Refs, timekeeper and now the NBA say...
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Shot counts. Lakers win. Lakers lead the series, 3-2.
Maybe the Spurs should have gotten their business done the other 47 minutes of the game, so it didn't come down to whether Duncan or Fisher got the last shot off. Especially since they were playing at home, where they'd already beaten the Lakers 2-0.
All San Antonio needed was a coach with an IQ over 60 who could figure out that when there is .4 seconds left, you get somebody in the face of Gary Payton. All he has to do is force Payton to lob the ball in, and the game's over, Spurs Win!!! But, nooooooo, Payton has a clear look and simply rifles the ball to Fisher so that he has just enough time to get the shot off. If there are 2 seconds left on the clock, fine, focus on Shaq or Kobe, but when there is .4 left, you do anything to disrupt the inbounds pass, or at least force the thrower to redirect the pass so that it could not possibly arrive in time. Popovich blew it big time!!!
NCAA hoops are an incredible spectator sport, but I stopped watching the NBA years ago when they began calling penalties differently for and against "super stars". As far as I am concerned the NBA is on par with professional wrestling.