I would say no. I think the fact that this guy was bigger than most has fueled the critical comments made here. But that is my take.

Peace

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Originally posted by Joe
After letting guys
tackle each other, he called the 5th on Langford when the
Syracuse guy fell over his own feet.
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>Langford slid his lower body into the opponent

Maybe, but the only reason they even made contact
was that Edlin lost his balance and fell into Langford.

Also, should that have even been the C's call? The T and L didn't even make it down the court.


> while he was holding his hands straight up.
Dumb foul.
Good call.
mick

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Is Gerald a girl? :D

What kind of clothes do you wear, Jeff?

I was being facetious.
 

He might be. :D

Joe,
If you are saying the Center beat the Lead down the court, I didn't see it.
Play came from Center side.
He saw the defender step in with his hips.
So did I. ;)
mick

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Joe,
In that play, the defender was trailing the opponent near the sideline. The offensive guy was ahead, near the spot, when Anthony flipped the ball in.
At the same time as Anthony released the ball, the trailing defender dived after it, missed the ball; his momentum caused him to roll into Anthony, who was elevating, still out-of-bounds, when he saw the defender falling his way.
With Anthony going up and the defender hitting Anthony's ankles, Anthony took a fall.
That was a real fine example of incidental contact and the use of a no-call spiced with the tincture of the Tower Philosophy. :)
mick

Gentlemen, the L made the call. The C passed on it.

Okay. Makes sense to me. Center wouldn't have seen the hips.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mick

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[i]] Joe, Langford slid his lower body into the opponent while he was holding his hands straight up. Dumb foul. Good call. mick

Well Mick, its not too often i disagree with you. I don't think that was a foul. Even more so when you consider the way the game was being officiated. There is no question the official was out of position on this play. He was straight line. In fact the C had the best view and he did not have a call. I don't want anyone to misunderstand, I think this game was well officiated. Anyone who thinks they can officiate a perfect game, let them cast the first stone.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bart Tyson

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Originally posted by mick Well Mick, its not too often i disagree with you. I don't think that was a foul. Even more so when you consider the way the game was being officiated. There is no question the official was out of position on this play. He was straight line. In fact the C had the best view and he did not have a call. I don't want anyone to misunderstand, I think this game was well officiated. Anyone who thinks they can officiate a perfect game, let them cast the first stone.

Well, Bart,
It might not have been called if the offensive guy hadn't fallen/tripped in front of <B><i>T</i></B>-thousand people, not to mention Television Land.
I figgered it was one of those, "Dang, I <u>gotta</u> get that" fouls.
But, hey, if it's in your primary, you got the call and I got yer back. ;)
mick

Are you sure that was the L Primary? I thought the shot was on the Left side of the basket and the L was straight line on the other side of the basket. I don't think he was to the baseline yet.

Bart,
I ain't sure about anything, anymore.
It seems like I could see an official opposite and that the camera shot was from the table side of the lane on the baseline.


Drive from left side? YU.P.
I thought the offensive player was starting to lose the handle on the ball toward out of bounds, and when the defender noticed that, he offered a little thigh thump on the offensive guy in mid-stride which threw off the balance.

At my age my mental synapses short-circuit at times. :(

Was the illegal contact there? Yeah.
Was it consistent with the rest of the game? Dunno.
Did it have to be called? Yes, I think, because of the environment.

I may not even be thinking of the same play. :rolleyes:

mick

Mick, Are you surrrreeee, or are you trying to straddle the fence? Which way are you going?

<I>Drive from left side? YU.P.
I thought the offensive player was starting to lose the handle on the ball toward out of bounds, and when the defender noticed that, he offered a little thigh thump on the offensive guy in mid-stride which threw off the balance.

Was the illegal contact there? Yeah.
Was it consistent with the rest of the game? Dunno.
Did it have to be called? Yes, I think, because of the environment.

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Yeah, Bart,
I\'m sure.
No fence.
Dumb foul.
Good call.
mick