Official Lakers vs. Spurs 5/27 Game 4 9:00 ET on TNT

[chitown4eva]

Ya'll know the Spurs ain't saying what they REALLY feel, as much as they whine about foul calls. I believe it was a collective effort, spearheaded byPopovich, to not cry about it to the media. They know they were outplayed and that's that.

 

[fro b giant]

KOBE HAS ONLY SHOT 6 FREE THROWS ALL SERIES, THAT IS 4 GAMES!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS? ARE THE SPURS THAT GOOD ON D??? I DON'T THINK SO!

 

[dako akong otin]

wow.. this jumped from 15 pages to 34 in a span of a few minutes

Yeah, it was a bad no- call i favor of the Lakers.. just didn't think it would be the main topic of the conversation. I kinda wanted to discussKobe's bad clock management instead

 

[burns1923]

This call/no call nonsense doesn't change the fact that the Lakers were the better team tonight and won the game down the stretch.

You guys know the NBA these days. Unless someone gets brutalized they're not going to decide a playoff game on a foul call. The NBA wants no part incontroversy.

As has been stated, the Spurs were the beneficiaries themselves of a few no-calls in this game. The shot clock could very well have been reset afterFisher's shot with 2 seconds left on that clock.

I don't like the Spurs. However, I respect their execution of the game and how they didn't whine about this game. Barry was very stand-up about it whentalking to Sager. Now maybe they're not whining to not look bad but their acceptance appears sincere.

Lakers 3-1. Finish it in LA.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

Kobe starting jacking bad shots and didn't go to the hole, that's why he didn't get any free throws.

Hell him and Sasha kept the Spurs in the game in the 4th.

 

[noblekane]

Originally Posted by nyk buc

great game, but kobe gotta stop jacking it up in the 4th. he went from 9-15 to 14-29 shooting (5-14).

hush up. kobe's the reason we won.... and by the looks of your calculations you arent very good in math are you?

 

[bigmike23]

who is watching TNT and heard what EJ just said?

 

[datznasty]

Originally Posted by NobleKane

Originally Posted by nyk buc

great game, but kobe gotta stop jacking it up in the 4th. he went from 9-15 to 14-29 shooting (5-14).

hush up. kobe's the reason we won.... and by the looks of your calculations you arent very good in math are you?

9 +5=14, 15+14=29. What's the problem? You're the one who apparently sucks at math

 

[airforce1s]

who is watching TNT and heard what EJ just said?
fill me in! im in canada, and once the games done they cut programming, they dont show inside the nba

 

[SneakerProSr.]

On a lighter note who is this?

 

[acidicality]

what did EJ say? (i'm not near a TV)

 

[bigmike23]

Originally Posted by AirForce1s

who is watching TNT and heard what EJ just said?

fill me in! im in canada, and once the games done they cut programming, they dont show inside the nba

someone texted Barkely durning the show saying he looks like a blueberry with what he is rocking, so at the end of the show there showing pictures ofthem fools on a fake road trip to LA and barkely is like im have to rock a new fruit on wednesday and then they show a picture of kenny looking gay as hell andEJ is like there is a new fruit for your

 

[arog27]

That last play was a foul on Fisher. Just because Barry didn't "sell" it enough, or didn't flail like a dead fish after he got hit, itwasn't called. Barry should've gone up with the shot though. Whatever though, Lakers are simply the better team.

 

[noblekane]

Originally Posted by SneakerPro

Originally Posted by NobleKane

even duncan just said they dont ever call that foul....

@ the usual suspects crying in here...

i see you shuges

sneakapro word to kidd!

I'm still trying to figure out how a conspiracy theorist like yourself comes out the woodwork talking about people complaining. I mean seriously look at your sig

i dont complain abou t conspiracies, i EMBRACE them...

Tomorrow i wanna see you go buy a wade jersey....

 

[airforce1s]

someone texted Barkely durning the show saying he looks like a blueberry with what he is rocking, so at the end of the show there showing pictures of them fools on a fake road trip to LA and barkely is like im have to rock a new fruit on wednesday and then they show a picture of kenny looking gay as hell and EJ is like there is a new fruit for your

.......tnt should do the finals, abc sucks

 

[MVP]

Exactly. That's the 1st time anyone has said the Lakers were the better team, they had played better all night, but failed to execute crisply the last 50sec. of the game, they deserved to win this game, it would have been much worse for the Spurs to be outplayed the entire game, and end up possibly winning on acontroversial call IMO.

