you were tryna insuate that it was both teams though admit it come on, otherwise you would have said EEVRYBODY, when it was clearly mostly Dwayne Wade doing 95% of the flopping shooting 25 free throws a game, come on now -_-
Don't you know? It is clearly a defensive foul when the offensive player reaches out and hits the defender...at least when Dwayne "Give that man an Oscar" Wade is acting out his rendition of what it looks like when someone gets shot. Dwayne Wade definitely has a career in acting after he retires from basketball.
1) What was Dirk tryin to accomplish when he stuck his left hand out? a) Trying to steal the ball? b) Trying to slow Wade down? c) {insert any other reason you can think of}
2) In sticking his left arm out, does he make contact with Wade? a) was that contact illegal? b) why or why not?
For those of you that think this is a "Phatom foul." Just because someone labels this as a phantom foul doesn't mean its true. This isn't a pick up game with you and your buddies. Where you have no ref and you can get away with fouling. This is a NBA game with rules. I agree, refs make bad calls and miss calls. It happens. They aren't perfect. However, this is and will almost always be called a foul and to think otherwise is silly.
@srch4trth How about because reaching in isn't a foul in itself, there has to be contact. If a defensive player “reaches in” to attempt a steal or distract the offensive player they are guarding and doesn’t create any contact, no foul should be called. Reaching in isn’t necessarily a foul until contact is created. Basketball rules state that the foul isn’t called reaching in, but holding or pushing. The only contact is from Wade swinging his right arm at Dirk.
@xxplanoxx Correct on the rule. Incorrect on who makes contact first. Wade is dribbling forward and Dirks sticks his left arm in to either 1) swipe at the ball or 2) slow him down. Thus Dirk is the first to make contact, which by your definition is a foul. Wade's natural reaction is to protect the ball, hence the swinging of his right arm, which he is allowed to do.
Curious, have you ever played organized basketball?
@srch4trth You can touch the person with the ball, that's not a foul. (Though I can see why you might think it's a foul since that's the type of call Wade seems to get all the time) Holding or pushing is a foul. He didn't hold or push Wade. If the rule was interpreted consistently with this play then every time someone drives in the lane there would be a foul. You can't honestly think that's how the game should be called, can you?
a defensive player is not allowed to "reach in" and create illegal contact with the offensive player, which by your definition is considered a holding foul.1) Does Dirk "reach in?" Yes 2)Does Dirk create illegal contact? Yes 3) Foul on Dirk. The only way I see this NOT being a foul is if Miami committed the same type of foul and it was not called. Remember this isn't a streetball game. And if you honestly played organized ball then you know 9/10 this would be considered a foul on any level.
@xxplanoxx okay, let's try this a different way. What was Dirk trying to accomplish when he stuck his left arm out? Was he trying to slow Wade down? Was he trying to go for the steal? You tell me, what was he trying to do? Because those are the only two scenarios I can think of.
@srch4trth I'm guessing he was going for the steal, but the rules don't look at intent so I'm not sure why that matters? The rules look at what actually happened. A foul did not happen.
If someone intends to foul someone to avoid the easy basket but aren't quick enough or in position do they call it anyways due to the player's intent? (Not talking about when they communicate to the ref that they are looking for a quick foul to stop the clock)
@xxplanoxx ok so he was going for the steal: Wade came off the pick and roll dribbling the ball with his left hand. He is also moving forward and to the left to avoid Dirk and dribble around him. If Dirk's intent was to go for the steal then he made a big mistake by doing so with his LEFT hand. Which hand he uses makes a huge difference. If he uses his right hand he not only has a better chance at getting the steal but he also has time to move it out of the way if he fails.
@xxplanoxx This is called a reach in, which he's allowed to do because no contact would have been made. Instead by using his left he puts himself out of position has to reach across his own body and Wade's body. And because he's outta position, he swipes at the ball, missed it and doesn't have enough time to move his arm out of the way before he makes contact with Wade. Because contact was made, it slowed Wade down, which by your previous definition is a "holding foul" a foul was called.
@xxplanoxx "If someone intends to foul someone to avoid the easy basket but aren't quick enough or in position do they call it anyways due to the player's intent?"
--No, because just like you said, they are "out of position."
Was it Dirk's intention to foul, 25 feet from the basket, down by 1 with 26 secs left? Probably not. But he did. It was a poor decision. The only reason I could see this not being a foul is if the refs were inconsistent with similar plays during the course of this game
@xxplanoxx I've tried to explain it to you in different ways. And in the previous comments went into detail on why its a foul and how he could've avoided it. I've also used the definition of a "holding foul" which you provided, to prove my case. You on the other hand are unable to successfully defend your position intelligently and as a result resort to ad hominems.
If you feel the need to pick up the conversation again I'd be more than happy to also. If not, oh well. Nice talking to you.
@srch4trth You said it's a reach foul, which is not a foul. You can't tell me what the foul is, you just keep saying it's a foul, it's a foul. Making contact is not a foul, holding and blocking is a foul. I must be a glutton for punishment but I'll ask again: is this a hold or a block? One word answer: hold / block.
The first word of your next comment better be either hold or block, and then an explanation of why. And "Dirk touched him first" is not reason for a foul.
@xxplanoxx OMG, I already explained why this is a HOLDING foul. Please the comments where I start: "Ok so he was going for the steal". That is where I explained WHY its a foul.
@srch4trth 59 to 11 says this is not a hold. The replay shows it is not a hold. Wade runs into / hits Dirk. Anyways, wasting my time here. Take off your Miami goggles and learn to love the game and not just your team.
@xxplanoxx You know what, go down to your local YMCA or fitness club. Sign up for the rec basketball league. If you ever leave the bench and get some PT, commit this same type of foul and see if you're called for it.
If Wade, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Magic, Bird, Pippen, KAJ, {insert any basketball player}, committed the foul, I would still say it was a foul because IT IS A FOUL!!!!!
As for wasting time; I'm sorry you feel that way. Hopefully you've learned what a "holding" foul is
@srch4trth seriously if you expect to call that foul in your playground/pickup/YMCA game and not be mocked by YOUR OWN TEAMMATES, then you are drunk, high, and shooting heroin... you are BEYOND stoned!
you aren't allowed on offense to put your non-dribbling hand out to push a player away from you just because he blocks your "clear" path to the basket (in this case, dribbling AWAY from the hoop)
you aren't even allowed to use your "off-hand" to push a defender away on a DUNK!
@Zaxxon2008 That's why I said this is NOT a pickup game. I suggested playing an organized game, with rules and refs.
If a defensive player reaches in or tries to block a shot the offensive player can use the non dribbling/shooting hand to protect the ball. He/She is just not allowed to create illegal contact while doing so.
Wade did not initiate the contact he REACTED to it. I've already explained who caused the contact. Explain why a foul shouldn't have been called on Dirk
while you cry & whine (like DWade) "the offensive player can use the non dribbling/shooting hand to protect the ball" IT is CLEARLY Wade who puts out his OFF-hand to CREATE the contact, NOT to "protect the ball" as you claim... he PUSHED Dirk away, and as Dirk reels back, the whistle is blown
not seeing this despite the replay @:06 is why you are at least Semi, if not Fully, retarded
@Zaxxon2008 it amazes me how you and so many others can look at this replay hundreds, maybe thousands of times and still claim Wade fouled Dirk. On the replay do you see where Dirk uses his left arm to reach in BEFORE Wade uses his off hand to protect the ball? Pause the vid a few frames before the contact occurs. If you can't see that then you're being willfully ignorant and there would be no reason to continue the conversation.
@srch4trth and AGAIN you either CAN'T or WON'T use proper reading comprehension skills (perhaps you haven't gotten to that grade in school, kid)
crying that - "A offensive player can use his off hand to protect the ball while dribbling" doesn't make what Wade did legal, because he DID NOT protect the ball, he protected himself from the defender
"protect(ing) the ball" from a defender with your off hand means you can grab THE BALL with bother hands, NOT that you can push a player away from you
@Zaxxon2008 once again you make it seem as if Wade foulded Dirk. And by that I can assume that this is what you think?
