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It was a transition play, Ginoboli changed his mind about a 3-point shot, "knew" Duncan was trailing him and turned to pass back to Duncan - oops, Duncan is standing, for whatever reason, in the backcourt waiting to see if they score(?) before entering the FC, so Ginoboli reacts by running to his pass, which is bouncing on the court - he almost touches it, but then begins blocking access to the ball from the defenders [no contact because the defenders are reacting slow as well] and as Duncan runs to collect the ball a whistle blows because the official anticipated Ginoboli touching the ball.
There was no defensive touch, but I figured since the whistle happened when there was no player control you had to have a jump ball.
It was an ugly game for the Spurs and the officials. The Spurs were bobbling the ball and looked tired (probably were); the officials probably were not too happy either, but certainly noone could argue that the outcome of the game hinged on them - it just made it look like a sloppier game. Javie has been known to San Antonians for many years and at one point a chant that sounded, though the TV, like "Javie $ucks" resounded through the arena... I believe it was after this missed call, though it was not Javie's whistle.
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