OT: CP3 blows it.

[DaRizzle]

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You have to beat the offensive player to the "spot". Fisher did not do that. His angle was sharp, which indicates a block unless you are set. And, Paul was in the air, and Fisher did not allow him to land.

But, whatever, keep thinking the Lakers don't get more than their fair share of the call, even and especially when a Future Hall of Famer is being fouled by, well.... Derek Fucking Fisher.

3:10 in the video starts the play, followed by a good replay from a different angle

First off Chris Paul WAS NOT in the air when they made contact

Chris Paul's shoulder was in Fishers face when they made contact...thats pretty square IMO

as for the Lakers getting calls...Im just talking about this play, thats another argument

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Damn. You're actually rooting for the Lakers? You're a better Blazers fan than I.

This does not compute.

 

[Masbee]

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3:10 in the video starts the play, followed by a good replay from a different angle

First off Chris Paul WAS NOT in the air when they made contact

Chris Paul's shoulder was in Fishers face when they made contact...thats pretty square IMO

as for the Lakers getting calls...Im just talking about this play, thats another argument

Maybe I am wrong. Nevermind.

And I wanted the Hornets to lose.

Got what I wanted. Still bitched. Go figure.

 

[DaRizzle]

Maybe I am wrong. Nevermind.

And I wanted the Hornets to lose.

Got what I wanted. Still bitched. Go figure.

 

[xflavioVC15x]

That was a bullshit call on Paul on OT when clearly Kobe shoved him to the floor. Talk about star treatment. That was the difference maker in this game

 

[MrJayremmie]

Yeah, star treatment is interesting.

Star vs Star, the more popular player usually wins. When they are roughly equal (Kobe, LeBron, Paul, Wade) then whichever player is in the biggest market wins (starting in LA and going to Boston, after those 2 it gets confusing) and gets the call. After that, the leftover stars (Paul here as it would go Kobe, LeBron, Wade then Paul) will win vs a star from a smaller market (Paul would get the benefit of the call vs. someone like Roy).

As for teams who get the most calls, it usually goes LA, then Boston, and then either teams with huge stars (Cleveland) or teams who have earned the refs calls (San Antonio)... after that it goes to teams like Miami, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, etc... A team like Portland, since it doesn't have teh star power listed above AND is in a small market, will get calls over non-playoff teams like lets say Sacremento, and get roughly even calls vs east (lower) playoff teams like Detroit and Atlanta, but home court is usually a deciding factor onto which team/player will get the calls that play/night. The fact that PDX has the youngest playing rotation in the NBA makes them a little less likely to get the calls vs a team like Detroit though, imo, but sometimes home court cancels it out and we get roughly even officiating (meaning bad calls both ways).

That is what I think, lol.

 

[MARIS61]

This is the kind of retardation of thought that made us pass on him in the first place.

Dodged that bullet!