A very good play by the Raptors to win the game tied at 107 vs Hawks. Parker inbounded an alley oop to Ford for the last 0.5 second. TJ Ford put the ball in but the basket was not counted. But the funny thing is the clock started to click before the TJ Ford touched the ball. It should be a winning basket.
yeah i couldnt beleive those refs...and how would they misss something like that? They have instant replay. really BAD CALL. They should understand that if derek fish can get the ball inbounds on his FEEt then have enough time to TURN AROUND and shoot in only .4 seconds...then surely an out of bounds alley oop (with .5 on the clock) wouldnt waste NEARLY as much time as fishers...
this is an exciting game. the hawks are playing childress on ford and he's doing an admirable job on him - he even had a crucial block. i'm surprised he has the quickness to stay in front of him. ford was taking jump shots (although he made some). bibby still has the ability to perform in the clutch - he drained a significant 3 to send it into overtime and 1 during overtime. you would think that the raptors would not double the post with bibby's man, but they confusingly did. with josh smith's ability to hit the three, he reminds me of rasheed wallace except he doesn't have the developed post-up game that sheed has. he's had his moments struggling with bosh as well. looks like the hawks will win now.
Man, the Raptors got robbed for this one. TJ Ford didnt release the ball before clock expired. But the clock started ticking before Ford touched the ball. What a mess! Good job by the clock person of the Hawks.
they left bibby open. bad idea. though they started the clock early, like .2 of a second earlier, the ball was still touching fords hands IMO, like not tippy touch, a solid 4 fingers on it. .2 second a huge diff? i doubt it. our human bodies aren't machines
Are you kidding me? In slow motion it was obvious that Ford was robbed of at least .1 seconds, and that it wouldn't have taken him that long to complete the basket. Hell, he almost did anyway. So to answer your question, .2 seconds is HUGE. According to the rules, you can catch and go through an entire shooting motion in .3
Now, it becomes more funny, the Raptors are going to protest the result. It's a ref that started the early clock. The refs suck!!!!!
Ref's messed up for sure, but how the hell can a ref start the clock at the right exact time? Are their reaction times supposed to be that fast that they can get it right down to the last tenth of a second?
They're human, so they're not perfect, but the least they can do is be reactionary rather than trying to predict when someone first touches the ball. In my opinion there's no excuse for starting the clock EARLY on a last second shot, ever.
And Fisher's shot WAS in time. I watched the super-duper slow-mo and did a screen cap of the shot. He got it off in .4, crazy as it seems. So to automatically wave-off an ally-oop with .5 is ludicrous.
What's with the Hawks and their home clock management this year? That's two games now. Did they hire Wayne Hicken?
No, it was not. Fisher's shot was in time because the clock operator allowed him to land on the ground (from the air), turn, pivot and begin to elevate, all without the clock moving a single tenth of a second. Here are the screen caps: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2648 Fisher got the shot off, in the sense that the ball most likely was out of his hand before 0.0. Did he actually make the move and release the ball in 0.4 seconds? Not a chance in hell. Timekeeper goof, and it's a complete joke that situations like that (and the Raptors game last night) won't be overturned by the NBA.
