Fair enough, thats your opinion. But I'm annoyed that folks here seem to think their isn't any controversy over the ending. There was. Obviously. And Miami benefited. Again. Just like 2006.
For a while there I though the heat were trying to lose on purpose so they didn't have to watch Bosh pour champagne all over himself again...
But it's not a foul in any minute. You can watch the replays if you have Tivo if you want, instead of just the picture. There's no foul on that play.
Spurs have +34 free throw attempts for the series. And the Heat were called for 5 more fouls on their home floor in an elimination game. Please, just stop with the BS controversy over one of the best finals games ever.
123 ppl thought Spurs had this in 6. I just don't know if the Spurs can come back from having their hearts ripped out but I won't doubt them
I think you can definitely argue that there was questionable calls towards the end, but I personally think that San Antonio benefited from calls most of the game. Whether that makes the end of the game justifiable or not is again debatable, but this is the NBA. If you read Tim Donaghy's book, you'll know that we shouldn't expect much from the referees or the league office when it comes to officiating.
Up to the very last minute, there was not a single person on earth rooting for the Spurs/against the Heat who thought "hmm the Spurs could win this despite all the help the refs gave the Heat."
Exactly. That's all my first comment meant. It ruined an otherwise fantastic game. Even the Miami crowd was saying "Refs you suck". Until of course they won the game on calls that went their way at the end.
Obviously game 6 was the Spurs best chance to close this out and for a brief 27 seconds I and just about everybody thought they had won their 5th championship. The Heat will be overwhelmingly favored to win game 7. Just historically, you would have to go back to the late 1970's to find a road team game 7 winner (if memory serves). If they end up losing game 7, the whole Spurs organization and fans will each need a prozac the size of my fist to get over what could have been.
Yea but if you agree with my last comment then you agree that the Spurs were being favored the entire game. They should've taken advantage, they should have hit their free throws, they shouldn't have allowed two possessions for the heat on both of those last three pointers in regulation. This is on the spurs, not the refs. I don't think the heat won the game, I don't honk the refs cheated the spurs, I think it's fairly clear that the spurs blew it. Of course if I'm a spurs fan, I would be pissed about the refs. But none of us here are spurs fan, so I would imagine it doesn't matter.
Ginobli got raked across the arms with 6 seconds left. Green got knocked into the Spurs bench on the last shot when Bosh jumped up to block the shot. Again, you can claim they weren't fouls in your opinion. Don't act like there isn't controversy though. THATS where the comparison to 2006 is valid.
You mean the blatant travel? And once again if you think that block is a phantom then you're clearly biased and don't even know what phantom call is. No where close to 2006 series.
Then you agree with me. The officiating is horrendous and is an ongoing issue. I agreed with your assessment of the Spurs in my initial post. However, its irrelevant to what I was saying. Good play, poor play doesn't have jack **** to do with horrendous officiating. Thats what my post was about.
Yes, after the blatant travel. What's your point? That the officiating was so poor it was fair all around? Great. Exactly HOW does that differ from my original post?
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