Originally posted by Billythekid
Just think, when we get Kobe... we'll get all the calls
Originally posted by Wally
Kobe said tonight that he liked the Nuggets & Kiki...... we know he's not gay so maybe he means he want to play for the money at Denver.
Originally posted by sly fly
To make matters worse, I had the Nuggets straight up against the Lakers (who were giving up 3 points).
I parlayed this with PHX (-2) over New York, which I won.
That terrible call and then the 3 by Rush cost me $600.00.
All Denver had to do was hold on. I was in such shock of what just happened that I started laughing.
Then, I started crying!
Honey, hand me the Tylenol.
BTW, they had to hold Bzdelick back afterwards. He looked as mad as me.
Originally posted by F-Dog
Hmm...I'm beginning to see a pattern here.
1. Kobe says how much he'd like to play for (insert team here) right before the Lakers show up for a road game.
2. The crowd doesn't jump all over him like they did earlier in the season.
3. The Lakers win, and Kobe moves on to the next stop.
My guess is that Utah will suddenly become a prime contender for Kobe's services, if there's an away game there between now and the playoffs.
Originally posted by Wally
So, overall you came out ahead, right?
Bzdelick should call Mark Cuban for a loan so he could tell those officials what to do with their whistles.
Originally posted by George O'Brien
"Now Beaver, let this be a good lesson for you."
Originally posted by Billythekid
This from the cloonies at the NBA,
NBA Statement Regarding Officiating Error
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 –- The following statement was issued by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations, in regard to an officiating error during the Los Angeles Lakers-Denver Nuggets game on Feb. 25 at the Pepsi Center:
"In last night’s Lakers-Nuggets game, official Michael Henderson stopped play by blowing his whistle to signal a 24-second shot clock violation with 27.4 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. That call was incorrect because the ball, in fact, hit the rim. Once play was stopped, the game officials made the correct ruling by resuming play with a jump ball at midcourt. This was an unfortunate call at a highly critical point in the game, and we very much regret the error."
What a f**k'n joke.
Originally posted by Joe Mama
What's the best online sports betting web site? I just want to take a little bit of money and see how far it will get me. Of course I would have been better off doing the string football season because I like picking football games more than other sports.
Joe Mama
Originally posted by Brian in Mesa
Are you guys more upset that the refs made a bad call, that it cost sly money, or that the Lakers won the game?
Go Lakers !!!
NEW YORK -- The NBA acknowledged Thursday there was an officiating mistake in the final minute of the Los Angeles Lakers' 112-111 victory over the host Denver Nuggets and suspended the official.
With the Nuggets leading Wednesday night's game 111-109, a shot by Denver's Andre Miller appeared to brush the rim and barely beat the shot clock. Teammate Carmelo Anthony got the rebound, but the whistle blew for a shot-clock violation. The officials huddled and ruled it was an inadvertent whistle, resulting in a jump ball.
The Lakers won the tip, leading to Kareem Rush's winning 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left.
But NBA senior VP Stu Jackson said Thursday that there shouldn't have been a whistle on the play.
"That call was incorrect because the ball, in fact, hit the rim," Jackson said. "This was an unfortunate call at a highly critical point in the game, and we very much regret the error."
The National Basketball Referees Association said the league suspended referee Michael Henderson for three games and summoned him to New York for a meeting with league officials.
The group said the referee had followed NBA guidelines in making his call, but made a mistake.
"Yet rather than a traditional fine, the NBA is out-of-bounds in its actions," said Lamell McMorris of the NBRA.
Speaking before the Lakers faced the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, coach Phil Jackson maintained that Miller's shot didn't hit the rim and Anthony fouled Kobe Bryant as he got the rebound.
"You just see the ball disappear below the rim," Jackson said. "I've never heard of a decision like that rendered by the league office."
The Lakers coach said Michael Henderson got the call right when he ruled Miller's shot missed the rim, but was overruled by Jack Nies and Jess Kersey, the more experienced officials.