Okay, I watched the game earlier this afternoon. I tried as hard as I could to stay objective with regards to the officiating. I think I did a pretty good job. I would like to see what a San Antonio Spurs fan could come up with though. It would probably be fun to argue the calls.
Here you go...
FIRST QUARTER:
9:23 - Shawn Marion gets good defensive position outside the circle and takes a dropped shoulder from Mohammed. Marian goes to the floor and Mohamed makes the shot. Bill Walton and his cohort call it a flop, but that's absolutely ridiculous. it's clearly an offensive foul.
+2
9:14 - it looks like Jim Jackson fouled Tony Parker on a fast break layup. The San Antonio Spurs get the ball back, but they don't score.
-2 free throws
SECOND QUARTER:
8:50 - Mohamed goes to the ground after having his shot blocked and grabs Hunter by the ankles. Should have been another foul on Mohamed. San Antonio did not score though. With all the action it's hard to blame the refs for this one. I didn't see it until the TV crew showed it from an overhead camera.
2:22 - Shawn Marion blocks Tim Duncan going to the basket. He got nothing but ball. It looks like if not for the whistle it would have been rebounded by Hunter. Duncan made both of the free throws.
+2
:01 - Tim Duncan is called for his third foul. He clearly pushed Richardson, but he was being held by both Nash and Richardson going for the rebound. I would say this is another one like Mohamed's ankle grabbing. You would never see it if it wasn't shown on the right camera angle on a replay. The foul that was called on Duncan was obvious. for the record Q made only one free throw(typical).
THIRD QUARTER:
9:43 - Parker travels going to the basket on the fast break. He picked up his drivel at the top of the key and made it all the way to the basket. I'm only counting obvious travels. I'm sure if we looked really hard we could find them all over the place. This one was easy to spot.
+2
9:24 - Ginobilli goes to the line after driving to the basket. The foul was called on Jim Jackson. Kind of funny. They both fouled each other in the face. It easily could have been called an offensive foul. If you slow down the play it is obvious that it was actually Ginobilli fouling Jim Jackson that caused Jim Jackson to hit Ginobilli. This would be another tough one for the officials to call. since I didn't give any points to San Antonio for the last one I'll call this one even as well. For the record Ginobilli made to both of the free throws.
8:14 - Tim Duncan picks up his fourth foul one Amare goes to the basket on a pick and roll. It was a foul. However you would expect a little more contact allowed before a superstar like Tim Duncan picks up his fourth foul. San Antonio fans might disagree but I'm calling it even. Tim Duncan was not stationary. There was body contact (he had one hand on Amare's waste pushing him) and he got him on the arm as well. Infected Dole need and showed how he fouled him twice.
6:34 - Nash draws an offensive foul on Parker. It's not a bad call, but anybody complaining about flopping should look at this because Nash clearly exaggerates the contact.
5:19 - again Parker clearly travels going to the basket on the fast break. He tried to stop to let Amare go by him and he shuffles his feet. Bill Walton blames it on a wet floor, but he didn't slide at all. He shuffled his feet and got away with an obvious travel.
+2
5:06 - Parker hacks down across both of Steve Nash's arms as Nash goes to the basket. There is no whistle. The result is a turnover when he should have been going to the line.
+2 free throws
1:25 - Nash runs the pick and roll with Amare. When he tries to bounce the ball back to Amare Brent Barry kicks it. I saw this last night, and I couldn't believe it wasn't called. It was one of the most obvious missed calls in the game. San Antonio did not score on the following possession. They ran about 30 seconds off the clock.
FOURTH QUARTER:
6:02 - Parker clearly travels again when he tries to stop at the basket. He throws the ball out to the left side, and Jim Jackson get out hustled by Brent Barry. As he's going out of bound, Barry throws the ball underneath the basket to Parker who gets the layup.
+2
4:22 - this is the infamous technical call on Amare Stoudemire. The technical was okay, but Horry did a nice acting job. Instead of two free throws the Phoenix Suns had to take the ball out of bounds at the side. The good thing about this is that Tim Duncan picked up his fifth foul by reaching in on Steve Nash. Whoever said this was a weak call for a makeup call was just wrong. It was a clear-cut foul. He reached across Nash and hit him on the body and the arm. Duncan even knew it was a foul.
4:05 - Amare picks up his third foul on the possession after Duncan's fifth. It's an offensive foul when he lowers his shoulder into Horry. It's a good call even though the fans don't like it.
3:49 - Hunter is whistled for fouling Duncan. They didn't show it on replay, but I couldn't see the foul when I slowed it down. it was a clean block. Tim Duncan made both of the free throws
+2
As Mike mentioned in another thread Nash gets away with carrying several times each game. Manu did the same. In fact before that great behind the back move he did it pretty badly twice.
I didn't realize until just now how many missed calls I have that went against Phoenix and how few I have that went against San Antonio. I really did try to watch both ends of the court closely and stay objective about it. Each of these plays I watched several times in slow motion just to make sure I was right.
This means I had the referees costing the Phoenix Suns a total of 12 points. Of course I would like to see what a San Antonio fan would say.
I really didn't see all of this dirty play and grabbing though. Certainly San Antonio wasn't doing it any more than the Phoenix Suns were.
Joe Mama
. I would love to do the same if I had some time on my hands.
