27 years ago today Chris Webber provided the best evidence of the basketball gods.

[Kblaze8855]

He couldn’t be allowed to get away with that travel with the national title on the line. Something divine stepped in at that point.




https://youtu.be/-QPB9NBUG2g



"If we'd called the walk, then everything else disappears," former NCAA basketball official Tom Harrington conceded in a 2014 conversation.

The seven-time Final Four veteran was in position along the baseline beneath Michigan's basket when Webber dragged his foot. Harrington recalled seeing the UNC bench's reaction, hearing the screams from the crowd and thinking, "Oh no, what'd we miss?" His crewmate Jim Stupin was the official who didn't make the call. "North Carolina gets the ball right there, up two." Harrington said. "But it's still just a two-point game. The truth is, we didn't even know about it until we were in the locker room after the game."



That's where Hank Nichols, then-NCAA supervisor of officials, informed them of the miss and said, "You guys did a great job, but you have to be lucky sometimes. If Michigan had won that game, everyone tonight wouldn't be talking the teams. They'd be talking about us."

[John Connor]

Or... uh... it could just be that the refs missed one play... and that Chris Webber was choking out of his mind, nervous beyond belief from the very moment that he got the rebound thus not thinking clearly which resulted in two mistakes... making it increasingly unlikely that the refs would miss a call both times.

[Kblaze8855]

Nah. It was probably the spirit of Pistol Pete making a judgement call.

[STATUTORY]

nah it's easily 2011 Finals. Classless Wade and Bran mocks Nowitzky by fake coughing ahead of game 5

https://miami.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909786/2011/06/lebronwademocking.jpg

Dirk wins the game and closes them out in 6

greatest final series of all time. Especially when you consider the rig job in 2006 that tarnished Dirk's reputation for years.

karma years in the making > webber panicking twice in 20 seconds

[tpols]

Ball don't lie.

-sheed

[HylianNightmare]

The fake cough was My favorite. That finals was great

[dirkdiggler41]

Wasn't there an assistant coach or player who said to Webber to call a timeout, or am I wrong? Anyway, coaches should let players know how many timeouts there is. You can't expect players to keep that in their head in such a big moment.

[rawimpact]

nah it's easily 2011 Finals. Classless Wade and Bran mocks Nowitzky by fake coughing ahead of game 5

https://miami.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909786/2011/06/lebronwademocking.jpg

Dirk wins the game and closes them out in 6

greatest final series of all time. Especially when you consider the rig job in 2006 that tarnished Dirk's reputation for years.

karma years in the making > webber panicking twice in 20 seconds

this was one of the worst sportsmanship’s of the 2000s

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

nah it's easily 2011 Finals. Classless Wade and Bran mocks Nowitzky by fake coughing ahead of game 5

https://miami.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909786/2011/06/lebronwademocking.jpg

Dirk wins the game and closes them out in 6

greatest final series of all time. Especially when you consider the rig job in 2006 that tarnished Dirk's reputation for years.

karma years in the making > webber panicking twice in 20 seconds

Around the time Wade morphed into a lame ass diva :oldlol:

[Kblaze8855]

Wasn't there an assistant coach or player who said to Webber to call a timeout, or am I wrong? Anyway, coaches should let players know how many timeouts there is. You can't expect players to keep that in their head in such a big moment.

They had a play. He ****ed it up from the start. He was supposed to pass it to Jalen to bring it up and try to get a pick for a 3....if that wasn’t there it was supposed to go back to Webber. He got the whole thing wrong.

[brownmamba00]

Around the time Wade morphed into a lame ass diva :oldlol:

He is still the same. I guess thats what happens if you get a chance banging gabrielle every other day.

[warriorfan]

nah it's easily 2011 Finals. Classless Wade and Bran mocks Nowitzky by fake coughing ahead of game 5

https://miami.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909786/2011/06/lebronwademocking.jpg

Dirk wins the game and closes them out in 6

greatest final series of all time. Especially when you consider the rig job in 2006 that tarnished Dirk's reputation for years.

karma years in the making > webber panicking twice in 20 seconds

Imagine doing this then getting outscored by Jason Terry and losing. :roll:

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

He is still the same. I guess thats what happens if you get a chance banging gabrielle every other day.

Gabrielle probably has that simp by the balls.