As I was watching last night's Boston-Detroit game 5, I got blindsided by something that pissed me off instantly and intensely. After the obligatory WNBA scores went by on the crawler on the bottom of the screen, I see "...NBA acknowledges that a foul should have been called at the end of game 4 of the Lakers-Spurs series..."
I was stunned. Did I really just see something so incredibly asinine as a fucking public admission that the refs missed that call??!! How the hell can they just apologize? What is the point?
As I continued watching the game, I halfway expected to see the following on the crawler:
"...NBA admits that Derek Fisher''s shot hit the rim and LA should have been awarded a new shot clock with 6 seconds remaining..."
"...NBA realizes that Tim Duncan took 11 seconds to shoot two of his free throws in the second quarter and his shots should not have counted..."
"...NBA admits Bill Walton does not actually have a back injury. He was sent to Siberia for the length of the playoffs so we didn't have to hear his hyperbole and THC-infused ramblings..."
"...NBA apologizes to NHL fans for Gary Bettman..."
I was actually stunned that the league would do this. What are they going to do, go back and have Barry shoot 2 free throws and replay the end of the game? All it does is take away from L.A.'s victory and serve to further rile up Spurs fans. "SEE!! WE WUZ ROBBED!! CONSPIRACY!! CRAWFORD FUCKED US!!"
From the league press release:
"With the benefit of instant replay, it appears a foul should have been called," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said.
I now fully expect written reports from the league office after every game, apologizing to both teams for all of the calls that were missed or called incorrectly, after they go through the game with a fine-toothed comb in slow motion.
Stupidist thing I've ever seen.
4 comments:
I agree completely. My comment: the NBA sucks.
That is all.
Wait, one more thing.
Why is there a picture of Larry Fine, David Stern, and John McCain accompanying this post?
Being a part-time NBA viewer, maybe you didn't recognize a blurry Joey Crawford. Or maybe your sarcasm flew right over my head.
Joey Crawford = brother of MLB ump Jerry "Massive Head Wound Harry" Crawford and son of former MLB ump Shag Crawford. Notorious for his apparent belief that people shell out $120 a ticket to see him call fouls and eject people. Philadelphian.
Also, this: "MLB announces reversal of incorrect home run calls during the month of May, resulting in the change of 17 teams' records."
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