Let me explain this to you once again: If I'm dribbling the ball with my right hand. I am legally able to use my left arm and/or body to protect the ball. Why? Because if the defense reaches in they have to go THRU my arm and/or body to swipe at the ball. Which would mean they make contact with me. Thus committing a foul.
@Zaxxon2008 I don't care what you've claimed to "explain to me." So instead of questioning my "reading comphrension skills or intelligence", why don't address my actual argument. My argument is NOT whether DWade used his off hand to "push" Dirk away. This IS my argument: DIRK FOULED DWADE BY REACHING IN, WHICH CAUSED ILLEGAL CONTACT, BEFORE WADE 'PUSHED OFF'. Please address my acutal claim (which is Dirk reached in)and not refer back to the "DWADE pushed Dirk with his off hand argument."
your "actual claim" was that Wade pushing off with his off-hand is perfectly legal, because he's simply "protecting the ball"
which is as phony as your attempt to rewrite history!
now run along and rob a Footlocker or spin your rims, or something else you actually understand, because you don't understand basketball or how to read the rules (even when they are cut & pasted from NBA website) LOL
@Zaxxon2008 Anyone who actually reads my comments can see that my ORIGINAL comment/claim was "Dirk reached in first which caused the initial contact". I'll rephrase it and maybe then you'll understand my claim better.
Yes Wade did push off with his right hand, which can also could've been called a foul. However, when Dirk reached in to steal the ball, he missed. Upon doing so Dirk created contact first and was called for a holding foul.
@Zaxxon2008 Instead of trying to "insult" me, which you fail miserably at, you should refute my claim.
Here it is for a second time: "Yes Wade did push off with his right hand, which can also could've been called a foul. However, when Dirk reached in to steal the ball, he missed. Upon doing so Dirk created contact first and was called for a holding foul."
@Zaxxon2008 funny how you failed to mention the second half of my quote which is my ACTUAL claim. Nice quotemine. Why do you keep avoiding my claim that Dirk reach in first? ahhh because you know he did and then you have to admit that this isn't a phantom foul. The only one "exposed" here is you.
but the fact remains, you cry "Dirk reach in first" ONLY AFTER you cried "He's allowed to protect the ball with his off hand" over and over again, trying to whine that pushing off while you have the ball is fine, just as long as you're your buttbuddy DWade
you reek of failsauce, just give up and flame another vid of DWade actually doing something right for a change
@Zaxxon2008 Here is my original comment: "Correct call. Dirk reaches in (foul) and per the NBA rules, DWade is allowed to protect the ball with his off hand."
--notice the first thing I said was "Dirk reaches in" BEFORE I said Wade is allowed to protect the ball? You keep going back to the Dwade protecting the ball while failing to even address the actual claim. Now who's the one with the reading comprehension problem? Ignorance is bliss, ain't it? This my last comment, believe what you want.
you can CLAIM "not my claim" in regards to "Dwade protecting the ball"
and yet anyone watching can CLEARLY see I quoted you DIRECTLY, lady, as saying "Correct call. Dirk reaches in (foul) and per the NBA rules, DWade is allowed to protect the ball with his off hand."
OOOOOH shit, the truth must hurt your pussy so bad, lady, to feel the NEED WANT & DESIRE to reply even after you cried "NO MAS!" (ie your cry - "This my last comment")
@Zaxxon2008--- and yet anyone watching can CLEARLY see I quoted you DIRECTLY, lady, as saying "Correct call. Dirk reaches in (foul) and per the NBA rules, DWade is allowed to protect the ball with his off hand."
Now address the first half of my claim. "Correct call. Dirk reaches in"
@Zaxxon2008 However, I cannot use my arm and/or body to create illegal contact. Thats Dribbling 101. Remember we are talking about protecting the ball WHILE dribbling. Yes Wade uses his right arm AFTER, once again AFTER Dirk fouls him. Which you still have not acknowledged. What Wade does is actually irrelevant because Dirk fouls him BEFORE once again BEFORE he uses his right arm. I'll give you one more chance to acknowledge the reach in by Dirk. Its on the replay. If not, nice talking to you.
@Zaxxon2008 FACT: There was contact made on this play. Hence a foul being called. The question then becomes: Who initiates the contact, Dirk or Wade? And when you objectively look at the replay you clearly see Dirk reaching in to steal the ball. I've already mentioned in previous comments how Dirk commits and could've avoided the foul.
BTW, I'm still waiting on to explain how a defense can eliminate an offensive player's "free" drive to the basket.
@srch4trth "I'm still waiting on to explain how a defense can eliminate an offensive player's "free" drive to the basket."
LMFAO@U
you can't be serious.... c'mon kid, you're joking around now. you've never seen a Duke basketball game before? if not, you may never have seen a charging call. those twirps are great at drawing them
@Zaxxon2008 great so you do know how a defense can eliminate a "free" drive by the offense. I'm a UNC fan so of course I've seen many ACC games. I only mentioned how a defense can eliminate a drive to point out what Dirk didn't do. He didn't get himself in position to take a charge (if he was trying to drawn a foul). Hell, he doesn't even move his feet until after contact his made. (Poor defense) And to make up for it he reaches in with his left arm to steal the ball.....continued
With him being out of position when he reaches in, with his left arm, he misses the ball and doesn't have time to withdraw his arm before he makes contact with Wade. If I'm driving to the basket or dribbling up the court and you stick your arm out to steal the ball. And I run into your arm, its not a foul on me. Thats a foul on you. That is exactly what happens on this play.
That is exactly what happens on this play. Anyone who looks at the replay objectively can see this. If not, then they're being willfully ignorant. The replay doesn't lie.
@Zaxxon2008 you and others can question my intelligence all you want. It will not change the fact that this was a foul on Dirk.
"entitled to a free drive to the basket"
-a offensive player is allowed to drive to the basket. A defense player/team has several options to eliminate a "free" drive to the basket. When you explain what they are then you'd know why there are no "free" drives to the basket.
We are the NBA and we control who wins!!!! For all of you who think the Heat won because they made more FG's, shot a better FG%, hit more 3's, better 3pt %, more rebounds, more assists, less turnovers, more steals... all you people who think the heat won just because they did all that, man you need to educate yourselves.. that doesn't matter, it's all about FT's from hack-a-shaq
how about Game 6 when Udonis got the rebound to seal the series, and then the refs called a travel violation on James posey when the replay showed Posey never had the ball. This gave the Mavs an extra possession, which could have lost the series , but good thing Terry missed a wide open 3. Please post all the missed FT's by the Mavs in game 5 that would have ended the game in regulation!!!
Show the angle where Dirk hip checks him. No one on ESPN disputed this call. Nor did they on NBATV, Kamla said the next day it was 1000% correct call. This whole series was a joke.. Show the play where Avery tells Howard to call a TO and the refs refused because they knew he didn't want one. Then Avery says TIMEOUT and Howard like a moron calls for a TO again, and they were forced to give them a TO, losing the series.. Also show the missed FT's by Dirk that would have forced OT in game 3.
Really? THIS is the best you crybaby mavs fans can do? What a bunch of babies. Yeah, Wade got a few calls he shouldnt have, and if i was a crybaby id go through all the film and find you just as many calls the mavs got, but unlike mavs fans im not a crybaby and can admit defeat. Stop crying little babies.
@KickAssWrestlingShow stfu. this is a clear foul on wade. what do you mean is the best mavs fans can do? wtf does that have to with anything a foul is a foul. and this is just game 6; what about game 5 where wade had as many free throws as the entire mavs team? youre either a miami fan or a dumbass.
@gunsman55 and your a crybaby. I can go through all the film and find plenty of calls that went against miami it goes both ways ALWAYS questionable calls thats never a good excuse. Its an excuse for pussies who cant man up and accept defeat, aka mavs fans
i hope my mavs go back to the finals and face the heat so we can shut the heat up and to this travesty of a finals back bbehind us. This is bs damn dwayne wade little pussy
I agree that the foul calls in videos 1, 4, and 5 shouldn't have been foul calls - they were phantom calls, period.
