Francisco Elson just blatantly kicked the ball (1:26 left in the first quarter) and the refs didn't see it? Oh, they just called a fairly obvious travel on Elson to give the Suns the ball back. No, that's not my reason for disliking the Spurs. The problem I have with San Antonio is that they play to draw fouls on offense and get them, then they ride the other team on defense and do not seem to get called for it. I guess the refs are culpable in this one as well.
Watch a Spurs game and you'll see Manu Ginobli and Tony Parker throwing themselves into defenders trying to get fouls called instead of trying to make the shots. You'll also witness Tim Duncan manipulate his shooting motion to hit the defender while he's chucking the ball at the basket. Then, there is Bruce Bowen. On his game-winning game 5 3-pointer, he kicked his right leg out to the side to try to get contact with Steve Nash as Nash challenged his shot. Honestly, I don't know what the refs are thinking on these plays, or why they don't call more fouls at the other end when Ginobli is reaching and Bowen is riding the offensive player like (use your imagination).
Robert Horry blamed Steve Nash for acting at the end of game 4. Well, if I remember correctly, when Nash and Parker banged heads at the end of game 1, it was Parker who went down and needed attention. Nash, despite a huge gash being opened on his nose, never went down and just went to the bench to be attended to. Parker and Ginobli are world-class floppers and, for a tough defensive team, the Spurs sure do whine quite a bit. Shouldn't they be tough and able to play through it? The Spurs are led by a trio of prima donnasand no one seems to call them on it.
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