Finally - Its Go Time!

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Originally Posted by NYBLUE

Game 4 Officials:
Joe Derosa, Steve Javie, Tom Washington

I thought they did a great job. And what do you know? Only one travel call missed: Garnett lifting his pivot foot before starting his dribble at the 3-point line.

And for the guys who say that they don't even know what a foul is in the NBA anymore, this is a game that they should've watched. I thought the refs did a great job of calling contact (even some small stuff) that mattered and letting go the small stuff that didn't matter. Only two calls that I thought were obviously bad. One was when Kobe stripped KG, and obviously pulled his left arm off the ball to get the ball away from him; and there was no call. The other was a ticky-tack foul called against the Lakers on a Ray Allen drive-and-pass to the basket. The contact was minimal and Allen got the pass away easily. Should've been no-called.

There was a borderline block/charge near the basket where a block was called against Posey, but it's possible that he was still moving into the dribbler's path after the ball was gathered. Very next possession, Kobe got called for a block on a very similar block/charge.

I honestly thought the game was extremely well-officiated.