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

[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.