The Spurs are a bunch of cheaters. With .3 seconds left the only way they could score is to tip the ball into the basket, yet they decide to take a jump shot. Now why would they do that? Because the dam Spurs and the timekeeper are working together to cheat the system; they can start the clock whenever they feel like it, which in this case pretty dam late. It would have been a travesty if we lost the game to a bunch of cheaters.
LOL, that makes no sense, that shot even if it went in would not have counted anyway. Even if the video shows proof that it was on time by definition it is illegal.
No, had the shot gone in the refs would have waived it off. The refs can override the clock operator. The 0.3/0.4 second rule is in place for just such "issues."
yes it would have counted, the timekeeper started the clock after the ball left his hand. Plus on their homecourt those idiot refs would probably give in to the pressure.
I don't think we deserved to win this game. Realistically it could have gone either way. The Spurs showed heart, gut and above all hustle. The fact that they picked up so many offensive boards showed they wanted it almost as much as we did. I'm not saying the calls were anywhere near fair, but there were times I was scratching my head wondering if the Rockets really cared about this game. I think it shows one thing: we truly are one of the top seeds in the west. We matched up against this spurs team, reeling from a Celtic loss, and didn't let them get the emotional win they needed. We didn't deserve this game, but to all wholly hell we needed it. Honestly this team needs to go on lithium or something, they are manic as hell.
Come on man, I know there have been issues with cheating clock operators in past (look no further than Utah), but in a situation like that, human reaction time has to be taken into account. That clock started pretty quickly for it to be an attempt to cheat. Ease off of that conspiracy Kool-Aid and accept it for what it is.
thats true but the Spurs still tried to cheat their way to a win. Why take a jumper when you can toss it toward the rim and hope for a tip in.
You're not listening. The NBA rulebook stipulates that no matter what the replay shows, you can't take a jumper with .3 seconds left, period. As soon as he caught it, the game was over.
The methodology might be off, but I agree with your conclusion. The Spurs knew they couldn't beat us legitimately today, so they asked the refs to "let the players play", gave Kurt Thomas the role of holding onto Yao on every possession and clearing out the entire crowd in the paint with his elbows during rebounds. Udoka in turn was given free reign to foul any of our guards driving to the hoop knowing it would just be shaken off as "toughness". Honestly I couldn't play dirtier basketball unless I was given an Arch Rivals arcade game with the buttons "Punch" and "Kick" next to the more traditional "Shoot" and "Pass". The only difference between them and the Jazz is that the Jazz flop much more often and grease the bottoms of their shorts so that they slide 20ft when they throw themselves to the ground.
I don't blame the Spurs or even the time keeper for that matter. The Refs however need to be really stern on the rules and waive it off right off as soon as the shot went up.
hmm don't you think its suspicious that they decided to take a jumper when the only chance of them tying the game was to tip the ball into the basket? They got Duncan, Bonner, and Thomas, why not throw it towards the rim and hope for a tip in? Im sure they tried to cheat, they just failed.
No doubt they tried stealing the game. They knew it was impossible, because they just underwent same scenario two days against Boston, which I happened to catch the tail end. I would have done the same if I was the coach, and put the pressure on the refs. But the refs tonight blew an obvious and easy one. They may excuse that the shot didn't go in therefore it didn't matter, but waiving off that motion should have been made once the shot was released. They either were aware there were only .3 sec left, which is not enough for a catch and shoot by the rules, or relied on the clock, which they shouldn't be doing in this situation. This is an excusable mistake.
guys, the rules allow a catch-and-shoot with .3 seconds. anything UNDER .3 is not allowed, according to the official, written, NBA rules
my thoughts exactly - if it wasn't going to count, then the refs should have waved off the shot as soon as he caught it. (which they didn't) Why would San Antonio run a play that there wasn't time for anyway? (unless they knew they could probably get a away with it)
