Stopping play to review QUESTION

[Smitty77]

The refs were probably SHOCKED, as we ALL were, that Pop would take Timmy out of the game and just ASSUMED that he was in there the entire time:-))))

Pop certainly lost a LOT of his god-like status due to this game IMHO.

Smitty77

[CeltsPride]

The refs were probably SHOCKED, as we ALL were, that Pop would take Timmy out of the game and just ASSUMED that he was in there the entire time:-))))

Pop certainly lost a LOT of his god-like status due to this game IMHO.

Smitty77

I know it would have never been called but putting Duncan back in the game at that point should have resulted in an automatic technical foul.

[JSD]

On the other side, it gave the Spurs a free timeout to draw up a play. Teams normally call timeouts after major shots like that are hit on them at the tail end of the game. Any advantage gained is given back.

Also, had Ray been credited for a 3 when it was really a 2, folks would have lost it.

Yeah I heard jvg and Breen try and act like the Spurs got the benefit there. Yeah that's completely false.

If they had timeouts remaining than yes. The biggest reason why it hurt them is because the refs "timeout" didn't advance the ball so they had to go full court in 5 seconds with Miami d set during a dead ball.

Not saying there was an alternative just wanted to point out that that was clearly 100% disadvantage for the Spurs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3p1CxUnL1A

Miami was all set and ready for the inbound. SA got a free timeout and Duncan in the game.

[alley oop]

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Also, had Ray been credited for a 3 when it was really a 2, folks would have lost it.

Not if Popovich wasn't asking for a review. It never looked like a close call and it wasn't.