NBA admits mistake in Nuggets-Mavs game

[Gundress]

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT DUDE!!!

THIS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Xp1...eature=related

ridiculous...

I am not expecting to see the hard foul but Wright wasn't doing his right job. He's confused & he knew it, he messed up. He hasn't been in that situation in the playoff experience.

I agreed with Barkley, Kenny Smith talked about they rather to see refs didn't call it when comes to a close game with few secs left and it's not refs game, it's player games...i want to see the playesr made the smart choice, smart play, etc instead complaining & b*itching at refs If refs call the foul....it's not fun to me and big let down.

If Melo didnt make it the shot and that was supposed to be a fou butl...I still rather refs not to call that.

Refs were doing right thing when camae to a close game. ITS A ****ING PLAYOFFF@

[Hawker]

Dude...Rick Carlisla really shouldve known better to put an Aggie in charge of a vital moment in the game.

Seriously...Aggies have never been good at anything in the past 10 years in anything sports related.

Except DeAndre Jordan. And Martellus Bennet.

[oh the horror]

A simple wrap up around his arms would do...

No kidding. Why are people suddenly acting like they forgot what a good intentional foul was?


"WELL HE COULDNT TACKLE HIM!"


Uh....what?

[Jailblazers7]

Who cares?

I wanted the Nuggets to win anyways.

[oh the horror]

Ive been watching the video over and over...not ONLY did he commit a lame soft foul, but when Carmelo passed him, he threw his hands up as if there was no contact, and then when the shot was made, he THEN contested the call, or no call?


Dude ****ed up, period.


When they say foul, you FOUL.

[Soundwave]

It would be funny if this shifts the karma/pisses off the Mavs so much that they somehow come back from down 0-3, whereas if the foul had been called and they won game 3, they probably still would've lost the series in 5 or 6 games.

[asu77golf]

look dude...the NBA came forward and admitted they made a mistake...

EVEN THEY ARE SAYING I AM RIGHT!!!

and it isn't 3-0

it is 3-0*

no, it's 3-0

look it up, the NBA says I'm right!!!

[oh the horror]

It would be funny if this shifts the karma/pisses off the Mavs so much that they somehow come back from down 0-3, whereas if the foul had been called and they won game 3, they probably still would've lost the series in 5 or 6 games.

Mavs dont have big enough balls for that one to happen, but it would be insane.

[asu77golf]

It would be funny if this shifts the karma/pisses off the Mavs so much that they somehow come back from down 0-3, whereas if the foul had been called and they won game 3, they probably still would've lost the series in 5 or 6 games.

They're not called THE HULKS, it doesn't matter how pissed off they get. Series over. Where's all those cocky Mavs fans that started the thread "We Own the Nuggets" or whatever, hahahaha, lookin' GOOD fellas'. Perhaps a little humility next time.

[oh the horror]

Where's all those cocky Mavs fans that started the thread "We Own the Nuggets" or whatever, hahahaha, lookin' GOOD fellas'. Perhaps a little humility next time.

Lesson learned on that one eh?

[Nanners]

mavs fans need to realize that they can take something positive away from this game. here is a quick checklist

1. you are down 0-3

2. your team sucks

3. you would have lost anyway

now once you accept these 3 main facts of life, we can move on to the more important things, like whether or not bennet salvatore really takes money from the mafia

[spree43]

This is how I saw it Dallas fans...

1. You had a young in experienced guy playing on Melo, and he made a young inexperienced play. That I'm sure he won't do next time. He went for the ball only on the foul and should have made it more clumsy, and wrapped up with the other hand

2. He then proceeded to not guard Melo after the initial foul attempt, inexperienced mistake

3. You lost the game because you didn't put Josh Howard on Melo on this play
EDIT: Just realised Howard had 5 fouls, so probably a result of that rather than bad coaching on that play, because your really weak at the swing positions and kidd is needed for Mr Bigshot

4. Lets not neglect the two bad shots by Dirk

5. This single play didn't cost you the game or the series, they still had the ball, you still had 2 chances to win the game and Dirk didn't take them

6. If Melo had have travelled and then hit the shot you could say the refs cost you the game, because you would have gotten the ball back, and the call would have cost you possesion, but it didn't, the nuggets would have just run a catch and shoot play

7. Cuban and Howard grossly overreacted after the game, mostly because they realised the series is basicly over and this was a must win, and its really poor sportsmanship to act like this when it was a really bad play by Wright

8. Dallas lost this game tonight because of bad coaching and bad shot selection at the end of the game, don't try and push the blame completely on the refs

[momo]

This is how I saw it Dallas fans...

1. You had a young in experienced guy playing on Melo, and he made a young inexperienced play. That I'm sure he won't do next time. He went for the ball only on the foul and should have made it more clumsy, and wrapped up with the other hand

2. He then proceeded to not guard Melo after the initial foul attempt, inexperienced mistake

3. You lost the game because you didn't put Josh Howard on Melo on this play

4. Lets not neglect the two bad shots by Dirk

5. This single play didn't cost you the game or the series, they still had the ball, you still had 2 chances to win the game and Dirk didn't take them

6. If Melo had have travelled and then hit the shot you could say the refs cost you the game, because you would have gotten the ball back, and the call would have cost you possesion, but it didn't, the nuggets would have just run a catch and shoot play

7. Cuban and Howard grossly overreacted after the game, mostly because they realised the series is basicly over and this was a must win, and its really poor sportsmanship to act like this when it was a really bad play by Wright

8. Dallas lost this game tonight because of bad coaching and bad shot selection at the end of the game, don't try and push the blame completely on the refs

Great post, true dat on all counts.

Teams tell ref's they are going to foul, so you can be chapped at the refs a bit if need be, but freeking FOUL if it is the game on the line and do not have wet behind the ears sparky in the game assigned to do it.

Ref's = 1% blame here, Mavs get the other 98%. Rest is kobe's fault.

[RainierBeachPoet]

"Carmelo fumbled the ball and I hit him," Wright said.
Wright stepped back, waiting for a call that never came.


"Antoine was so sure that he fouled that he stopped (playing)," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said.
Said Nuggets coach George Karl: "I didn't see a foul."

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12332295


i cant wait to see game 4!!

[Brunch@Five]

Refs were absolutely right in not calling a foul. A foul should only be called if the fouled player was put at a disadvantage. Melo proceeded to hit the shot. Refs made everything right, the blame should be solely on the Mavs. Wright didn't defend well enough/foul hard enough to force the refs to make a call.

And I'm a Mavs fan saying this.