I think the foul call in video 3 probably shouldn't have been called, but the video quality is pretty bad. In other words, I disagree with the foul call, but there MIGHT have been a little bit of contact - I can't tell with poor video quality.
Foul call in video 2 was fair. I hate the NBA's rules that punish defense, but that's a blocking foul. So 3 or 4 definitely incorrect calls.
@MaverEconMD you dont think that in the average game there are 3 or 4 missed calls each way? i know im a heat fan, but this is ridiculous nothings fixed. in that shot where wade double clutched, yeah it wasnt a foul, but it could have fooled anyone watching it live
@MaverEconMD you dont think that in the average game there are 3 or 4 missed calls each way? i know im a heat fan, but this is ridiculous nothings fixed. in that shot where wade double clutched, yeah it wasnt a foul, but it could have fooled anyone watching it live. rigged= lakers kings 2002
how can you look at all of these phantom foul videos objectively and still feel like there wasn't some shadow figure pulling strings in this series. I mean come on
@SuperCockism nah man since before wade got drafted.. i think july 8th was the date u shit yaself knowing the mavs arent gonna win a championship till lebron an wade retire
I had never seen a complete serie being that controlled by refs !It wasn't only the FT's given to Wade or ,even the non-calls (played a big role,though.When you allow Shaq to do whatever in the paint etc.),but they really sent a clear & obvious message to the players: we control the game and his outcome.SHAME ON THE NBA !
@villapi We control the game!! We put Vaseline on the ball that made Dirk miss the game tying FT in game 3. We made Howard and Avery call a timeout!! We made Avery resort to Hack-A-Shaq 7 times in game 5, resulting in 16 free throws!! We made the Mavs miss 4 FT's in the final minutes of game 5!!! We made Avery intentionally put the Heat in the bonus with 8:55 seconds left in a quarter!!! We made Avery Hack-a-shaq with 4:55 seconds left in Game 5 when his team had the LEAD!!!
.This is a reaching foul on Dirk. You can pause the video at 7 seconds, you can't reach across someones body with your arm and anyone who doesn't think this is a foul is either a biased and/or knows nothing about the game of basketball. To say a team lost a series because of 3 or 4 missed calls you found and posted on youtube as so far beyond idiotic they should come up with a new word for it. . .like. . .Mavsfan.
Why did the heat loose in the first round the following year by a sweep? They were the same team the following year. same roster and coach and everything.
Hey man. Great videos. But you leave out the last foul of the game. When Wade drove to the basket, shot a runner, didn't get touched (which you can see on replay), missed, hit two free throws for the win.
I forgot that this play happened immediately before that. Utterly ridiculous.
Dirk was moving and put his leg in Wade's way because Wade was too fast for him. Instead of letting Wade blow by him, Dirk stuck his leg in his way to slow him down but that's a foul.
and LAUGH OUT LOUD at "gave the Heat the championship" these video's are stupid.
i have no prob admitting the refs did favor the heat game 5 and 6 but if you actually know the real nba rule dirk technically does foul wade here. if you look closely wade runs past him but dirk actually throws his arms into him while moving towards him. I think the mavs have a right to be mad with the refs but the refs didn't make fake calls against the heat. wade really did deserve a lot of those calls when you triple teaming a person you're gonna end up fouling him every time.
@gunzac21 what the mavs should be angry about is that the refs were not as stringent with the rules when the heat commited fouls on them. but quite frankly the real reason the mavs lost is cause they choked. and btw spurs fans will tell you that the mavs only got this far because the refs gave dirk crazy calls. Dirk had more free throws that play off run than ever in his carreer and one of the most in mav franchise history.
I been watching the NBA for 25 years and I never seen referees give a player so many foul calls ever. Even when Jordan scored 55 and drove to the paint on almost every play he didn't get as many fouls as Wade. I am not a fan of the Mavs or Heat but Wade 25 FTA in game 5 and 21 FTA in game 6 both close games is the worst I have ever seen.
@lvelazq1 That's just an uniformed thing to say... the manner in which games are officiated has constantly evolved - like in the mid 90's there was a change in officiating that disallowed gaurds to forearm gaurd the opponent pg or sg who drove to the rack. This rule change drastically affected gaurdplay. BUT, all you see here are pathetic mavs fans who aren't even cognizant of how NBA finals play out. They resort to grainy vid clips and complain like the b*tches they truly are - ala Cuban!
There was a phantom foul worst than any of these during the series, I think it was in Miami. It involved Wade of course. Worst of all, on TV, they showed the replay only once and the commentators said NOTHING about what a horrible call it was. And the NBA wonders why a large number of people think the games are fixed.
Oh yes, that was clearly a foul on Dirk. Wade reach out to shove him, Dirk pulled back and Wade nicked his wrist. That's Dirk for you, always doing those hard fouls...
I think everyone who doesn't consider himself a Mavs or Heat fan could tell you the Mavs absolutely got hosed. It was like watching the 4th quarter of game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals, but the crappy refereeing lasted 8 quarters instead of one. The only reason the Mavs stood a chance was because Wade was the only one benefiting from the terrible calls, whereas every Laker got the call back in 2002.
@gierbolini90210 haha too bad miami is playing like shit haha miami went from championship contenders to crying in the locker room. lol you dont see the mavs crying,
out of all these 'PHANTOM CALLS' one of them was a foul and the others we're good calls or debatable. Wade s a profesional basketball player he knows how to draw contact and he does not argue the reffs giving him foul shots
are u kidding, the point is there not fouls its not that he knows how to draw fouls the superstars get all the calls, wade/lebron/durant gtfo!!! of course he wouldnt argue he is the one shooting idiot nobody is gonna argue when calls are going there way! damn another idiot that cant admit wade got carried by the reff's
Heat fans who are ignorant to this and aren't even man enough to say the Heat were babied to win a championship should all die, its your team that won not ours you have little to no reason to talk that the reason the Mavs lost was because of shots they felt they had to put up to have a chance at winning, shots that wouldn't be needed at all if the officials called the game right, but hell thats the NBA.
For those who thinks the series was rigged...Game Three with a chance to tie Dirk misses one of two free throws, Miami wins, Game Five yet another chance to tie Dirk misses one of two free throws, Miami wins....Game Six with a chance to win Jason Terry missed a WIDE OPEN three-pointer....Miami wins the series 4-2...Did the NBA make Dirk miss those two free throws? Did the refs make Terry miss the three pointer? Just let is go Dallas, the Mavericks team collasped.
@CecilCollins34 What you don't realize is that was a flagrant foul on Dirk that wasn't called so. Plus apparently you didn't watch the series, because even if Dirk had made both shots, Wade would've had two freebies at the other end to seal the game anyway. The refs were going to do what ever it took to make Miami comback and win that series. The League cheated Dallas. One other thing, Dirk missed only 5 free throws in that Rigged series... Wade missed about 25 free throws.
@CecilCollins34 I too watched the series...the refs rigged it! ACCEPT IT ALREADY!!!
Oh, and good for you and your fellow heat fans, David Stern doesn't feel that ANY rules apply to your team! Didn't I hear Bosh say they had been planning it for months? Yes, we all did. And just a sample of them being favored this summer...last summer Jason Terry tried to give his number to Marion, NBA wouldnt allow it. This summer, Mario Chalmers gave #6 to Lebron. NBA allowed it. Where's the consistency?
@laurahughart Ha! That is the stupidest response I have ever heard....Mavs fell apart....Mark Cuban whines again...end of story.....btw LeBron James informed the NBA his intent to change his jersey from 23 to 6 well BEFORE the season ended.....so that is probably why it is allowed....
The officiating in this series was a disgrace. If you could, you should post the Game 5 foul call that sent Wade to the line for the game winning free throws. That was a bad one especially considering the circumstances. This is the only series in the history of sports (That I can recall) were the wrong team won. Dirk and the rest of the '06 Mavs should have a ring...not D-Wade.