 

[darthska]

plumber E 20:

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dont even try to argue with the mod. Hes never wrong. Ska has said it more than once that Pop & Brent said it wasnt a foul, but again, I dont see him admitting that Phil Jackson said it WAS.
#1. You're wrong about me not saying anything about Phil.

Re-read Page 31 of this thread.

You'll see that I said that Phil said that there was contact.












*waits for you to admit being wrong*

#2. Keep hating though.

Y'all seriously kill me sometimes with howmuch you care about me. It just warms my heart knowing I have people online that are watching me type, waiting to complain.

to y'all followers that have nothing better to do than knock a mod on aninternet message board

No seriously,

to y'all followers that have nothing better todo than knock a mod on an internet message board

Go back to talking about the game and leave me the heck alone.

Iain't said a word about you (or anyone), so return the favor, kiddo

#4. Why are you angry?

 

[noblekane]

Originally Posted by DatZNasty

Originally Posted by NobleKane

Originally Posted by nyk buc

great game, but kobe gotta stop jacking it up in the 4th. he went from 9-15 to 14-29 shooting (5-14).

hush up. kobe's the reason we won.... and by the looks of your calculations you arent very good in math are you?

9 +5=14, 15+14=29. What's the problem? You're the one who apparently sucks at math

whoops. thought he went 15 for 29 tonight...

thanks for captain saving buc though....

 

[gordon gartrelle]

After going back and reading the posts I've missed in this thread, I've never had to click the ignore feature so many times. The mediocrity of thefanboyism displayed in the replies seems to be contagious among many of you who call yourselves Laker "fans". You know it's bad when a mod evengets put on ignore. A bunch of JRains in here.

And it was probably right to not make a foul call on that Barry play considering it was near the end of the game. It wasn't enough to decide the outcome ofthe game and it was commendable on the refs' part to not make an issue out of it so I don't see the controversy. That being said, that would haveeasily been called in most other instances that wouldn't potentially decide the outcome. Simply because there were some questionable calls early in thegame favoring one team doesn't warrant a shift in the calls favoring another team as some seem to be implying though.

 

[fatboyslim891]

regardless of everything there was no way that the barry contact should have been a foul cause barry ran in to fisher when he was jumping straight up

 

[darthska]

acidicality:

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what did EJ say? (i'm not near a TV)
Basically (and no, none of this is word-for-word, or even close; it's just a paraphrasing of what he was saying): 'That was a foul. But noref is going to call that a foul in that situation. Had he not taken a dribble and jumped while Fisher was in the air, I think a foul is called. But thatdribble hurt his chances of having the foul called.'

 

[noblekane]

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

One more thing.

What about Ginobli's foot over the line?
What about Pop and Barry admitting they wouldn't have called it either?
What about Fisher's shot hitting the rim?


I still don't understand how people can call conspiracies.
If Stern REALLY fixed the NBA, I will never figure out how a NY team didn't get a top 5 pick.

its because he knows it would be so obvious...

so what does he do?

gives it to the second best choice in Chicago...

 

[supraturbo619]

SneakerPro called it.

First 5 shots for Manu. 0-5.

Spurs lose.

 

[acidicality]

23ska909red02 wrote:

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acidicality:

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what did EJ say? (i'm not near a TV)
Basically (and no, none of this is word-for-word, or even close; it's just a paraphrasing of what he was saying): 'That was a foul. But no ref is going to call that a foul in that situation. Had he not taken a dribble and jumped while Fisher was in the air, I think a foul is called. But that dribble hurt his chances of having the foul called.'

, i was referring to BigMike, but thanks anyway

That was definitely a foul, I don't think a game should come down to that.. (so i agree with EJ in that sense)
However(this is where some of the irrational cocky Laker fans on this board will get on me)..
I have a big issue with the inconsistency the NBA has in calling it. There are times where officials DO make that call. Case in point: Detroit/Bostonand...the game that shall not be named. Maybe the magnitude of the playoffs makes it different, but if they're going to call it a foul, call it a foul ALLthe time. If you're not, NEVER call it.

 

[denni5themenace]

fisher fouled barry. but should that really be the deciding factor on why the lakers won the game? no.
the spurs had every chance to take the lead the whole game. they were unsuccessful.
the officials called fouls HEAVILY in their favor. yet on one play spurs fans are up and yelling. c'mon now.

fisher did his thing today and came back strong from that abysmal game 3.

LO also did his thing and was aggressive to getting to the line. glad to see the day of practicing freethrows really helped.

kobe. you the man but damn did you make a bonehead play with not running the clock out.
gasol. solid quiet game. should have hit those freethrows to ice it.
my man sasha. you played like garbage tonight. at least i know you're going to come out blazing hot to close out the series at staples.

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