NBA Finals: Game 1 Durant End of Game Drive/Shot

[Jay R]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Is that the 50th row on the sideline or the endline?

You really shouldn't miss the ones the guy in the 50th row can see...but any official with a backbone will call a foul that deserves to be called when he sees it even if it means he is the only one to have seen it.

Once, I had a coach quite vigorously disagree with a foul I called. He called me a couple days later (on an unrelated topic) but brought up the play and aplogiezed. He watch the film and then saw the foul. Not every foul is obvious all the time form every angle.

I think that is the key, angle. From his angle, Washington probably didn't see the foul.

I'm not sure about the 50th row comment. Do you watch NBA games canuckrefguy? These guys constantly call fouls that many fans would not notice. Then you see the replay and see that there was contact on the elbow etc...

[canuckrefguy]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You really shouldn't miss the ones the guy in the 50th row can see...but any official with a backbone will call a foul that deserves to be called when he sees it even if it means he is the only one to have seen it.

Originally Posted by Jay R

I think that is the key, angle. From his angle, Washington probably didn't see the foul.

That would be true - IF there was a foul. I don't think there was, or at most, there was a weak borderline one, given the NBA's physicality.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Durant was not unable to do anything he wanted to do while throwing up a fade away shot. It would only be a foul for me if he was prevented from shooting a clean shot. He was able to rise with both arms under control. Whatever contact took place was minimal or insignificant IMO.

+1

Just because Javie intimated that it could have been a foul doesn't mean that it "absolutely" was one. These guys make hundreds of these split-second decisions every year and this is one of those 55/45 ones that cause discussion and controversy.

[Raymond]

My opinion (originally posted in the baseball fanboy thread)

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I have no foul b/c KD got a clean release. But I didn't like Washington's positioning, felt he should have moved to keep an angle to see in between the players. I grimace every time I see myself on film and I don't move to keep good angles.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

My opinion (originally posted in the baseball fanboy thread)

Quoting yourself? Cool.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Quoting yourself? Cool.

"It's good to be the king" is actually my favorite all-time movie quote. If you don't believe me check out my Facebook page.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

"It's good to be the king" is actually my favorite all-time movie quote.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

"It's good to be the king" is actually my favorite all-time movie quote. If you don't believe me check out my Facebook page.

Careful, Billy has people searching for FB pages of forum members.

[APG]

Originally Posted by canuckrefguy

Just because Javie intimated that it could have been a foul doesn't mean that it "absolutely" was one. These guys make hundreds of these split-second decisions every year and this is one of those 55/45 ones that cause discussion and controversy.

He didn't intimate....he said flat out said it was a foul. If you hit a player on the left bicep like LeBron did, while he still has the ball and is shooting it, that's a foul in the NBA 10 times out of 10. I can understand why Tom Washington missed it in real time because that was a hard play to see, but in slow motion, I'd bet the NBA would want that play called a foul every time.