Also the '02 WCF with the Lakers and Kings. That, game 6 i think it was, was fixed so bad it's not even funny. I think it was like Lakers had 27 free throw attempts to the Mavs none or something
@KrfNYC2 You mean the one where the whined that Dirk never touched Wade? Well you were right but the picture of it showed Harris clearly fouled Wade...
@KrfNYC2 They stilled lost......they collasped, its not the first time a time has and lost a 2-0 in a playoff series or a NBA finals...the Mavericks just got outplayed the final four games....plus having Mark Cuban as an owner probably didn't help since of all the stuns he pulls...The Heat won....Fairly....
@CecilCollins34 You made no point in that comment. I'm saying that the Mavericks deserved to win but did not because the officiating favored Miami too heavily. You reply with "They still lost"...I know, that's the issue...I don't think they deserved too. It's just a difference in opinion. By the way, what team are you a fan of?
@CecilCollins34 I'm not stating an opinion on the clutch factors of Dirk or Terry. All I'm saying is that the officitaing in the series was poor thus resulting in an unfortunate outcome.
this was so disappointing to watch. The mavs handles the heat the first two games but then the NBA continued its course of blatantly fixed games. Every time wade was touched, a foul was called. There were plays where guys ran right into dirk and no foul was called. Probably the most rigged series since the 2002 WCF. I hate the NBA now. It's so bad that 1 player is allowed to take over the entire league. I hate it.
Mavs sucks.
it isn't worth u to like it.
idiot team.
last year they champs just for good luck. Mavs sucks.
hal00475 1 week ago
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'it's a good call. NOT Phantom Foul.
mav fans r IDIOT and BLIND.
nothing we can help the thing.
hal00475 1 month ago
Dirk moved out of his pick. Watch his feet.
Voosh21 1 month ago
it's a good call.
mav sucks! dirk fuck ur mother!
miami champs!!!
hal00475 2 months ago
@hal00475 u just say that cuz ur heat fan ! Fuck wade and the rest of ur motherfuckers
Superazlive 1 month ago 2
@hal00475 fuck you heat fans thats why you fuckers lost. GO Mavs
DCfan971 2 weeks ago
lots of flops by everybody in this series
zhaq97 5 months ago
@zhaq97
it's clear your a heat fan lol
Mikey1724 5 months ago
@Mikey1724 true but i wasn't saying that the mavs flopped too. i was just saying there were lots of flops in the series.
zhaq97 5 months ago
@zhaq97
you were tryna insuate that it was both teams though admit it come on, otherwise you would have said EEVRYBODY, when it was clearly mostly Dwayne Wade doing 95% of the flopping shooting 25 free throws a game, come on now -_-
Mikey1724 5 months ago
@Mikey1724 well my mistake
zhaq97 5 months ago
fuck the heat
DCfan971 5 months ago
dwhistle aint shit unless da refs r protecting him on every drive or hes sucking lebrons cock n regretting it after he went ghost inda finals lmaoo
pretyboymoney 6 months ago
reminds me of this seaons champ-game when Lebron did thaat head-jerk and nobody had touched him... yet the ref whistled it a foul...
thank GOD the Heat got their own FLOPPY desserts!!! F-the Heat
GO MAVS!!!
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
wow that was Dirk's space.
jangyjangskie 7 months ago
Don't you know? It is clearly a defensive foul when the offensive player reaches out and hits the defender...at least when Dwayne "Give that man an Oscar" Wade is acting out his rendition of what it looks like when someone gets shot. Dwayne Wade definitely has a career in acting after he retires from basketball.
SeamusCallan1 7 months ago
Here are a few questions to ask yourself:
1) What was Dirk tryin to accomplish when he stuck his left hand out? a) Trying to steal the ball? b) Trying to slow Wade down? c) {insert any other reason you can think of}
2) In sticking his left arm out, does he make contact with Wade? a) was that contact illegal? b) why or why not?
3) Is Wade allowed to protect the ball?
srch4trth 7 months ago
For those of you that think this is a "Phatom foul." Just because someone labels this as a phantom foul doesn't mean its true. This isn't a pick up game with you and your buddies. Where you have no ref and you can get away with fouling. This is a NBA game with rules. I agree, refs make bad calls and miss calls. It happens. They aren't perfect. However, this is and will almost always be called a foul and to think otherwise is silly.
srch4trth 7 months ago
this is a blattant fixed finals, damn ref....
emokillss 7 months ago
@srch4trth Dirk doesn't create any illegal contact. Pathetic argument
saldad1772 7 months ago
@saldad1772 So what was Dirk trying to accomplish when he stuck his left arm out?
srch4trth 7 months ago
No foul.
coryisbored 7 months ago
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suciochanch 7 months ago
It's not reaching in if he didn't hit the arm with the ball in, you stupid ghetto trash.
MrVhatever 7 months ago
Correct call. Dirk reaches in (foul) and per the NBA rules, DWade is allowed to protect the ball with his off hand.
srch4trth 8 months ago
@srch4trth sorry I couldn't hear you with DWade's dick in your mouth
misterpwn 7 months ago
@srch4trth are you blind or just plain stupid?
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx so you tell me, why is this not a foul on Dirk?
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth How about because reaching in isn't a foul in itself, there has to be contact. If a defensive player “reaches in” to attempt a steal or distract the offensive player they are guarding and doesn’t create any contact, no foul should be called. Reaching in isn’t necessarily a foul until contact is created. Basketball rules state that the foul isn’t called reaching in, but holding or pushing. The only contact is from Wade swinging his right arm at Dirk.
Ok, now you go.
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx Correct on the rule. Incorrect on who makes contact first. Wade is dribbling forward and Dirks sticks his left arm in to either 1) swipe at the ball or 2) slow him down. Thus Dirk is the first to make contact, which by your definition is a foul. Wade's natural reaction is to protect the ball, hence the swinging of his right arm, which he is allowed to do.
Curious, have you ever played organized basketball?
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth You can touch the person with the ball, that's not a foul. (Though I can see why you might think it's a foul since that's the type of call Wade seems to get all the time) Holding or pushing is a foul. He didn't hold or push Wade. If the rule was interpreted consistently with this play then every time someone drives in the lane there would be a foul. You can't honestly think that's how the game should be called, can you?
And yes, I used to play organized ball.
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
a defensive player is not allowed to "reach in" and create illegal contact with the offensive player, which by your definition is considered a holding foul.1) Does Dirk "reach in?" Yes 2)Does Dirk create illegal contact? Yes 3) Foul on Dirk. The only way I see this NOT being a foul is if Miami committed the same type of foul and it was not called. Remember this isn't a streetball game. And if you honestly played organized ball then you know 9/10 this would be considered a foul on any level.
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth What about the contact is illegal? Look at the rules. The contact is only illegal if it is a push or a hold.
So tell me, is this a push or a hold?
And if this type of play was always called a foul there would be a whistle on every possession.
So again, is this a push or a hold? Because a "reach" is not a foul. Since you claim to know so much about basketball you should probably know that.
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx okay, let's try this a different way. What was Dirk trying to accomplish when he stuck his left arm out? Was he trying to slow Wade down? Was he trying to go for the steal? You tell me, what was he trying to do? Because those are the only two scenarios I can think of.
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth I'm guessing he was going for the steal, but the rules don't look at intent so I'm not sure why that matters? The rules look at what actually happened. A foul did not happen.
