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What goes around comes around 10 years later..

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by JBIIRockets, Nov 11, 2004.

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  1. JBIIRockets

    JBIIRockets Member

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    Tim Donaghy was the Rockets fans' favorite ref 10 years ago around this time.

    If anyone remembers the third game of the season in 1994-95 (played on 11/9), the Rockets played in Indiana and were up close late 108-104, and a play was drawn up for Reggie to shoot a three in the corner. Reggie got the ball, got Hakeem to jump, but Reggie actually jumped into Hakeem and Donaghy called an offensive foul on Miller.

    Miller went nuts and fans started throwing cups, ice and cups of ice onto the court, all because of that gutsy call by Donaghy.

    Tonight on 11/11, this same official is now the Rockets fans' most hated official. Yep, Donaghy made that stupid offensive foul call on JJ.

    The difference between the two calls is that his call 10 years ago was the right one, and this one was not.
     
    #1 JBIIRockets, Nov 11, 2004
  2. Hippieloser

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    Kill!!!
     
    #2 Hippieloser, Nov 11, 2004
  3. francis 4 prez

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    ooh i do remember that play and that call and that reaction. stuff was just raining down from the stands.
     
    #3 francis 4 prez, Nov 11, 2004
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    I think you got too much time on your hands.
     
    #4 MFW2310, Nov 11, 2004
  5. JBIIRockets

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    or I have the game on tape. :rolleyes:
     
    #5 JBIIRockets, Nov 11, 2004
  6. Davidoff

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    Then what are YOU doing here???
     
    #6 Davidoff, Nov 11, 2004
  7. Clutch

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    No way. That was an awesome find. Great stuff, JBIIRockets. Thanks for posting it.
     
    #7 Clutch, Nov 12, 2004
  8. AGBee

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    Thread crap often? :rolleyes:
     
    #8 AGBee, Nov 12, 2004
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    I remember that game. Great post.
     
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  10. IndianPlaya

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    Ya, i remember that game. I remember being a little kid and being excited that we won in Indiana.
     
    #10 IndianPlaya, Nov 12, 2004
  11. OddsOn

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    Its a better post then most of the other crappy posts like JVG sucks and trade Yao threads......lol

    Nice work JBII........
     
    #11 OddsOn, Nov 12, 2004
  12. Dave2000

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    I remember that game, I think thats the first season that if you got fouled behind the 3 point line, you shoot 3 free throws. That was a crazy game.
     
    #12 Dave2000, Nov 12, 2004
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    LOL! Where did you dig this up? Nice. :)
     
    #13 Dr of Dunk, Nov 12, 2004
  14. Life2Def

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    In all fairness to the ref, it was the right call.

    JJ moved and then kind of accidentally elbowed the other player.
     
    #14 Life2Def, Nov 12, 2004
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    I think it's awesome that we have members who can do this kind of research.
     
    #15 Oski2005, Nov 12, 2004
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    Terrific - find, Thread, and analysis!!!
     
    #16 xiki, Nov 12, 2004
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    we got tha bestest members up in hea man they be knowin errthang
     
    #17 vaioavan63, Nov 12, 2004
  18. DavidS

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    Hey JBIIRockets,

    I remember that game. I also wondered (at the time) why the Indiana fans went NUTS. I have to believe it had a lot to do with the Pacer fans wanting to beat the NBA champs (Rox) soooooo bad that night! They felt that Hakeem got favorable calls but Reggie did not. Reggie was their only "star" and they wanted him to save the day soooo bad.

    It was funny. If you look at the replay, you can see that Reggie just leaned into Hakeem. But the fans didn't want to see that. They just assumed that Hakeem got favorable treatment. He did before. But NOT that call. That call was fair.

    Even today, if you showed Pacer fans that replay, they still wouldn't believe it ("No way man! Hakeem fouled him, blah, blah, blah....")
     
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  19. DavidS

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    Yep. It was a call that could have gone either way. I think a lot of time they just let players, play through that type of incidental contact.

    It's just that JJ got caught. He really didn't mean to. It's just that the other player was picked and JJ *looked* like he was doing a moving screen.
     
    #19 DavidS, Nov 12, 2004
  20. Kam

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    i think bill and calvin took some quarter shots if i recall.
     
    #20 Kam, Nov 12, 2004
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