SPURS SCREWED BY REFS

Refs/Lakers barley eek out a victory. <p></p><i></i>

Its hard not to blame the refs but if we just made one more shot then this thing was ours.<br>
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How did Shaq cause nearly all of our front court to foul out and yet he only had 2 fouls?<br>
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The reffing in the NBA sucks, why bother? We got some good calls at home and the Lakers get every fvcking call at home why can't the refs get it right? NBA is joke lets all go watch Hockey. <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.sahoops.net/"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QADfApkSeUk9zlYmKZD!kEYVfTRxNiHi*2GBpiYMnqYEwge9yob3RLavatTd9YDicUh7iO1GgSXtV*tH91yhJBLmvfwg9Gakqo7fAhxwGg8/NZ0.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--> <br>
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</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub179.ezboard.com/bsanantoniospurs62937.showUserPublicProfile?gid=nzspurs>NZ Spurs</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/flags/nz.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/11/03 5:20:30 pm<br></i>

The Lakers took 45 free throws. <p>-Brian</p><i></i>

The Lakers main run before the half, where we lost our 16 point lead, was entirely engineered by the refs. In the 4th quarter, the Spurs could not buy a shooting foul, yet anytime a Spur defender was near a Laker they blew their whistles.<br>
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This won't look as extreme as Game 6 of 2002 WCF or that Wolves/Lakers game because there weren't a ton of obvious blown calls right at the end; instead it was a much subtler and more methodical plan by the officials to keep the Lakers going to the line and the Spurs big men in foul trouble.<br>
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And to anticipate a Laker fan's response, I don't see this as being similar to game 1 but just in reverse. In this game the Spurs were taking it to the hole and being fouled (just not called) while in game 1 the Lakers were settling for jump shots. <p></p><i></i>

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>How did Shaq cause nearly all of our front court to foul out and yet he only had 2 fouls?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>
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That's what I want to know right there - I think that's a bunch of bullshit. You KNOW something's wrong when that happens. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :wtf --><img src=http://www.myezboard.com/projects/ezboard/ezboard_userimages/wtf.gif ALT=":wtf"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

I posted in another thread that the NBA needs to get together in the off season and decide what is and is not a foul in reference to Shaq. It seems like every ref calls his game differently. <p>-Brian</p><i></i>

What an enfuriating game.<br>
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The Spurs outplayed the Lakers hitting 44.6% of their shots while the Lakers only shot 39.4%. The Spurs got 18 assists to the Lakers 14 (not counting the assists given by officials). Rebounds and turnovers were almost even. The Spurs only got 2 steals (to the Lakers 7) largely because most of their clean strips were called fouls. Aside from that, the only difference was in freethrows attempted. Gino, Jax, Tony, and Duncan deserved many more trips to the line.<br>
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Hopefully they call the game even again at the SBC and the better team gets the W. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub179.ezboard.com/bsanantoniospurs62937.showUserPublicProfile?gid=voraciouswolf>VoraciousWolf</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://members.vavo.com/schlock/10x10icons/se.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/11/03 5:34:05 pm<br></i>

Game 3 I can accept the free throw disparity. The Spurs were not aggressive. Game 4 is another story. We went hard to the hoop and Tim is the only one who got any calls.<br>
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Just ridiculous. <p>-Brian</p><i></i>

W~E~A~K~<br>
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I expected better.......sleep on it Spur Fan<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :mornin --><img src=http://www.myezboard.com/projects/ezboard/ezboard_userimages/ACF2251.gif ALT=":mornin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

You are oh so correct, my friend. I am at Mouse's house about to call Game Night react to unleash a Brazilian wrath. <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.sahoops.net/"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RwC7BM4UPN4vSzvW7PLtkWgZAuhj38V0TWfeUgTe5oMC4wVam*gsnDSWBHC8gBmc*VJHFg2ilkI*7kxgMXbp5uqYP9JIkWMH8B4h4FlPcaI/GD-final.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--> </p><i></i>

The series and championship will be decided on how the refs call the games. Agressive on Shaq the first two, or very little the second two.<br>
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Game 4<br>
Lakers 26 fouls 46 free throws<br>
Spurs 31 fouls 26 free throws<br>
LA Lakers 99, San Antonio 95<br>
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Game 3<br>
Lakers 24 fouls 40 free throws<br>
Spurs 28 fouls 24 free throws<br>
LA Lakers 110, San Antonio 95<br>
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Game 2<br>
Spurs 24 fouls 28 freethrows<br>
Lakers 25 fouls 24 free throws<br>
San Antonio 114, LA Lakers 95<br>
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Game 1<br>
Spurs 20 fouls 35 free throws<br>
Lakers 24 fouls 12 freethrows<br>
San Antonio 87, LA Lakers 82 <p></p><i></i>

I agree completely with NOTTY. Its up to the refs.<br>
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So far, the trend is to give the calls to the home team. <p>-Brian</p><i></i>

The one thing that really ticked me off was DROB fouling out - even the announcers said his last foul was TOTAL BS<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.myezboard.com/projects/ezboard/ezboard_userimages/anim_pissed.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

For a moment I thought the Lakers were playing at the SBC center with Duncan getting weak bail me out calls. Luckily the refs were reminded that the good lord upstairs is a Laker fan <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> I hope the refs keep giving us more calls just so I can hear more whinning from Kings fans--ooops! I mean Spur fans. Y don't u guys talk about Duncan's missed FT in the end; some MVP he his. Spurs=good team during the reg sesaon, but not a clutch team. PRESSURE IS ALL ON U<br>
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MIND GAMES<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :moon --><img src=http://www.myezboard.com/projects/ezboard/ezboard_userimages/BartMooning.gif ALT=":moon"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

Duncan hit 16 of 20 free throws. 80% from the line for him is outstanding.<br>
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Good work Timmy! <p>-Brian</p><i></i>