If someone intends to foul someone to avoid the easy basket but aren't quick enough or in position do they call it anyways due to the player's intent? (Not talking about when they communicate to the ref that they are looking for a quick foul to stop the clock)
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx ok so he was going for the steal: Wade came off the pick and roll dribbling the ball with his left hand. He is also moving forward and to the left to avoid Dirk and dribble around him. If Dirk's intent was to go for the steal then he made a big mistake by doing so with his LEFT hand. Which hand he uses makes a huge difference. If he uses his right hand he not only has a better chance at getting the steal but he also has time to move it out of the way if he fails.
srch4trth 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx This is called a reach in, which he's allowed to do because no contact would have been made. Instead by using his left he puts himself out of position has to reach across his own body and Wade's body. And because he's outta position, he swipes at the ball, missed it and doesn't have enough time to move his arm out of the way before he makes contact with Wade. Because contact was made, it slowed Wade down, which by your previous definition is a "holding foul" a foul was called.
srch4trth 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx "If someone intends to foul someone to avoid the easy basket but aren't quick enough or in position do they call it anyways due to the player's intent?"
--No, because just like you said, they are "out of position."
Was it Dirk's intention to foul, 25 feet from the basket, down by 1 with 26 secs left? Probably not. But he did. It was a poor decision. The only reason I could see this not being a foul is if the refs were inconsistent with similar plays during the course of this game
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth You just keep saying this is a foul, but you can't tell me why. That's because this isn't a foul.
Please always wear a condom, no point in dumbing down the human race any more.
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
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srch4trth 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx I've tried to explain it to you in different ways. And in the previous comments went into detail on why its a foul and how he could've avoided it. I've also used the definition of a "holding foul" which you provided, to prove my case. You on the other hand are unable to successfully defend your position intelligently and as a result resort to ad hominems.
If you feel the need to pick up the conversation again I'd be more than happy to also. If not, oh well. Nice talking to you.
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth You said it's a reach foul, which is not a foul. You can't tell me what the foul is, you just keep saying it's a foul, it's a foul. Making contact is not a foul, holding and blocking is a foul. I must be a glutton for punishment but I'll ask again: is this a hold or a block? One word answer: hold / block.
The first word of your next comment better be either hold or block, and then an explanation of why. And "Dirk touched him first" is not reason for a foul.
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx AND "THE CONTACT WAS ILLEGAL" IS NOT AN EXPLANATION. TELL ME WHY.
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx OMG, I already explained why this is a HOLDING foul. Please the comments where I start: "Ok so he was going for the steal". That is where I explained WHY its a foul.
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth 59 to 11 says this is not a hold. The replay shows it is not a hold. Wade runs into / hits Dirk. Anyways, wasting my time here. Take off your Miami goggles and learn to love the game and not just your team.
xxplanoxx 7 months ago
@xxplanoxx You know what, go down to your local YMCA or fitness club. Sign up for the rec basketball league. If you ever leave the bench and get some PT, commit this same type of foul and see if you're called for it.
If Wade, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Magic, Bird, Pippen, KAJ, {insert any basketball player}, committed the foul, I would still say it was a foul because IT IS A FOUL!!!!!
As for wasting time; I'm sorry you feel that way. Hopefully you've learned what a "holding" foul is
srch4trth 7 months ago
@srch4trth seriously if you expect to call that foul in your playground/pickup/YMCA game and not be mocked by YOUR OWN TEAMMATES, then you are drunk, high, and shooting heroin... you are BEYOND stoned!
you aren't allowed on offense to put your non-dribbling hand out to push a player away from you just because he blocks your "clear" path to the basket (in this case, dribbling AWAY from the hoop)
you aren't even allowed to use your "off-hand" to push a defender away on a DUNK!
U R an idiot!
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 That's why I said this is NOT a pickup game. I suggested playing an organized game, with rules and refs.
If a defensive player reaches in or tries to block a shot the offensive player can use the non dribbling/shooting hand to protect the ball. He/She is just not allowed to create illegal contact while doing so.
Wade did not initiate the contact he REACTED to it. I've already explained who caused the contact. Explain why a foul shouldn't have been called on Dirk
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth @ :06
THAT is why! you idiot
while you cry & whine (like DWade) "the offensive player can use the non dribbling/shooting hand to protect the ball" IT is CLEARLY Wade who puts out his OFF-hand to CREATE the contact, NOT to "protect the ball" as you claim... he PUSHED Dirk away, and as Dirk reels back, the whistle is blown
not seeing this despite the replay @:06 is why you are at least Semi, if not Fully, retarded
you FAIL at Human-Eyesight 101
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 it amazes me how you and so many others can look at this replay hundreds, maybe thousands of times and still claim Wade fouled Dirk. On the replay do you see where Dirk uses his left arm to reach in BEFORE Wade uses his off hand to protect the ball? Pause the vid a few frames before the contact occurs. If you can't see that then you're being willfully ignorant and there would be no reason to continue the conversation.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth 2 of your blatant lies jump out of this reply from you
"...and still claim Wade fouled Dirk" - I never claimed Wade fouled Dirk, so you lie
and
"Wade uses his off hand to protect the ball" - again you lie! you can NOT extened your arm, using your off-hand, to "protect the ball"
you can use both hands ON the ball to protect the ball, you CAN NOT use your EXTENDED right arm/off hand to "protect the ball"
now quit your crying, man up, and accept a shitty bogus call
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 I didn't lie: here is what you typed "Wade who puts out his OFF-hand to CREATE the contact.......he PUSHED Dirk away."
--Sounds like you think Wade fouled Dirk.
--This is a FACT: A offensive player can use his off hand to protect the ball while dribbling. He/she cannot create illegal contact while doing so.
--On the replay, did you see where Dirk reaches in? If you cannot acknowledge that then end of discussion.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth and AGAIN you either CAN'T or WON'T use proper reading comprehension skills (perhaps you haven't gotten to that grade in school, kid)
crying that - "A offensive player can use his off hand to protect the ball while dribbling" doesn't make what Wade did legal, because he DID NOT protect the ball, he protected himself from the defender
"protect(ing) the ball" from a defender with your off hand means you can grab THE BALL with bother hands, NOT that you can push a player away from you
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 once again you make it seem as if Wade foulded Dirk. And by that I can assume that this is what you think?
Let me explain this to you once again: If I'm dribbling the ball with my right hand. I am legally able to use my left arm and/or body to protect the ball. Why? Because if the defense reaches in they have to go THRU my arm and/or body to swipe at the ball. Which would mean they make contact with me. Thus committing a foul.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth well you know the old saying about when you "ASSUME"
you make an ASS out of U... leave ME out of it
"I'm still waiting on to explain how a defense can eliminate an offensive player's "free" drive to the basket"
LMAO@U not knowing
now quit spamming my inbox with your flaming trolling kid
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 because I've defended my position with facts you call me a troll? typical response when someone is proven wrong. Good day.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth DWade dribbled the ball of his foot in the clutch vs Dallas
ROFL
I've already explained to you how to apply reading comprehension
I've also explained to you how an offensive player is NOT allowed a "free drive to the basket"
and I've explained to you how a players "off hand" can NOT be used to push a defender away to "protect the ball (in reality himself)"
Good Luck on your tryouts for the roll of Idiot #14 in "Drumline 3: Nick Cannon Is Talentless"
so good day to you, kiddo!
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 I don't care what you've claimed to "explain to me." So instead of questioning my "reading comphrension skills or intelligence", why don't address my actual argument. My argument is NOT whether DWade used his off hand to "push" Dirk away. This IS my argument: DIRK FOULED DWADE BY REACHING IN, WHICH CAUSED ILLEGAL CONTACT, BEFORE WADE 'PUSHED OFF'. Please address my acutal claim (which is Dirk reached in)and not refer back to the "DWADE pushed Dirk with his off hand argument."
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth LMAO nice try lady
your "actual claim" was that Wade pushing off with his off-hand is perfectly legal, because he's simply "protecting the ball"
which is as phony as your attempt to rewrite history!
now run along and rob a Footlocker or spin your rims, or something else you actually understand, because you don't understand basketball or how to read the rules (even when they are cut & pasted from NBA website) LOL
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 Anyone who actually reads my comments can see that my ORIGINAL comment/claim was "Dirk reached in first which caused the initial contact". I'll rephrase it and maybe then you'll understand my claim better.
