Comments on: Foul on Derek Fisher or No Foul?

By: Did No-Call End the Spurs’ Dynasty? | Larry Brown Sports

Did No-Call End the Spurs’ Dynasty? | Larry Brown Sports — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:30:10 +0000

[...] not here to harp on the no-call at the end of Game 4 which resulted in the Lakers win over the Spurs. As I said in that post, the Spurs had 48 minutes [...]

By: maxsportz

maxsportz — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:50:27 +0000

If a foul was called it would not been 3 free throws as he was NOT in the act of shooting period.

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:43:16 +0000

We argue these things every year…and one of these days it’ll involve a bigtime team like the Lakers getting hosed. But I wouldn’t hold my breath on that. I’ll watch the NFL where the screwing is completely random and ‘fair’ -lol

By: dan

dan — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:18:42 +0000

Fisher did foul Barry, but the fact Kobe did not even shoot a free throw and that the Lakers got jobbed on the 24 sec clock there at the end, no spur fan can really cry about it. I was hoping the Spurs would win it. I am also surprised Barry did not try and lean into Fisher after the contact. But overall the better team did win last night. But the bigger problem I see is having Crawford even officiate the game with his history with Duncan. I dont believe it played any part of it, but the NBA does not need the constant BS of conspiracy of trying to get a LA/Boston series. No matter I hope LA loses in the finals. But I dont think that will happen

By: JS

JS — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:57:35 +0000

A couple of months ago we were talking about UCLA getting calls or non-calls in the waning moments of a game.

Same deal here, the entire game is made up of calls and non-calls. The refs should have reviewed Fisher’s shot for an hour if needed.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:19:15 +0000

Foul, but Barry should have shot when he was fouled to get free throw shots.

By: Anders(on) Varejao

Anders(on) Varejao — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:36:11 +0000

The Lakers were not getting any calls all game. They finally got one, it just happened to be on the last play. It would have been a foul on the floor anyway since he took another dribble after the contact, which means he only would’ve been able to tie at the line, not take the lead.

Consider it a make up for the Duncan travel, or the bogus Odom goaltending, or the multiple first half ticy tacks on the Lakers. The basketball gods have a way of evening these things up.

By: Jeff J

Jeff J — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:08:58 +0000

I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Kobe go up for a game winning shot or drive the lane, and get hacked much worse than Barry by 2 or 3 guys and no foul is called. Its the nature of the game, the refs not wanting to take the final outcome out of the players hands. The Spurs and their fans can cry sour grapes all they want, but I am sure somewhere in this game, a Laker was fouled just as bad and nothing was called. This particular play is causing so much uproar only because its the last play of the game, and its being watched in super slow motion. Watch it again at regular speed and it hardly looks like a foul.

If the Spurs didn’t want it to come down to this type of ending, how about they make a few of the wide open jumpers they took in the final 3 minutes.

On a side note, it appears that the shot Derek Fisher took with 7 or 8 seconds left actually looks like it grazed the rim based on the trajectory it fell towards Duncan’s foot. This should have reset the shot clock, and being 5 seconds left, the Lakers would have been fouled and gone to the line, meaning the entire Barry fiasco wouldn’t have even happened. So, the non call was just the laws of nature balancing itself out for the missed call on the shot touching the rim.