Its that time of year, the time of year when the Pistons make basketball almost unwatchable and the refs decide the outcome of so called crucial games. Several things after tonight's game:
1. Why does Joey Crawford ever get to officiate a Spurs game? Just avoid the appearance of impropriety on this one. Ridiculous.
2. Clearly Barry was fouled. Inspite of obvious video evidence the response from the TNT studio crew (normally the best in the buisiness) took the company line. Reggie says "Its a good no call." Barkley argues that its not a foul because Barry did not sell it. Kenny admitted that it was a foul, but Barry should have sold it more.
3. Next, the worst line of reasoning in the whole world spews immediately from Barkley, "I am glad they didn't call the foul because I don't want the refs to decide the game." This to me is the dumbest response to a play like this, and I have lamented this point previously, because by not calling an obvious foul, the refs are also deciding the game. If you do not want refs to decide games, then do not let them officiate games in the first place. Every call all game effects the outcome, and this is nowhere more true than the NBA. The NBA, where no calls deciding playoff games happens.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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