Yes Wade did push off with his right hand, which can also could've been called a foul. However, when Dirk reached in to steal the ball, he missed. Upon doing so Dirk created contact first and was called for a holding foul.
Your turn to refute my claim....
srch4trth 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 Instead of trying to "insult" me, which you fail miserably at, you should refute my claim.
Here it is for a second time: "Yes Wade did push off with his right hand, which can also could've been called a foul. However, when Dirk reached in to steal the ball, he missed. Upon doing so Dirk created contact first and was called for a holding foul."
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth there was no reach in
genericname38 6 months ago
@genericname38 What's Dirk doing with his left hand then?
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth and thus you nailed it, fatbody
"Here it is for a second time: "Yes Wade did push off with his right hand, which can also could've been called a foul"
he pushed off... and yet you claimed this was perfectly legal because he can, as you claim "protect the ball"
LMAO still, a month later
ergo, your idiocy is exposed
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 funny how you failed to mention the second half of my quote which is my ACTUAL claim. Nice quotemine. Why do you keep avoiding my claim that Dirk reach in first? ahhh because you know he did and then you have to admit that this isn't a phantom foul. The only one "exposed" here is you.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth nice try fatty
but the fact remains, you cry "Dirk reach in first" ONLY AFTER you cried "He's allowed to protect the ball with his off hand" over and over again, trying to whine that pushing off while you have the ball is fine, just as long as you're your buttbuddy DWade
you reek of failsauce, just give up and flame another vid of DWade actually doing something right for a change
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 Here is my original comment: "Correct call. Dirk reaches in (foul) and per the NBA rules, DWade is allowed to protect the ball with his off hand."
--notice the first thing I said was "Dirk reaches in" BEFORE I said Wade is allowed to protect the ball? You keep going back to the Dwade protecting the ball while failing to even address the actual claim. Now who's the one with the reading comprehension problem? Ignorance is bliss, ain't it? This my last comment, believe what you want.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth reading comprehension problem = your failed attempt to read NBA rules
and yet AGAIN you try to claim "Dwade protecting the ball"
he WAS NOT protecting the ball with his off hand, he pushed Dirk with his off hand
that would be protecting yourself, especially in football (we call that a stiff-arm)
pushing off is NOT "protecting the ball"
bye bye flaming troll
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 and yet AGAIN you try to claim "Dwade protecting the ball"
---Not my claim. Try again.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth ROFL keep it up, fatso
you can CLAIM "not my claim" in regards to "Dwade protecting the ball"
and yet anyone watching can CLEARLY see I quoted you DIRECTLY, lady, as saying "Correct call. Dirk reaches in (foul) and per the NBA rules, DWade is allowed to protect the ball with his off hand."
OOOOOH shit, the truth must hurt your pussy so bad, lady, to feel the NEED WANT & DESIRE to reply even after you cried "NO MAS!" (ie your cry - "This my last comment")
ROFLMFAO @ YOU!!!
Zaxxon2008 5 months ago
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@Zaxxon2008--- and yet anyone watching can CLEARLY see I quoted you DIRECTLY, lady, as saying "Correct call. Dirk reaches in (foul) and per the NBA rules, DWade is allowed to protect the ball with his off hand."
Now address the first half of my claim. "Correct call. Dirk reaches in"
srch4trth 5 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 However, I cannot use my arm and/or body to create illegal contact. Thats Dribbling 101. Remember we are talking about protecting the ball WHILE dribbling. Yes Wade uses his right arm AFTER, once again AFTER Dirk fouls him. Which you still have not acknowledged. What Wade does is actually irrelevant because Dirk fouls him BEFORE once again BEFORE he uses his right arm. I'll give you one more chance to acknowledge the reach in by Dirk. Its on the replay. If not, nice talking to you.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 FACT: There was contact made on this play. Hence a foul being called. The question then becomes: Who initiates the contact, Dirk or Wade? And when you objectively look at the replay you clearly see Dirk reaching in to steal the ball. I've already mentioned in previous comments how Dirk commits and could've avoided the foul.
BTW, I'm still waiting on to explain how a defense can eliminate an offensive player's "free" drive to the basket.
srch4trth 6 months ago
@srch4trth "I'm still waiting on to explain how a defense can eliminate an offensive player's "free" drive to the basket."
LMFAO@U
you can't be serious.... c'mon kid, you're joking around now. you've never seen a Duke basketball game before? if not, you may never have seen a charging call. those twirps are great at drawing them
run along now kiddo, go play on your nintendo
Zaxxon2008 6 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 great so you do know how a defense can eliminate a "free" drive by the offense. I'm a UNC fan so of course I've seen many ACC games. I only mentioned how a defense can eliminate a drive to point out what Dirk didn't do. He didn't get himself in position to take a charge (if he was trying to drawn a foul). Hell, he doesn't even move his feet until after contact his made. (Poor defense) And to make up for it he reaches in with his left arm to steal the ball.....continued
srch4trth 6 months ago
With him being out of position when he reaches in, with his left arm, he misses the ball and doesn't have time to withdraw his arm before he makes contact with Wade. If I'm driving to the basket or dribbling up the court and you stick your arm out to steal the ball. And I run into your arm, its not a foul on me. Thats a foul on you. That is exactly what happens on this play.
srch4trth 6 months ago
That is exactly what happens on this play. Anyone who looks at the replay objectively can see this. If not, then they're being willfully ignorant. The replay doesn't lie.
BTW, I have an XBOX 360
srch4trth 6 months ago
you are a complete moron... as others, and I, have pointed out
you clearly thing everyone is entitled to a free drive to the basket
and for that, you are FAIL!
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 you and others can question my intelligence all you want. It will not change the fact that this was a foul on Dirk.
"entitled to a free drive to the basket"
-a offensive player is allowed to drive to the basket. A defense player/team has several options to eliminate a "free" drive to the basket. When you explain what they are then you'd know why there are no "free" drives to the basket.
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jpstocks63 7 months ago
We are the NBA and we control who wins!!!! For all of you who think the Heat won because they made more FG's, shot a better FG%, hit more 3's, better 3pt %, more rebounds, more assists, less turnovers, more steals... all you people who think the heat won just because they did all that, man you need to educate yourselves.. that doesn't matter, it's all about FT's from hack-a-shaq
nickrock23 8 months ago
how about Game 6 when Udonis got the rebound to seal the series, and then the refs called a travel violation on James posey when the replay showed Posey never had the ball. This gave the Mavs an extra possession, which could have lost the series , but good thing Terry missed a wide open 3. Please post all the missed FT's by the Mavs in game 5 that would have ended the game in regulation!!!
nickrock23 8 months ago
Show the angle where Dirk hip checks him. No one on ESPN disputed this call. Nor did they on NBATV, Kamla said the next day it was 1000% correct call. This whole series was a joke.. Show the play where Avery tells Howard to call a TO and the refs refused because they knew he didn't want one. Then Avery says TIMEOUT and Howard like a moron calls for a TO again, and they were forced to give them a TO, losing the series.. Also show the missed FT's by Dirk that would have forced OT in game 3.
nickrock23 8 months ago
Dirk tried to reach in with his left arm to Wade's left and hit Wade's chest? That's a very stupid play on Dirk.
KingDavid060606 8 months ago
All I hear from Mavs fans is bitching haha
hayesbaby16 8 months ago
@hayesbaby16 thats all they do cry until we win is the motto
KickAssWrestlingShow 8 months ago
Really? THIS is the best you crybaby mavs fans can do? What a bunch of babies. Yeah, Wade got a few calls he shouldnt have, and if i was a crybaby id go through all the film and find you just as many calls the mavs got, but unlike mavs fans im not a crybaby and can admit defeat. Stop crying little babies.
