NBA Travel

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I only saw it once on SportsCenter, but it didn't strike me as all that bad. He pivoted after the jump stop, but that's legal in the NBA. I'll take your word for it, tho.

Grin....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...042901503.html

Any resemblance between what's in the rules and what's actually called is strictly coincidental.

NBA basketball- Faaaaaaaantastic.......and getting more like pro wrestling every day.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I only saw it once on SportsCenter, but it didn't strike me as all that bad. He pivoted after the jump stop, but that's legal in the NBA.

Brought back from the dead because of something in this morning's NY Post.....

From Peter Vecsey's column- citing NBA Director of Official, Ronnie Nunn, on this play- "Nunn unhesitatingly concedes James got away with two violations, a walk and an up-and-down, on his game-winning drive in game 3"

http://www.nypost.com/sports/65573.htm

Only two?

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

"Nunn unhesitatingly concedes James got away with two violations, a walk and an up-and-down, on his game-winning drive in game 3"

First of all, why do you keep quoting me?!?! I already admitted that I only saw it once and that I take your word (and Ronnie's) that it was, in fact, a travel.

But second of all, "We did a lot of things to win the game," the Wizards coach said after practice yesterday. "And because a travel wasn't called, you don't win the game." Come on. Don't we always say that one call doesn't cost the game? Wasn't there a missed FT in there somewhere, or a turnover, or a missed defensive switch? Maybe that was why they lost the game.

Third of all, I don't like Vecsey on TV or in print.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

1) First of all, why do you keep quoting me?!?!

2) Don't we always say that one call doesn't cost the game?

1) Because you're an NBA apologist... and I also like to bug you.....

2) Yabut.....that one did. If they call traveling, Washington wins. They didn't and Cleveland won.

But.....who really cares anyway?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

2) Yabut.....that one did. If they call traveling, Washington wins. They didn't and Cleveland won.

Chuck's point is still valid. If Washington makes a couple of those missed free throws, makes that one defensive switch, avoids that one turnover, then they're in a position where the travel call doesn't matter.

And yes, I realize that you're just yankin' Chuck's chain. But it's been a while since I've had a well-reasoned, thoughtful post (and this is the best I could do on short notice )

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Chuck's point is still valid. If Washington makes a couple of those missed free throws, makes that one defensive switch, avoids that one turnover, then they're in a position where the travel call doesn't matter.

But of course they *didn't* make that other free throw or avoid that turnover. Which is exactly why this no call on an obvious travel *did* matter & gave LA the game.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

But of course they *didn't* make that other free throw or avoid that turnover. Which is exactly why this no call on an obvious travel *did* matter & gave LA the game.

The blown call no more gave the game away than missed free throws, poor defense and turnovers. It was merely the final, and most controversial miss of the night.