Walton's Foot Was on The Line

[nowagimp]

2 mothereffing refs looking right at the play, and they can't see his foot.

morons.

This is quite obvious that our poor NBA refs cant see, inspite of perfect positioning. How old are these guys? Maybe they should be vision tested. I doubt its even a requirement, as in a drivers test.

 

[nowagimp]

I know that would never be called, but it's just one more thing on the giant pile of crap.

It is a very large pile with alot of crap from other playoff series like the cavs'wiz, bulls/heat.. I have been watching the NBA for 35 years and I've never seen such bad officiating. Its so bad, and timely(as in crunch time), that it reeks of intentional manipulation. Its like one game out of fours is even decently officiated. David Stern is a punk, he's ruined the NBA. It all really started to go downhill in the mid nineties.

 

[Michael]

Wow. Thanks for posting that. It's not even close from what I expected.

Amazing. I can't wait to see a healthy Suns squad ripping them apart next year!

I hate the Lakers more and more every year. It's just ridiculous how "lucky" they always are.

 

[Renz]

I hate the Lakers more and more every year. It's just ridiculous how "lucky" they always are.

LOL! Yeah, it's funny how L.A just "lucked" into those 9 NBA titles.

 

[AZ Sports Native]

the problem was he wasnt in contact with the ball it was nash's arm. there for it must be a jump ball.

..contact with Nash's arm... hmm... therefore, it must be a FOUL!

 

[Nashfan]

Elindhom, I hope your comment to my post was in jest because it doesn't seem necessary.

 

[Ode to Ocho]

Nash got away with a blatant push-off against Sasha on the in-bounds. No call.

Cry more.

 

[Evil Ash]

Nash got away with a blatant push-off against Sasha on the in-bounds. No call.

Cry more.

Luke Walton also got away with a nice hold on James Jones at the end of regulation. Somehow Walton is now getting superstar calls

 

[Ode to Ocho]

Luke Walton also got away with a nice hold on James Jones at the end of regulation. Somehow Walton is now getting superstar calls

Odom was obviously hacked on lay-up that made him miss that shot late in the game.

 

[SactownSunsFan]

the problem was he wasnt in contact with the ball it was nash's arm. there for it must be a jump ball.

Not true. He was in contact with the ball when his foot was out of bounds. I've watched the video many times and I've freeze framed from both angles once Walton's foot touches down out of bounds. His hand was on the ball.

 

[Renz]

Not true. He was in contact with the ball when his foot was out of bounds. I've watched the video many times and I've freeze framed from both angles once Walton's foot touches down out of bounds. His hand was on the ball.

Look at what you are saying. You are looking at a play on video from multiple angles, in freeze-frame, to see what happened and then you are surprised that the refs might have missed something in real time in the heat of a playoff game?

 

[Card Trader]

Look at what you are saying. You are looking at a play on video from multiple angles, in freeze-frame, to see what happened and then you are surprised that the refs might have missed something in real time in the heat of a playoff game?

His foot wasn't on the line, it was damn near on the scorers table. This wasn't a play that needed reviewing.

 

[Card Trader]

Nash pushed off on Sasha on the in-bounds.

Moot point on why you guys lost.

James Jones was held on the inbounds lob prior to the end of regulation.

 

[Renz]

James Jones was held on the inbounds lob prior to the end of regulation.

With .7 seconds on the clock, that call is never going to be made in any game, unless he rips the guy's jersey off.

 

[Card Trader]

With .7 seconds on the clock, that call is never going to be made in any game, unless he rips the guy's jersey off.

Well he did everything BUT that...

 

[jbeecham]

Nash pushed off on Sasha on the in-bounds.

Moot point on why you guys lost.

This happens on every pressured inbounds play all season long.

A real Laker fans would realize his team was handed the chance for the victory (Kobe still had to make the shot) and would be pissed that the refs had to do this to the game in order for them to win. You would feel lucky and know your team didn't deserve the victory.

You would also be happy that the league didn't suspend Kwame Brown & Luke Walton for their flagrant fouls in game 3 even though James Posey & Udonis Haslem were suspended for doing a lot less in other playoff matchups.

 

[myrondizzo]

Not true. He was in contact with the ball when his foot was out of bounds. I've watched the video many times and I've freeze framed from both angles once Walton's foot touches down out of bounds. His hand was on the ball.

sorry guys i left off the of my other post.

