[Hollinger] It took 1.6 seconds for Roy to catch-and-shoot

There were questionable calls through out the game. That is part of the game. I do not want to blame the refs as we should have made the plays so that the refs were not in the position to do things to us. We need more then T-mac and I think we need Battier back badly as I think he understands how to space and where to be on the court better then anyone else on the rockets.

It was a tough lose. I lost sleep over it and I I did not even play. We need to rebound, we need to play better offense, we need to beat teams by 5 so we take the whistle or lack there of out of there hands.

I do not want to say as there were alot of calls that should have been called... but we needed to make plays to make that an non-issue.

Fierguard

 

That's what I thought the whole time. He couldn't catch, jump and shoot in only .8 seconds. The clock started too late and even earlier in the game the announcer said the "clock's not running."

 

If you're going to complain, that's not what you say. The clock is supposed to start once the player receives the ball, not before.

 

Fired off my angry email.

 

I believe we got screwed but unfortunately that is part of homecourt advantage.

 

I'm not even going to argue whether the clock was running or not or whether he got the shot off, but everybody in this thread that thinks it's impossible to get a shot off in .8 doesn't know NBA.

 

He definitely can get an NBA shot off in .8 seconds, but in this case he didn't. The clock should start as soon as he has the ball, and here it didn't. He planted his feet, set, and then begin to go into his jumpshot before the clock ever ticked off a single tenth of a second.

 

It's easily possible to get a shot off, just not that shot.

 

Wekko do you mind if I use that picture in my blog post for the day? I will give you credit for the capture of course.

 

go right ahead. credit clutchfans.

 

.8 is plenty of time to get off A SHOT I don't think most people arguing that. But a catch, turn, elevate to the highest point with a slow ass release? That's a lot of movement in .8 sec. Regardless, it was an incredible shot and hopefully this will make the team better and stronger and not a coward dog with its tail between its legs.

 

Actually the league has ruled that you can catch and shoot a set shot in 0.4 seconds. He had twice that long.

 

its all from the nba website. heres one of roy catching the ball. notice where tmac is when roy catches the ball. then look where he is when roy is rising up (other picture).

and we all know that tmac isnt known for his speed.

 

exactly. it's a determined possibility.

that's why they knew tracy only had the chance of a tip- in or an alley oop with .2

 

Right, but again, that is based on the premise of instant catch and release in a fluid motion. He caught the ball, turned, squared up, and began his jumpshot and not even a single tenth had ticked off.

According to what happened last night, a player can make a shot with 0.00 left on the game clock.

 

Did you see this picture?



This is after he caught it, came down and pivoted......notice the lack of time that has gone off the clock?

DD

 

He actually turned while catching the ball and went straight into his shot. I haven't timed it myself, but it's a lot closer to 0.8 than people on this board want to admit. What I have seen from the video tells me that the clock was started about .3 seconds after Roy had possession, but that the clock also expired about .3 seconds after Roy released. Therefore I estimate that it really was about 0.8 seconds.

 

ESPN timed it at 1.6 seconds from catch to release........so....while you make a good point about getting a shot up in a short amount of time, your argument is moot.

DD