attacks from bad calls, but my team won.
Don't know what you're complaining about. We had been in a virtual tie with Denver a little while ago. Then they went on a 4-game losing streak and we're not 2 games up on them. For those people afraid of a resurgent Portland team, Denver losses are paramount. Incidentally, Memphis also finally lost last night, so we're only a game behind them for 6th place.
i'm just trying to say that the refs are, more often than should, directly influencing the game results. that's bad on so many levels. the rockets are affected as well, like so many of us have seen and vented at the game and action forum.
Good to see the refs already in postseason form. Yeah it was Kareem Rush, Kobe's already done enough damage in Colorado.
ha, the nba gave an apology.. http://www.nba.com/news/statement_040226.html at least they admitted they screwed up...sucks if u are a nugget fan though.
LOL, read this: NBA Statement NBA Statement Regarding Officiating Error NEW YORK, Feb. 26 ¨C- The following statement was issued by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations, in regard to an officiating error during the Los Angeles Lakers-Denver Nuggets game on Feb. 25 at the Pepsi Center: "In last night¡¯s Lakers-Nuggets game, official Michael Henderson stopped play by blowing his whistle to signal a 24-second shot clock violation with 27.4 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. That call was incorrect because the ball, in fact, hit the rim. Once play was stopped, the game officials made the correct ruling by resuming play with a jump ball at midcourt. This was an unfortunate call at a highly critical point in the game, and we very much regret the error."
Wow, if the Nuggets end up missing the playoffs by one game, the league office is never gonna hear the end of it.
If the Nuggets do not make the playoffs, they can blame themselves. The calls will eventually even out.
I'm not complaining, a Nugget loss might as well be a Rocket win. It was the Nuggets who decided to collapse on Luke Walton out of all people coming down the lane when he could've at best tied the game with a 2 instead they left Rush wide open for 3.
The ref got suspended 3 games and called to a meeting with the big-wigs. This is pretty unprecedented that we hear about the punishment leveled against a ref. I have to think that he must have some previous performance issues or we wouldn't be hearing about his punishment.
What else is new? The Lakers get all the calls. Kobe doesn't even get touched sometimes and gets a call.