Here is what I posted earlier from some online blogs at the time of the game:
• Congratulations to Greg Willard, Tim Donaghy and Eddie F. Rush for giving us the most atrociously officiated game of the playoffs so far: Game 3 of the Suns-Spurs series. Bennett Salvatore, Tom Washington and Violet Palmer must have been outraged that they weren’t involved in this mess. Good golly. Most of the calls favored the Spurs, but I don’t even think the refs were biased — they were so incompetent that there was no rhyme or reason to anything that was happening. Other than the latest call in NBA history (a shooting foul for Ginobili whistled three seconds after the play, when everyone was already running in the other direction), my favorite moment happened near the end, when the game was already over and they called a cheap bump on Bruce Bowen against Nash, so the cameras caught Mike D’Antoni (the most entertaining coach in the league if he’s not getting calls) screaming sarcastically, “Why start now? Why bother?” What a travesty. Not since the cocaine era from 1978-1986 has the league faced a bigger ongoing issue than crappy officiating.
• Congratulations to Greg Willard, Tim Donaghy and Eddie F. Rush for giving us the most atrociously officiated game of the playoffs so far: Game 3 of the Suns-Spurs series. Bennett Salvatore, Tom Washington and Violet Palmer must have been outraged that they weren’t involved in this mess. Good golly. Most of the calls favored the Spurs, but I don’t even think the refs were biased — they were so incompetent that there was no rhyme or reason to anything that was happening. Other than the latest call in NBA history (a shooting foul for Ginobili whistled three seconds after the play, when everyone was already running in the other direction), my favorite moment happened near the end, when the game was already over and they called a cheap bump on Bruce Bowen against Nash, so the cameras caught Mike D’Antoni (the most entertaining coach in the league if he’s not getting calls) screaming sarcastically, “Why start now? Why bother?” What a travesty. Not since the cocaine era from 1978-1986 has the league faced a bigger ongoing issue than crappy officiating.
Phoenix at San Antonio
<TABLE class=so-table><TBODY><TR><TD class=active id=Status_9_753612 width="20%">Final </TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">1</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">2</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">3</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">4</TD><TD class=dataheadr width="8%">T</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="10%">Odds</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="18%">Bet Final</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datab>PHO </TD><TD class=datac>30</TD><TD class=datac>23</TD><TD class=datac>19</TD><TD class=datac>29</TD><TD class=datarcb id=VisitScore_9_753612>101</TD><TD class=datac>200.5</TD><TD class=betstatus id=BetStatusTop_9_753612>Over: 209</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datab>SA </TD><TD class=datac>25</TD><TD class=datac>30</TD><TD class=datac>25</TD><TD class=datac>28</TD><TD class=datarcb id=HomeScore_9_753612>108</TD><TD class=datac>-4</TD><TD class=betstatus id=BetStatusBottom_9_753612>Cover: +3</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Boxscore | Recap | Betgraph
Notice how the game went OVER in this game and he was calling a bunch of bogus fouls along the way. 57 points in the 4th quarter compared to only 44 in the 3rd. He must have been sweating bullets on his bet and decided to piss people off and call a bunch of phantom calls in the 4th. Dont forget that the bets were probably being placed by a group of guys so pressure was on. Thats some hardcore shit.
WOW!
<TABLE class=so-table><TBODY><TR><TD class=active id=Status_9_753612 width="20%">Final </TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">1</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">2</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">3</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="8%">4</TD><TD class=dataheadr width="8%">T</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="10%">Odds</TD><TD class=dataheadc width="18%">Bet Final</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datab>PHO </TD><TD class=datac>30</TD><TD class=datac>23</TD><TD class=datac>19</TD><TD class=datac>29</TD><TD class=datarcb id=VisitScore_9_753612>101</TD><TD class=datac>200.5</TD><TD class=betstatus id=BetStatusTop_9_753612>Over: 209</TD></TR><TR><TD class=datab>SA </TD><TD class=datac>25</TD><TD class=datac>30</TD><TD class=datac>25</TD><TD class=datac>28</TD><TD class=datarcb id=HomeScore_9_753612>108</TD><TD class=datac>-4</TD><TD class=betstatus id=BetStatusBottom_9_753612>Cover: +3</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Boxscore | Recap | Betgraph
Notice how the game went OVER in this game and he was calling a bunch of bogus fouls along the way. 57 points in the 4th quarter compared to only 44 in the 3rd. He must have been sweating bullets on his bet and decided to piss people off and call a bunch of phantom calls in the 4th. Dont forget that the bets were probably being placed by a group of guys so pressure was on. Thats some hardcore shit.
WOW!
