Re: National Bulls Company

[Jason Huffman <huffmanj3@coral.indstate.edu>]

Nathan A. wrote:
> 
> OK, I just got done watching the Bulls-Pacers game. We have talked before
> about how the NBC announcers are so pro-Bulls, and I have stayed silent
> because it never really bothered me. But tonight there was a great example
> at the end of the game. On the final Bulls possesion, MJ drove and slipped
> to the floor and the Pacers came out with the ball and the win. During a
> slow motion replay, one of the announcers (Doug Collins I think?) said, "You
> can see where Derrick McKey put his arm on Jordan's hip, pushed him and
> caused him to fall." First of all, that "push," was no more that simple
> contact that goes on everytime someone drives. McKey in no way pushed enough
> to make MJ fall. Secondly, in that same slo-mo replay, you could *clearly*
> see MJ's foot slip out from under him. Any contact with McKey had nothing to
> do with the fall, it was more likely a wet spot or MJ just being off
> balance. But, the announcers couldn't believe that MJ just fell, it must
> have been caused by those cheating Pacers doing something illeagal.
> 


No doubt about it....I mean come on, Michael Jordan hits layups with
three guys draped all over him, and then we are expected to believe that
a tap on the hip causes him to fall, I don't think so....good
obeservation