Posted on 06/01/2018 9:23:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Fans in Cleveland probably will need awhile to get over the Cavaliers’ overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA Finals — in particular, JR Smith’s blunder in the final seconds of regulation that cost the team a chance to win.
And they’re not alone. There are plenty of other fans from other sports towns (or in one case, an entire country) who have felt the same way after some athlete’s boneheaded play at a critical point in a huge game.
Here’s a sampling, starting with Smith’s woeful tale (sorry, Cavs fans).
With the score tied and 4.7 seconds remaining in regulation, Smith pulled in an offensive rebound under the basket. But instead of taking a shot or dishing the ball out to a wide-open LeBron James, Smith opted to run out the clock. Most assume that Smith thought the Cavaliers had the lead, although he said after the game he knew the score was tied but thought Cleveland was going to call a timeout. The Warriors would go on to win in overtime 124-114.
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No. Jean Van de Velde royally choked on the 18th but stayed composed enough to get into a playoff where he then lost.
Vegas mob got to him?
It was a little more than routine but that catch didn't require Willie Mays theatrics. Cruz's botch cost the Rangers the Series.
Jean Van de Velde.... He had a three-shot lead standing on the 18th tee. A double-bogey and he would still win. He takes a triple-bogey seven to fall into a tie and loses in a playoff.
And yet, the ball bounces to Cleveland with 4.7 seconds left and a excellent chance to win.. is JR a weed enthusiast? Plenty of time to check the score while free throws are being shot. That’s what makes this gaffe so bad.
If you watch a replay the video you will notice the Baseline official called a charge while the official near the top of the key called a block. That is the reason the play was reviewed.
The video at the bottom of this ESPN Story clearly shows two things, it shows the backside official calling the block and clearly shows LeBron was still sliding and moving into the path of Durant after Durant had left his feet.
If I was a Cleveland Fan I would be more upset about JR Smith’s boneheaded decision not to put the ball back up and instead, dribbling out top after his offensive Rebound with 4.7 seconds left.
He's lying now. He told LeBron James after time ran out that he thought his team had the lead.
And, this doesn't make him look any better since he could and should have called the timeout himself.
No, that is not correct on at least two points.
First, the baseline official called the charge, IMMEDIATELY and AUTHORITATIVELY, before LBJ even hits the floor....the backside judge hesitates, begins to slowly bring his arms up for a blocking call and never does authoritatively complete that gesture. The baseline judge was within 12 feet of LBJ’s feet and had a absolutely unobstructed and clear view of the play, the backside judge did not. The baseline official KNEW to a certainty that LBJ was at least 2 1/2 feet outside of the restricted area. That FACT, right there, ends the discussion.
Second, the only way they could allowably, by league rule, go to replay review was to review whether or not LBJ was in the restricted area. You CANNOT, by league rule, use the replay review for any other reason in that situation. As several crucial calls went against the Cavs, or were just plain missed when it would be to the benefit of the Cavs, one can safely conclude that the refs intentionally refereed the game in a biased manner. There is no other reasonable conclusion. It was a hyper home team called game.
The call was the equivalent of a Superbowl game call being reversed by going to replay review to determine whether or not a played stepped on the sideline or not (when it was more than abundantly clear that he did not) and then using the replay review to reverse a call of offensive pass interference to defensive pass interference on the same play and nullifying the play.
Holding and pass interference in football and charging/blocking in basketball are subjective calls and are NEVER allowed to be reviewed by league rule. The refs essentially first made a SUBJECTIVE call of charging on KD and then intentionally misused the replay review to again, SUBJECTIVELY reverse that call in the Warriors favor.
Like I said, that was only one call, the most egregious one but if you watch the highlights you will see several crucial calls missed or made against the Cavs.
It was an egregious disgrace and it would not surprise me at all to discover, at some point down the road, that money changed hands at some point. They ripped that game away from the Cavs
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Havlicek stole the inbound pass from Hal Greer, to ice the one-point victory of Celtics over Sixers in the 1965 Eastern Finals 7th game.
So it would’ve been Greer whom the mob got to.
I immediately thought of Zidane getting himself sent off in 2006.
And I didn’t even mention the other howler Karius gave up on Bale’s second goal.
Yeah and then there was.....Andres Escobar
I don't even want to go there. Very sad.
Yes, for my money, the second mistake was worse and really killed off the game.
Salah going down killed off the game, up to that point Liverpool was dominating.
My wife, after watching, was convinced that the “fix” was in place.
A life changing event. No wait, the exact opposite of a life changing event.
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