Dallas v. Portland-NBA

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Anyone catch the Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trailblazers game...specifically the last half of the 4th quarter? Talk about a hostile environment!

Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #60 David Guthrie, #65 Sean Wright


4. Right on cue 20,683 fans start chanting "These refs suck," and some objects are thrown on the court.

Portland fans do get pretty nasty at times. Although that doesn't explain Rasheed Wallace's attitude!

[Mark Padgett]

I turned on the game after watching a 24 hour "Law And Order" marathon and caught the last ten minutes or so. It did seem Ken Mauer was a little quick on the trigger but, of course, I wasn't there and I always give the officials the benefit of the doubt on calls.

As to the fan who was kicked out (I don't think there were two), either he threw something out onto the court or he came out onto the court. The cameras weren't on him until security was already at his spot so there was no way to tell. As he was escorted out, he kept raising his arms to incite the crowd and some of them cheered for him. It's my understanding if he's a season ticket holder, team policy is he loses his ticket but gets a refund for the remainder of the season. He also loses his advantage of first choice on playoff tickets, which is the worst of the deal, since there's only two home games left. Since he was at a court side seat, the odds are he was a season ticket holder.

[APG]

I believe they showed a second fan being escorted out due to making it difficult for game management to toss out the first fan.

And I agree we're blowing that play dead earlier if we're playing under NFHS/NCAA rules. That ball is never inbounded in the first place, but under NBA rules, that's only happening if that's a seriously injured player. From the initial contact and player movement that occurred immediately afterward, it would be hard to say it was a serious injury.

[rsl]

Here is another perspective on the game from the media. We can always trust the media...


Mavs survive cold shooting, crazy whistles