Controversy in San Anton

[121Josey]

OKC takes Game 2 in SA. But OKC pushes Ginobli while inbounding the ball. Spurs steal the ball and don't get a good shot. Wild finish.

 

[dawgatUSM]

I thought Webber was freaking out about nothing. Yeah that was a foul. But there were about 4 fouls missed on that play on both sides.

 

[121Josey]

I thought Webber was freaking out about nothing. Yeah that was a foul. But there were about 4 fouls missed on that play on both sides.

He kept shouting "offensive foul, offensive foul on Ginobli!" I said, "What? On the drive across the lane? Dude, you must be crazy."

But on the replay, I say, "How does nothing get called?" Chuck and Shaq say they never seen anything like it. Jet say worst non-call in the last 5 years. Everybody else say, "What do you call?"

ETA: Billy Donovan say, "What are you talking about?" Holy 17!

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Yeah you have to call something there. That whole sequence was just bizarre.

 

[LTblows]

How does this relate to Tunsil?

 

[PineGroveBully]

I loved Manu's response/reaction I'm his post game interview. Exactly what you'd expect and want from a veteran.

 

[Miketice]

I laughed

How does this relate to Tunsil?

Nice one

 

[dogfan96]

Ginobili was over the end-line.. technical foul.. Waiters threw the elbow.. foul.. Leonard pushed Westbrook out of bounds and grabbed his jersey while he was trying to get the inbounds pass.. foul.. some fan was holding Steven Adams arm on the ensuing possession, preventing him from getting into the play.. technical foul. Considering all that, the right team won.

 

[121Josey]

Ginobili was over the end-line.. technical foul.. Waiters threw the elbow.. foul.. Leonard pushed Westbrook out of bounds and grabbed his jersey while he was trying to get the inbounds pass.. foul.. some fan was holding Steven Adams arm on the ensuing possession, preventing him from getting into the play.. technical foul. Considering all that, the right team won.

We must have been watching different games. But hey, you probably didn't even watch the game. What a joke.

Footage @ :30 and 1:40

 

[EurekaDog]

This is what the NBA wants! It started in the 1980's & has ramped up...

year-by-year.

Bad publicity is good publicity.

The NBA wants more eyes on their product and they are not against demoting the game itself.

Increasing the number of playoff spots.
Expanding every series to 7 games. (anyone here remember when the first round was best of two and the 2nd round was best of 5?

Changing the "inbounding" rules so that teams can advance the "inbounding" position to the front court.
Changing the clock operation in the last two minutes. Thus, allowing the trailing teams more time to catch up...leading to longer regulation games and more timeouts (which equal more advertisements). Overtime? Icing on the cake.

Allowing/Telling the refs to ignore huge portions of the rule book.

NBA touts their players as the best athletes in the world, yet those same players can't manage to control their bodies so as not to commit fouls and violations left-and-right.

Yes, the NBA cut out some of the worst wrestling in the games after the Detroit Pistons pushed the envelope every night, but the games are still not free-flowing as the game was designed. The free-flowing games are best. Even the NHL (with its poor management) figured this out.

 

[dogfan96]

Ginobili both reaches over the line AND steps out of bounds. Update your prescription on your glasses. At 1:45 of that video, Ginobili's foot is clearly over the line (out of bounds). Or just read any article on the play. It's mentioned several times.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...hat-went-wrong-on-final-play-of-thunder-spurs

EXCEPTION (5): In the last two minutes of the fourth period and last two minutes of any overtime period, a technical foul will be assessed if the defender crosses or breaks the plane of the boundary line when an offensive player is in a position to inbound and prior to the ball being released on a throw-in.

 

[121Josey]

Ginobili both reaches over the line AND steps out of bounds. Update your prescription on your glasses. At 1:45 of that video, Ginobili's foot is clearly over the line (out of bounds). Or just read any article on the play. It's mentioned several times.

EXCEPTION (5): In the last two minutes of the fourth period and last two minutes of any overtime period, a technical foul will be assessed if the defender crosses or breaks the plane of the boundary line when an offensive player is in a position to inbound and prior to the ball being released on a throw-in.

Ok. You got me. Manu stepped over the line (I don't agree that he "reaches over the line"). Unfortunately, your CBS source can't cite the correct rule. That's a delay-of-game rule.

Here's the inbounds rule

Section III—The Throw-In
a. The throw-in starts when the ball is at the disposal of a player entitled to the throw-
in. He shall release the ball inbounds within 5 seconds from the time the throw-in starts.
Until the passed ball has crossed the plane of the boundary, no player shall have any part of

his person over the boundary line and teammates shall not occupy positions parallel or adja-
cent to the baseline if an opponent desires one of those positions. The defensive man shall
have the right to be between his man and the basket.

The rule goes both ways homes.