By far the best officiated game of the playoffs last night

[Datruth345]

yeah, officiating was on point

[Rocky5000]

Did KG really save that ball in the backcourt? And should it have been a backcourt on the Lakers in the 1st? For me, I thought both of those calls were wrong...but I'm not going to write the nba about it.

[HitMan52]

The only problem I had about the officiating is when Perkins was undercut and injured by Derek Fisher and they still called the foul on Perkins.

Everything else was pretty much good no calls or 50-50 calls that could have gone either way.

[MyInsatiableOne]

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Yea I agree, a player passing the ball should have the right to come down especially when he's moving away from the basket. And PP didn't even get in position until Fisher had already passed the ball!

Then why did Vujacic get free throws when he was crashed into AFTER he'd already released his shot and landed his jumper?

[shobe_81]

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Then why did Vujacic get free throws when he was crashed into AFTER he'd already released his shot and landed his jumper?

Pierce tried to draw a foul on the passer, Fisher is already in the air and ready to pass, what's going to do? Change his direction?

Sash was SHOOTING the ball, I didn't get a clear look at a reply but they usually call a foul if the refs know your shot is off and you get hit on the hand.

Two completely different scenarios!

[chakdaddy]

I'm just shocked that they actually let us guard Kobe - that alone made it well officiated in my book. I figured he'd get a Jordan red carpet to the line any time he missed...

[Fencer reregistered]

I agree with all this. Excellently-officiated does NOT entail 100% correct.

[MaxwellSmart]

The only problem I had about the officiating is when Perkins was undercut and injured by Derek Fisher and they still called the foul on Perkins.

Everything else was pretty much good no calls or 50-50 calls that could have gone either way.

BINGO!.....this was the only Blatantly BAD call of the night.

[meatball sub]

The Gasol call was because the ref heard the slap on KG's arm. While it wasn't Gasol who slapped KG, they were right in calling a foul. I heard the slap on my TV so I'm sure the slap was pretty loud on the court. It should have been on Turiaf no doubt but it was a bang bang play and Gasol DID get all ball. Sometimes the wrong guy picks up a foul in that situation.

[nyhuskyfan]

I agree the officiating was pretty decent. There was an iffy call on Kobe getting called in the act of shooting in the second quarter - looked to me like he was bumped by Ray before he even caught the pass. I also thought that PJ got called for a block on a clear charge by Odom in the second quarter (Odom led with his shoulder). The one in the fourth was a good block call I thought, but PJ did a good job selling it and making it look close.

I thought Walton kind of lost his right to a foul trying to block out PJ when he turned and faced PJ and locked arms with him. If you are going to ignore the ball completely, I'm not sure you can expect a whistle.

[TonyMontana]

Did KG really save that ball in the backcourt? And should it have been a backcourt on the Lakers in the 1st? For me, I thought both of those calls were wrong...but I'm not going to write the nba about it.

It was hard to tell since that Big Throphy is sitting in the middle of the court and it did look like KG had his foot on the line when he jumped to save the Ball, and as far as the Back court viloaltion on Pau that was also a bad call, and his block on KG was clean , but it is what it is and the reffs did call a good game over all.
Little mistakes here and there, but overall good calls on the Zebras.
The better team just won and thats all that matters.

[Athanacropolis]

I agree with the OP, and I said this in another post. And I didn't just like the officiating because the Cs won. If LA won, I could've lived with it because the refs let the PLAYERS dictate the outcome of the game. Amazing how much better the product then becomes, no?

[tlee324]

If the refs don't become bigger than the game like this one here, then we'll see a real winner. I was watching the game with a Laker fan, and we both agreed that if the refs stay like this in game one, then it would be a great series on their part.

[threrf23]

Did KG really save that ball in the backcourt? And should it have been a backcourt on the Lakers in the 1st? For me, I thought both of those calls were wrong...but I'm not going to write the nba about it.

I thought this too but didn't want to be the first to post in case I was missing something obvious

[tlee324]

at 2:37, I have it paused on this youtube video, and it looks like KG's foot was behind the line; no backcourt violation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oQfMYu3fAk&feature=user

All that logo stuff over the midcourt makes it harder to see, but it does appear to be a clean play.

[IEcelticfan]

can we get the same crew all 7 gms? scott foster and bavetta are very good. dont remember the 3rd guy