KickAssWrestlingShow 8 months ago
@KickAssWrestlingShow stfu. this is a clear foul on wade. what do you mean is the best mavs fans can do? wtf does that have to with anything a foul is a foul. and this is just game 6; what about game 5 where wade had as many free throws as the entire mavs team? youre either a miami fan or a dumbass.
gunsman55 8 months ago
@gunsman55 and your a crybaby. I can go through all the film and find plenty of calls that went against miami it goes both ways ALWAYS questionable calls thats never a good excuse. Its an excuse for pussies who cant man up and accept defeat, aka mavs fans
KickAssWrestlingShow 8 months ago
@gunsman55 Should you be surprised? He's your typical dumbarse cHeat fan or just a dumbarse.
Mark271792 8 months ago
@KickAssWrestlingShow Says the retarded fake wrestling fan LOL
DCfan971 8 months ago
@DCfan971 yea change the subject homosexual guitar player
KickAssWrestlingShow 8 months ago
Stern should've been shot.
JTHunterPJ 8 months ago
@JTHunterPJ All crybaby dallas mavs fans should be shot.
KickAssWrestlingShow 8 months ago
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JTHunterPJ 8 months ago
holy shit that's bad!
monsoonboy47 8 months ago
The great thing about all of this is that the Mavs are gunna get a rematch against the Heat.
Truegenius23 8 months ago
i hope my mavs go back to the finals and face the heat so we can shut the heat up and to this travesty of a finals back bbehind us. This is bs damn dwayne wade little pussy
luigiex50 8 months ago
I agree that the foul calls in videos 1, 4, and 5 shouldn't have been foul calls - they were phantom calls, period.
I think the foul call in video 3 probably shouldn't have been called, but the video quality is pretty bad. In other words, I disagree with the foul call, but there MIGHT have been a little bit of contact - I can't tell with poor video quality.
Foul call in video 2 was fair. I hate the NBA's rules that punish defense, but that's a blocking foul. So 3 or 4 definitely incorrect calls.
MaverEconMD 8 months ago
@MaverEconMD you dont think that in the average game there are 3 or 4 missed calls each way? i know im a heat fan, but this is ridiculous nothings fixed. in that shot where wade double clutched, yeah it wasnt a foul, but it could have fooled anyone watching it live
GWHEATCUBS16 8 months ago
@GWHEATCUBS16
With 23seconds left in a tie ball game of game 6 of the Finals??? Come on...
That wasn't the only currupt call in the last minute.
JTHunterPJ 8 months ago
@MaverEconMD you dont think that in the average game there are 3 or 4 missed calls each way? i know im a heat fan, but this is ridiculous nothings fixed. in that shot where wade double clutched, yeah it wasnt a foul, but it could have fooled anyone watching it live. rigged= lakers kings 2002
GWHEATCUBS16 8 months ago
Mark Cuban: "Fine me all you want. It's just a cost of doing business."
Stern: "Ok, I'll hand Wade 64 free throws in 3 games. How's that for a fine?"
Mark: "But my bank account can't save me from that fine."
Stern: "You should have thought about that before you went on David Letterman after game 2."
Has anyone noticed how quiet Mark has been this post season? I think he finally got the message.
cipher0 8 months ago
@cipher0 You're dumb if you think anything close to that could happen and Cuban wouldn't be running to the presses.
muffinman18 8 months ago
@muffinman18 Nuuh uuh, dumb dumb stupid poopy head.
cipher0 8 months ago
How dare dirk's chest get in the way of D-Wade's fist.
hailmary7283 8 months ago 33
@hailmary7283 LMFAO YOU TELL EM DAVID STERN!
jliu524 8 months ago
How ANYONE could defend this call is mind boggling.
"He stuck his foot out!": Wade started to fall going away from Dirk there.
"Dirk pushed his hands into him!": They were at his side
That whole series was a disgrace. Unless you're a Heat fan, it was a dark day for the NBA.
dmj9798 8 months ago 5
how can you look at all of these phantom foul videos objectively and still feel like there wasn't some shadow figure pulling strings in this series. I mean come on
jdis 8 months ago 3
mav fans are pathetic
bradolock 9 months ago
@bradolock u a heat fan after july 8th, 2010?
SuperCockism 9 months ago
@SuperCockism nah man since before wade got drafted.. i think july 8th was the date u shit yaself knowing the mavs arent gonna win a championship till lebron an wade retire
bradolock 9 months ago
@bradolock wade wouldnt be shit without the refs.
SuperCockism 9 months ago
@bradolock Im gonna have to agree with you on that one, lakers and celtics fans are prolly worse tho
fastfoodrappa 8 months ago
I had never seen a complete serie being that controlled by refs !It wasn't only the FT's given to Wade or ,even the non-calls (played a big role,though.When you allow Shaq to do whatever in the paint etc.),but they really sent a clear & obvious message to the players: we control the game and his outcome.SHAME ON THE NBA !
villapi 9 months ago 18
@villapi omg stfu and cry
fastfoodrappa 8 months ago
Waaaaahhhh!!! Waaaaaahhhh!!! Stop crying.
KickAssWrestlingShow 8 months ago
Dallas Mavs motto: If at first you don't succeed cry cry again
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KickAssWrestlingShow 8 months ago
@villapi We control the game!! We put Vaseline on the ball that made Dirk miss the game tying FT in game 3. We made Howard and Avery call a timeout!! We made Avery resort to Hack-A-Shaq 7 times in game 5, resulting in 16 free throws!! We made the Mavs miss 4 FT's in the final minutes of game 5!!! We made Avery intentionally put the Heat in the bonus with 8:55 seconds left in a quarter!!! We made Avery Hack-a-shaq with 4:55 seconds left in Game 5 when his team had the LEAD!!!
nickrock23 8 months ago
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.This is a reaching foul on Dirk. You can pause the video at 7 seconds, you can't reach across someones body with your arm and anyone who doesn't think this is a foul is either a biased and/or knows nothing about the game of basketball. To say a team lost a series because of 3 or 4 missed calls you found and posted on youtube as so far beyond idiotic they should come up with a new word for it. . .like. . .Mavsfan.
xfactor541 9 months ago
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xfactor541 9 months ago
Why did the heat loose in the first round the following year by a sweep? They were the same team the following year. same roster and coach and everything.
hesallgone11 10 months ago
Hey man. Great videos. But you leave out the last foul of the game. When Wade drove to the basket, shot a runner, didn't get touched (which you can see on replay), missed, hit two free throws for the win.
I forgot that this play happened immediately before that. Utterly ridiculous.
jordjones 10 months ago
This is the Worst Call in NBA History.
Truegenius23 11 months ago
Dirk was moving and put his leg in Wade's way because Wade was too fast for him. Instead of letting Wade blow by him, Dirk stuck his leg in his way to slow him down but that's a foul.
and LAUGH OUT LOUD at "gave the Heat the championship" these video's are stupid.
bio2020 11 months ago
he was pulling his arms away wade just threw his arm /extended it on dirk
VincentVolaju 11 months ago
Thats a blocking foul Dirk moved into him like a dubass
21mitch4 1 year ago
#3 and this one were the worst. Pretty funny lol
Amir883 1 year ago
i have no prob admitting the refs did favor the heat game 5 and 6 but if you actually know the real nba rule dirk technically does foul wade here. if you look closely wade runs past him but dirk actually throws his arms into him while moving towards him. I think the mavs have a right to be mad with the refs but the refs didn't make fake calls against the heat. wade really did deserve a lot of those calls when you triple teaming a person you're gonna end up fouling him every time.
gunzac21 1 year ago
@gunzac21 what the mavs should be angry about is that the refs were not as stringent with the rules when the heat commited fouls on them. but quite frankly the real reason the mavs lost is cause they choked. and btw spurs fans will tell you that the mavs only got this far because the refs gave dirk crazy calls. Dirk had more free throws that play off run than ever in his carreer and one of the most in mav franchise history.
gunzac21 1 year ago
@gunzac21 Did we watch the same video? dumbass
Bamditzki 1 year ago
I been watching the NBA for 25 years and I never seen referees give a player so many foul calls ever. Even when Jordan scored 55 and drove to the paint on almost every play he didn't get as many fouls as Wade. I am not a fan of the Mavs or Heat but Wade 25 FTA in game 5 and 21 FTA in game 6 both close games is the worst I have ever seen.
