http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/2010/03/sooooo-close/ A discussion about basketball. More specifically the Raptors and the NBA Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:40:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/2010/03/sooooo-close/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee March 10 | The AltRaps Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:49:23 +0000 http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/?p=751#comment-445 [...] The Picket Fence Just a quick comment on the refs. I never complain about bad calls or get on the bandwagon that claim that refs favour other teams, but I have never, EVER been so frustrated watching what were offensively bad calls, all in favour of the Lakers. At first, Gasol seemed to be getting foul calls the moment any Raptor made contact on defense, and then Turkoglu got several phantom calls. Then the second half, where I actually had to turn the channel out of frustration. The Lakers were getting EVERY call, and the Raptors weren’t getting similar ones on the other end. The “foul” that Kobe drew after he missed the layup was laughable. Well, it would have been if you were a Laker fan. Of course, the Raptor players took about 6 jumpshots in a row after that, so it’s pretty hard to get a makeup call when you do that, but it should never have been called in the first place. [...] [...] The Picket Fence Just a quick comment on the refs. I never complain about bad calls or get on the bandwagon that claim that refs favour other teams, but I have never, EVER been so frustrated watching what were offensively bad calls, all in favour of the Lakers. At first, Gasol seemed to be getting foul calls the moment any Raptor made contact on defense, and then Turkoglu got several phantom calls. Then the second half, where I actually had to turn the channel out of frustration. The Lakers were getting EVERY call, and the Raptors weren’t getting similar ones on the other end. The “foul” that Kobe drew after he missed the layup was laughable. Well, it would have been if you were a Laker fan. Of course, the Raptor players took about 6 jumpshots in a row after that, so it’s pretty hard to get a makeup call when you do that, but it should never have been called in the first place. [...]

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