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Originally Posted by JRutledge
1st play--This was not a very good call. I have seen this call made many times at all levels.
2nd play--Looked like a block to me.
3rd play--Great offensive foul. You cannot just push someone out of the way in the post. This is often not called and they got it right.
4th play--This was a very close call. Also an NBA official told me that when they look at film on block/charge calls, that 80% were considered blocks by the NBA. Also Nash kind of flopped and the NBA wants more calls either way on these types of plays. Even at the camps I went to this summer; it was beat into our head to call something.
5th play--Looked like the defender ran into Duncan. Hard to say how much of the contact caused Duncan to foul, but he did after all fall. Bad angle on the replay, but I see why the foul was called. BTW, you noticed no players complained? 
6th play--What is the damn problem? An offensive foul was called (or Player Control Fouls for other levels).
7th play--It is called defense for a reason. They can touch you. And it looked to me as if Nash was losing the ball when there was any kind of contact. Just because Nash reacted does not make it a foul.
8th play--The defender tapped away the ball. It is called DEFENSE!!! (Or DEFENCE for Mr. Nash).
The bottom line the only call that I would say that was totally bogus was the one made by Tim Donaghy which was very early in the game and likely he was dinged for this anyway. Once again the average person does not understand that the NBA evaluated each call. Now we do not know what the NBA thought, but as an official when a ball handler tries to squeeze a ball between two defenders, that is not likely to be called. For one it is a dumb play and secondly there is always going to be some kind of contact. That is just the nature of the game.
Peace
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I agree, first play was a very very bad call from Tim. You just got to trust your partners on this play and at this level. Calls like this make you look bad as a crew.
Play #4: I would have called a block on Nash because I don't want little players running underneath bigger players in an attempt to draw a foul. Bigger player falls harder, could cause injury. My block call here is a statement call. I think this was a great call. This is what I call protecting the good players. In HS, this is offense.
Bad call on Diaw, where Duncan stuck his leg out. I don't have a problem with this call, but I think it would have been a better call on Duncan. Here is where you want a patient whistle and penalize the worse infraction which was Duncan throwing his leg out. I mean, I could have had a defensive foul but upgraded it because of Duncan cheap actions in the end. Lead should have been all over this call, offense. Duncan would have said, how is that offense, and i would have said, because you stuck your leg out. You don't do that, I got a defensive foul.
Last, the fouls on Nash. Nash is the 2-time MVP, and knows how to handle the ball and is a great basketball player. He doesn't throw the ball away. SA got away with some cheap defensive tactics here. It's like hitting under the belt. Here is where the officials looked bad to me. They let cheap sh!t get by on one of the leagues best players. I'm talking cheap play. However, I will agree you don't try to dribble between two players. I'm not bailing out any dribbler when they make bad decisions like this.
This was one of the NBA's best games of the year, best series of the year. This would have been a great game to work. This is the type of game I live for. Men's basketball played at a very high level, like this series is the best basketball in the world. This game had excitement, great basketball play, officials made some great calls here. They missed a few but they got more than they missed. I don't think the NBA officials are that accustom to play that is this fast. They missed a lot of cheap stuff going on at the point guard position. Because of this, one team was put at a disadvangate. In the end, I say average job, it definitely was not a bad job like I heard others say. I also don't think Tim had enough time to do anything but call what was in front of him.