lvelazq1 1 year ago
@lvelazq1 That's just an uniformed thing to say... the manner in which games are officiated has constantly evolved - like in the mid 90's there was a change in officiating that disallowed gaurds to forearm gaurd the opponent pg or sg who drove to the rack. This rule change drastically affected gaurdplay. BUT, all you see here are pathetic mavs fans who aren't even cognizant of how NBA finals play out. They resort to grainy vid clips and complain like the b*tches they truly are - ala Cuban!
heftycat 1 year ago
There was a phantom foul worst than any of these during the series, I think it was in Miami. It involved Wade of course. Worst of all, on TV, they showed the replay only once and the commentators said NOTHING about what a horrible call it was. And the NBA wonders why a large number of people think the games are fixed.
greenbeaverfilms 1 year ago
@greenbeaverfilms It's a legit NBA foul, you imbecile.
bio2020 11 months ago
@bio2020 Read my post moron!! I said there were worst fouls than this one in the Finals. Learn to read before you call other people imbecile.
greenbeaverfilms 11 months ago
Oh yes, that was clearly a foul on Dirk. Wade reach out to shove him, Dirk pulled back and Wade nicked his wrist. That's Dirk for you, always doing those hard fouls...
Mavs > Heat
Folficci 1 year ago
I think everyone who doesn't consider himself a Mavs or Heat fan could tell you the Mavs absolutely got hosed. It was like watching the 4th quarter of game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals, but the crappy refereeing lasted 8 quarters instead of one. The only reason the Mavs stood a chance was because Wade was the only one benefiting from the terrible calls, whereas every Laker got the call back in 2002.
mrmacross 1 year ago
BL dirk...your still tops on my book
tytyaggie 1 year ago
lol It appears being a mavs fan sucks hahahaha, I imagine when you losers saw lebron go to miami you went like" Oh noooo, not miami again, fuck!"
gierbolini90210 1 year ago
@gierbolini90210 haha too bad miami is playing like shit haha miami went from championship contenders to crying in the locker room. lol you dont see the mavs crying,
DCfan971 10 months ago
Come on u stupid Heat fans. You guys are just like Lakers fans who can't accept the fact that Game 6 of the 2002 West Conf Finals was fixed.
awesomeguy234564 1 year ago
And thats for getting punched Dirk!
GreekMetall 1 year ago
out of all these 'PHANTOM CALLS' one of them was a foul and the others we're good calls or debatable. Wade s a profesional basketball player he knows how to draw contact and he does not argue the reffs giving him foul shots
animebrawler 1 year ago
@animebrawler
are u kidding, the point is there not fouls its not that he knows how to draw fouls the superstars get all the calls, wade/lebron/durant gtfo!!! of course he wouldnt argue he is the one shooting idiot nobody is gonna argue when calls are going there way! damn another idiot that cant admit wade got carried by the reff's
Mikey1724 1 year ago
wade was running into the direction of dirk so it could have been blocking foul since dirk was moving and lost balance as dirk pushed off
animebrawler 1 year ago
Though looking back at this the fouls do seem kind of funny because they were so stupid. xD
mayydaymurda 1 year ago
Heat fans who are ignorant to this and aren't even man enough to say the Heat were babied to win a championship should all die, its your team that won not ours you have little to no reason to talk that the reason the Mavs lost was because of shots they felt they had to put up to have a chance at winning, shots that wouldn't be needed at all if the officials called the game right, but hell thats the NBA.
mayydaymurda 1 year ago
@mayydaymurda Say whatever you like, The. Mavericks. Chocked. Claymore mine, end of story...
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
For those who thinks the series was rigged...Game Three with a chance to tie Dirk misses one of two free throws, Miami wins, Game Five yet another chance to tie Dirk misses one of two free throws, Miami wins....Game Six with a chance to win Jason Terry missed a WIDE OPEN three-pointer....Miami wins the series 4-2...Did the NBA make Dirk miss those two free throws? Did the refs make Terry miss the three pointer? Just let is go Dallas, the Mavericks team collasped.
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 If Dirk would of made both of those Free throws you would of probably won 4-1....
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 What you don't realize is that was a flagrant foul on Dirk that wasn't called so. Plus apparently you didn't watch the series, because even if Dirk had made both shots, Wade would've had two freebies at the other end to seal the game anyway. The refs were going to do what ever it took to make Miami comback and win that series. The League cheated Dallas. One other thing, Dirk missed only 5 free throws in that Rigged series... Wade missed about 25 free throws.
PJHunterTJ 1 year ago
@PJHunterTJ I watched the series...Dallas choked! ACCEPT IT ALREADY!!!
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 You really make me question your basketball knowledge with your stupidity.
mayydaymurda 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 I too watched the series...the refs rigged it! ACCEPT IT ALREADY!!!
Oh, and good for you and your fellow heat fans, David Stern doesn't feel that ANY rules apply to your team! Didn't I hear Bosh say they had been planning it for months? Yes, we all did. And just a sample of them being favored this summer...last summer Jason Terry tried to give his number to Marion, NBA wouldnt allow it. This summer, Mario Chalmers gave #6 to Lebron. NBA allowed it. Where's the consistency?
laurahughart 1 year ago
@laurahughart Ha! That is the stupidest response I have ever heard....Mavs fell apart....Mark Cuban whines again...end of story.....btw LeBron James informed the NBA his intent to change his jersey from 23 to 6 well BEFORE the season ended.....so that is probably why it is allowed....
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
The officiating in this series was a disgrace. If you could, you should post the Game 5 foul call that sent Wade to the line for the game winning free throws. That was a bad one especially considering the circumstances. This is the only series in the history of sports (That I can recall) were the wrong team won. Dirk and the rest of the '06 Mavs should have a ring...not D-Wade.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2
Also the '02 WCF with the Lakers and Kings. That, game 6 i think it was, was fixed so bad it's not even funny. I think it was like Lakers had 27 free throw attempts to the Mavs none or something
mizzale12345 1 year ago
27 free throws in the 4th quarter**
mizzale12345 1 year ago
@mizzale12345 Don't remember. Maybe the NBA just hates the Mavs...or Mark Cuban.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2 You mean the one where the whined that Dirk never touched Wade? Well you were right but the picture of it showed Harris clearly fouled Wade...
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 I don't remmeber the entire sequence, I just remember that D-Wade got a foul call on a missed lay-up on which he was untouched.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2 Actually the took a picture and Devin Harris clearly touched D-Wade....the officals just called it on the wrong person....
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 I'll look it up. But either way, overall...the officitaing in this series was shameful.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago 2
@KrfNYC2 3 of the games Miami won, Dallas had a chance to win and Dirk chocked...or Jason Terry
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 They should have never came to that. They should ahve been considerable Dallas victories.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2 They stilled lost......they collasped, its not the first time a time has and lost a 2-0 in a playoff series or a NBA finals...the Mavericks just got outplayed the final four games....plus having Mark Cuban as an owner probably didn't help since of all the stuns he pulls...The Heat won....Fairly....
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 You made no point in that comment. I'm saying that the Mavericks deserved to win but did not because the officiating favored Miami too heavily. You reply with "They still lost"...I know, that's the issue...I don't think they deserved too. It's just a difference in opinion. By the way, what team are you a fan of?
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2 The Magic.....my point is Dirk choked twice and so did Terry.....
CecilCollins34 1 year ago
@CecilCollins34 I'm not stating an opinion on the clutch factors of Dirk or Terry. All I'm saying is that the officitaing in the series was poor thus resulting in an unfortunate outcome.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
this was so disappointing to watch. The mavs handles the heat the first two games but then the NBA continued its course of blatantly fixed games. Every time wade was touched, a foul was called. There were plays where guys ran right into dirk and no foul was called. Probably the most rigged series since the 2002 WCF. I hate the NBA now. It's so bad that 1 player is allowed to take over the entire league. I hate it.
viperdawg41192 1 year ago