Comments on: Thunder-Jazz have an instant classic marred by a traveshamockery

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:40:52 +0000

Senator no there isn’t if the blocking foul results in 2 points or 2 missed points and the other team loses by 1 that had the bad call against them it is no different than a bad call at the end of the game and the refs were calling way to many fouls in this game. Not to mention everyone except thunder/nuggets/dallas/pheonix fans would be complaining about how the game came down to a foul call and I’ve watched the replay in slow motion miles got ball first than hit Durant on the elbow and hand That is playoff basketball for you they will not call fouls like that unless it is Kobe or Lebron. It is a makeup call anyways for that ghost foul on Paul Millsap that cost the last game not to mention Durant cheating by putting his hand under the defenders and raising up which Kane Fitzgerald called a foul 2-3 times on three points that same game.(When a player does that it is supposed to be a offensive foul or a no call according to the NBA)

By: senator

senator — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:30:56 +0000

Come on, Jazz Fan. There’s a difference between missing a blocking foul in the 2nd quarter v. missing the game-deciding foul.

By: Jazz Fan

Jazz Fan — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:33:37 +0000

As a huge Jazz fan, I will be the first to admit that was a foul. I must say though, as with EVERY NBA basketball game, there were some key missed calls down the stretch that were missed on the Jazz side of the court. In a perfect world, every call would get called and there would be no controversy, but I do not think the refs changed the outcome or gave it away to the Jazz. The missed key calls all around. Overall, it was a terrible job by the refs on calling the game, not just the final shot.

By: rde

rde — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:32:13 +0000

Really…I’m not a thunder fan, but watched the game. Start crying? The refs chose not to make an obvious call. He hit his arm and they saw it. It was a very sad finish. The refs changed the outcome.

By: John

John — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:05:35 +0000

First off, look how much higher durrant is than miles, miles never got ball, all he got was arm. That was a foul. That was a foul in my backyard,that was a foul on the playground, that was a foul at the rec center, that was a foul in high school, college, and the pros. That was a foul, it just never got called.
Also lets not go crazy, Durrant is awesome. He is amazing. He is probably the most efficient offense scorer in the league. But there is no way, NO WAY, that he is the MVP over LBJ. Not a chance.

By: donw

donw — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:01:37 +0000

Wha, wha, wha!
Durrant was protected all night long with phantom calls, then he
doesn’t get bailed out on one call and the Thunder Fans start crying.
How about the phantom call on Miles, in the lane, right at the end of regulation? I don’t hear you thunder fans crying about that BS call?
Next time, make the play and earn it.

By: jans

jans — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:03:50 +0000

This is a tough, tough call………but in the end I think the correct one.
The real question is whether C.J. Miles hit the ball first before hitting the forearm.
If he did then at that moment he has they both have a right for their forearms to collide.
If he did not hit the ball cleanly first………then it was just a case of the officials wanting to safely leave the Salt Lake area.

By: Vlade

Vlade — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:43:10 +0000

Let me just say what Kobe says every time he knocks someone on their butt to end a game. ” No foul. No foul.” He always has a really stupid looking smirk on his face when he says that, too. The refs would have no business calling that one. Miles came in from the side, had his left hand at his own side, not on Durant, and his right hand brushed the bottom of the ball, and maybe, a small part of KD’s hand. Hand is part of the ball, afer all. Plus, the Jazz were robbed all night long. They were fouled countless times and couldn’t get a call all night, so it is only fitting that the boob KD got his. As sad as it is, it’s the way the NBA works. You have to take your lumps. Heaven knows, the Jazz are still taking theirs. That was a great no-call. Would have been a bigger shame to have had it the other way.
Vlade

By: BigFatRob

BigFatRob — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:37:11 +0000

I know they hesitate to blow the whistle at the end, but if that much contact on the shooting arm in the open court doesn’t merit a call, then what does? Can you pull a lead pipe out of your sock and club people with it so long as it’s the last few seconds and you’re up by 3 or less at home? It would honestly be forgivable earlier in the season or if the seeding were already set, but the officials knew full well exactly what the game meant in the course of the season, and they also knew what refusing to make the call meant in the course of the game. That call is too obvious and too important to go unmade. I’d admit that it could be hard to blow the whistle in front of a home crowd even when the call is that obvious, but if you are a professional basketball official, there’s no excuse. What are they paying you for? That arena is full of people who know the rules to this game, and I’m sure plenty of them could have swallowed the whistle just as effectively in that situation. If you’re profession is to apply rules that literally millions of people have known long enough that it’s second nature, then you’re supposed to be making your living by making the right call when it’s hard to do it.

By: neo

neo — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:24:39 +0000

Amazing game with a even more amazing missed call. The refs put there whistles away for one reason who are you more accountable too 20,000 rabid Jazz fans or a skinny should be MVP who is the best scorer in the game. I’ll go with the skinny kid and knowing he is a mellow ,good kid and make the fans happy.Classic with a horrible call at the end .Now if Lebron wins MVP over Durant that will make two missed calls .Peace !

By: timmay

timmay — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:23:24 +0000

this site is so much lamer than pft

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:38:03 +0000

wtf, couldnt they easily check replays; it’s an obvious foul. It might or might not be true that durant gets other calls but this one, is obviously one, there’s not personal judgment on this one. Wtf happened.