 

[asudevil83]

Not true. He was in contact with the ball when his foot was out of bounds. I've watched the video many times and I've freeze framed from both angles once Walton's foot touches down out of bounds. His hand was on the ball.

do you have any screens shots that you could post of that. i'd really like to see something conclusive

 

[Ode to Ocho]

This happens on every pressured inbounds play all season long.

Jump balls happen like that on every play a point guard makes the idiotic mistake of driving into a half-court trap and picking up his dribble.

A real Laker fans would realize his team was handed the chance for the victory (Kobe still had to make the shot) and would be pissed that the refs had to do this to the game in order for them to win. You would feel lucky and know your team didn't deserve the victory.

You would also be happy that the league didn't suspend Kwame Brown & Luke Walton for their flagrant fouls in game 3 even though James Posey & Udonis Haslem were suspended for doing a lot less in other playoff matchups.

A real Suns fan wouldn't harp on a call and claim it cost them the game when they got breaks on calls as well.

Kwame/Luke fouls were not suspension worthy.

[suns fan]Kobe was fouled on the tear drop shot, Lakers should of won at the end of regulation. Game 1? Tim Thomas admitting he fouled Kobe? What?[/suns fan]

 

[Chaplin]

Jump balls happen like that on every play a point guard makes the idiotic mistake of driving into a half-court trap and picking up his dribble.



A real Suns fan wouldn't harp on a call and claim it cost them the game when they got breaks on calls as well.

Kwame/Luke fouls were not suspension worthy.

[suns fan]Kobe was fouled on the tear drop shot, Lakers should of won at the end of regulation. Game 1? Tim Thomas admitting he fouled Kobe? What?[/suns fan]

You're still here?

 

[jbeecham]

Kwame/Luke fouls were not suspension worthy.

They were more suspension worthy than the James Posey foul and worse than Haslem throwing his mouthpiece. Both of those players were ejected and then suspended. Why is there a double standard.....oh right because it's the Lakers.

 

[D-Dogg]

The Posey foul was terrible...could have really hurt the guy and was dumb.

Kwame's was nothing like that, and a foul you see every week in the NBA. Standing over him could have resulted in a suspension, but the L didn't do that. Don't argue the case that the FOUL was worthy because that's a losing argument.

And Lukes as well was correctly called on the court as a Flagrant 1. That happens all season too...it shouldn't be a suspension just because you want it to. That wouldn't be a suspension in the regular season, why should it be in the playoffs?

 

[Chaplin]

The Posey foul was terrible...could have really hurt the guy and was dumb.

Kwame's was nothing like that, and a foul you see every week in the NBA. Standing over him could have resulted in a suspension, but the L didn't do that. Don't argue the case that the FOUL was worthy because that's a losing argument.

And Lukes as well was correctly called on the court as a Flagrant 1. That happens all season too...it shouldn't be a suspension just because you want it to. That wouldn't be a suspension in the regular season, why should it be in the playoffs?

#1, I agree with you that the foul did not merit a suspension--the standing over him DID. Period.

#2, Lukes foul was indeed correctly called a Flagrant 1, but you don't do that on the 2nd play in the entire game! The league should have suspended him to set an example. It's not like he's an integral part of the Laker team.

 

[Ode to Ocho]

#1, I agree with you that the foul did not merit a suspension--the standing over him DID. Period.

#2, Lukes foul was indeed correctly called a Flagrant 1, but you don't do that on the 2nd play in the entire game! The league should have suspended him to set an example. It's not like he's an integral part of the Laker team.

Pretty horrible logic. No standing over him did not warrant a suspension. Stop reaching.

Luke tried to hold the guy up on the way down for god's sake. It was not intentional. It was a hard foul, called correctly.

You are exactly why basketball has degraded into a joke. I wish I could time warp back to 80's where people wouldn't not cry murder over good hard fouls.

 

[Ode to Ocho]

They were more suspension worthy than the James Posey foul and worse than Haslem throwing his mouthpiece. Both of those players were ejected and then suspended. Why is there a double standard.....oh right because it's the Lakers.

Man, I feel sorry for the Suns.

Can't believe their fans would be reduced to this.