only one of them was reviewing the play (I'm assuming he's the lead ref) and he's the one who made the call. plenty of replays showing that.
oh, really. Iin fact, we all know the call was too close and could go either way and we were the lucky one. It just makes me sick to see rox fans chanting "Magics were robbed". It is really sick.
Very clear picture here for all you naysayers. You guys got OWNED! The ball was still touching Foyle's finger when the red light was on. Which means TIME EXPIRED! When time is expired, time is expired. Which means, GAME OVER! Good call. End of story. All you Dwight Howard fans, cry me a river! Goodnight!
too make it better, you have to realize that this photo is a tenth of a second too late. you have to look when the clock hits 0.00, not when the lights are fully illuminated. regardless, it is clear for me that this was no good.
now you can see the play from a different picture. Do you agree there is no space between AF's fingers and the ball?
and also- v3.0: all 3 refs were watching the replay on the screen. fox sports houston even showed a picture of all three staring into the screen, with faces less than 3 inches away from it as well.
V3 , before we saw this new picture, we basically agreed that the call was too close. It is so weird that you took the Magics' side. You were not sure either, but you gave it to Orlando. Maybe you should be the fan of another team. You could just say we were lucky. It really went out of the way to say something like orlando was robbed.
It's the same picture but zoomed in, unfortunately its pixelized in the process and still a murky pic, and no I can't say for sure that there is or isn't space between the ball and fingers still...but since it appears the fingers are still on the ball, then I'll go with my gut feeling just like the refs. you got a pic of that?
Let me tell you something no one but no one gets rigged or screwed like the Houston Rockets. Example, Arvydis Sabonis throws in a hook shot with the red light on and the damn refs counted the shot. It wasn't even close! It cost us the difference between #1 and #2 seed in the playoffs vs SA. Bottom line though is IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER COUNTED! But ... leave it to the zebras! Glad we got the win, we deserved it, we earned it!
It is too bad that the final call was one of the few correct calls for Rox. The refs tried everything to keep DH in the game, but Yao was too much for him.
Huh? Since who made you the litmus test for rockets loyalty? I said we prolly got away with that one when the game ended. Please quote where I said the "magic were robbed". Who are you anyways? I've seen your name around but you are like a benchwarmer trying to voice your opinion, which is not much. Hey get a still pic of this play...it's four of my fingers down, guess which finger is up?
You were not sure about the call, but you said the tip-in should be counted n another thread. You probably didn't say something like that "xxx is robbed". I am just curious why you took the Magics side when you were not even about the last call. I guess that is a legitimate question of your rox loyalty. Isn't it? By the way, I gave you the same finger you gave me.
I think v3 was just trying to be objective and not be homerish. Nothing wrong with that. It was a very close call and it looks like they got it right. One time instant replay spelled us from having to go to OT and the way Lewis was starting to heat up ... whew! Glad we didn't have to go through that.
