With 5:47 remaining in 4th wizards up 84-82 coming out of rockets timeout. What was that call on Ariza? In my 30 years of watching nba I have never seen that called.
I still do not understand it, Ariza went on the court, then out to take the ball, i.e. he was not allowed to set foot on the court since he was going to inbound??
I wish they had this rule during the 2005 Playoffs. http://www.clutchfans.net/news/1200/fans_still_hot_over_finley_no-call/ (Yes, I am still bitter about this. Almost 10 years later.)
I couldn't tell from the game footage where the ball was inbounded from or who passed it to Terry. Root Sports was showing the Red Rowdies section on the broadcast as it was developing. All I could see is Terry is dribbling across the half-court line on the possession and Ariza is standing out-of-bounds along the baseline with Nene in front of him. The sideline official called the play.
I actually managed to move that out of thought, thanks so much!! That whole series hurts, taking the first 2 at Dallas only to lose, then having T-Mac state something along the lines "I'm young, I'll be back".
It's a point of emphasis this year or a new rule instituted this year. I remember in the preseason when refs came in to explain the points of emphasis such as traveling and illegal screens, it was one rule I was curious about. It covers the Reggie Miller-type moves when a player steps out of bounds crossing under the basket to elude his man. The rule is once the ball is in play, guys must be on the court unless they're trying to recover the ball from out of bounds. All I can say is Trevor, where's your IQ?
The player out-of-bounds rule helped (?) us in the Portland series in game 6, after which Parsons scored the go-ahead basket...and you know the rest.
I am REALLY annoyed by this phrase. Shouldn't all the rules be a point of emphasis every year? (...not directed at the poster...just in general when I hear it used by anyone but most especially the NBA)
I think the phrase is usually used to mean that certain rules were not being called often enough. A rule need not be a point of emphasis if it's being called appropriately. I guess there may also be an emphasis on calling less fouls against certain players.
Yes, let's please shift our "point of emphasis" to flopping. Or better yet, not calling 5 touch fouls on Dwight & Motiejunas in the first half of each game.
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