Re: The Shot!!

["Orion" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

Sound like I missed a great win for us, and for once a call our way. What
referee called it off?

John


----- Original Message -----
From: <Georgek27@AOL.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002I . 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: The Shot!!


> In a message dated 2/20/2002 4:43:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> norine@sover.net writes:
>
>
> > I don't think you could tell from watching the shot we saw in the game
that
> > the shot was too late, but on ESPN I saw the shot from a different angle
> > and the ball was
> > definitely still on Kobe's fingers when the clock went to zero.
>
> Immediately after watching the game on League Pass thru the Laker's feed I
> switched to Fox Sports NE which was blacked out here for the game but came
> back on immediately following with the post game report. They showed an
angle
> from midcourt where you could clearly see the clock above the basket
rather
> than the one on the screen and the zeros were up there while the ball was
> still in his hand, it wasn't even a matter of fingertips like the clock on
> the screen made it look. Still, a gutty call by the normally gutless refs
who
> didn't have the benefit of replay and could easily have done the easier
and
> more popular thing and let the shot count. I couldn't believe that it was
> even close between the catch, the fake, and then the shot all in 1.2
seconds.
> I was ready to rant about hometown clock management!
>
> Anyway, the good guys won so Ray had to do his best to put us happy fans
back
> in our place with his usual wet blanket. Sorry Ray, you aren't spoiling
this
> one. I'm well aware of this teams shortcomings as are all the members of
the
> list. It doesn't mean that we can't enjoy a big win, and it doesn't mean
we
> can't appreciate a team that displayed tremendous heart last night. Would
we
> like that effort every night? Of course! But I just don't think it's
possible
> over an 82 game schedule.
>
> Our offense is flawed -- very flawed at times -- but we are making the
best
> of what we have for now and this season is a big turning point for this
> franchise.
>
> George