Comments on: “Uuuuugggghhhhh!” [SLAM] “Good Grief”

By: UNECARMM1

UNECARMM1 — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:33:41 +0000

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By: sm

sm — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:59:44 +0000

Yeah, I’ll take Marbury taking a 12-footer over Crawford taking a 3 any day.

By: DMull

DMull — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:41:44 +0000

I’m not sure I remember ever seeing a foul on a rebound that wasn’t an obvious tip-in attempt with that little time left.

And Marbury did the right thing holding the ball that long, you don’t want to miss, have them rebound it and have a chance…problem was he couldn’t get around the defender to get off a better shot or possibly make a dish…it sure as hell beats Crawford shooting a fadeaway from deep though.

By: KnickerBlogger

KnickerBlogger — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:42:39 +0000

The call was the right call, but then again how many times do officials use their whistles during the final 10 seconds of a game? Nevertheless go to the video tape to check the call. It’s not so much that is wasn’t a foul, but I’ve seen tons of egregious hacks go uncalled in similar situations.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:37:29 +0000

Yeah, it was certainly a tough call to make, but it wasn’t THAT bad.

Berman describes it as “one of the most bizarre endings in NBA history.” Huh? Seriosuly, Berman?

What a silly article.

“If there’s an NBA conspiracy to squeeze the Knicks into the playoffs, there was evidence last night in a final-second fiasco at the Garden involving Channing Frye and Bucks center Andrew Bogut.”

That was probably the funniest part.

Sorta like the poll question when McCain was running for President…”If you heard McCain had an illegitimate black daughter, how would you feel about it?” Same here, just pulling the conspiracy idea out of thin air. Hilariously lame.

By: Dan Panorama

Dan Panorama — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:11:27 +0000

And just cause it’s a good time to dump on the Post – here’s the caption underneath a picture of Mo Williams being fouled:

“KEEPING ‘EM OFF BALANCE: Quentin Richardson (right) and Eddy Curry (rear) watch as the Bucks’ Mardy Collins takes a spill during the Knicks’ 95-93 victory last night at the Garden.”

It’s at:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02242007/sports/knicks/dollar_bill_sold_on__knicks_progress_knicks_brian_lewis.htm

By: Dan Panorama

Dan Panorama — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:09:36 +0000

I think Marc Berman has officially lost his mind. His logic in not calling the foul, I swear, is that because Channing Frye is not a very good rebounder it probably wouldn’t have made a diffrence if Bogut had held him or not. WTF???? Since when does whether or not you’re a good rebounder affect whether or not you were fouled???

By: Dan S

Dan S — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:54:57 +0000

I was actually at the game last night…there was pure chaos when they were debating the call…However, MSG did not show a replay in the arena??? I was so frustrated waiting for the call…And BTW, I did lean over to the friend I was with at the game before the final play and said, “Here we go, another miss by either crawford or marbury at the buzzer…they hold and hold and hold…then blow it, get ready for OT.” Good thing Bogut bailed us out…Now the real tests…NJ and MIA

By: DMull

DMull — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:21:44 +0000

It was a foul. The thing was it was a little touchy (he kind of lightly pulled his shoulder) and I didn’t think there was going to be enough time for Frye to grab the rebound and put it back. Also, I think the fact that Frye thought it was going to be an airball and instead it knicked (ha) the rim made it look worse (not sure if that makes any sense).

But I’d have to watch it a little closer…I do think if it happened the other way I’d have flipped out.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:01:10 +0000

Marbury put up an air ball as time was running down, Bogut was boxing out Curry when at the last second he saw that Frye was cutting inside him and would have a great look at a putback at the buzzer. so his instincts were to hold him down on the shoulders so Frye couldn’t get the ball, which is what he did.

while you rarely see a loose ball foul in that situation, I thought it was a good call since it prevented a chance at the game-winning shot, plus Bogut was getting bogus calls all night, a little karmic payback.