"The Charge" in real time...

RJ even gave a shove to Melo at the end to boot. If you look at the replay, RJ initially thought he was getting called for the foul. That stuff happened before the charge.
Why do the refs do that to us in Denver??? This wasn’t even in San Antonio.

Exaclty Andrew they never make that call. This is the worst possible way to lose a gameby the refs. As you said if this was Lebron Kobe or Durant they would have never made that call. It really sucks when the Refs decide a game with one call. Bullshit!

But the refs did go back and look at the replay before deciding to do the jump ball. You would think that in that time they would have looked at the actual call instead of the time to reset the clock to.

because he loves being the underdog and getting revenge?

He said the refs did the right thing by making that call. I was beside myself….

Dick Bavetta will always screw the Nuggets. Spurs will always get the call! I can’t believe these ref’s are still employed. Just like what the Rogue referee said in his book," If Bavetta is officiating I have money on the Spurs."

But I keep looking at the replay myself and it looks like Ginobili was set before Anthony left the ground. His momentum may have carried himself a hair forward, but no matter how much I’d like to agree with your take, I think they made the right call.

Maybe it’s just 2 a.m. and I’m seeing things weird.

“It’s not necessary?”
“It slows down the flow of the game?”

FUCK. YOU. STERN. How about “I need to protect my goddamned refs and not let anyone question them?!”

JR would dominate ridiculously and we’d never be in a close game again…

I screamed and just looked at the TV in bewilderment. Then I thought back to Timmy D throwing himself into Nene for Nene’s 6th foul. Most importantly I thought exactly what Andrew said…If that were Kobe…Lebron…Wade…Durant…probably any other all-star but Melo…I dont see that being called.

idk if the guy was in the restricted area or not but they didnt call a charge on JR’s dunk earlier in the game which was the same type of call.

Damn that was crazy.

manu is still a flopping little bitch though.

But when I watched it live on my HDTV it did not look like a charge. Melo had already left his feet and was in the air when Ginobli moved in under him.

I just cannot understand how this would be a charge. Can someone please please explain this to me?

I’m sitting at work and I’m getting pissed watching this replay.

I mean Ginobli looks like a wrestler with the super exaggeration he displayed.. I mean his feet flopped up in the air so damn high…AAHHHHHHHHHHh!!!

But does anybody remember in the first quarter when Ginobullshit did a superman-style, frontwards, face plant flop as Afflalo or somebody was just doing a simple drive around him at the top of the 3 point line. I saw that and thought, “oh shit, this joker is going to ruin this game.”
I guess it’s not hard to be Nuggstradamus with that guy.

because Manu hit the floor? Or just because Flopper and Melo had contact?

on JRs 35 foot 3 pointer last season?

That call in my eyes was called correctly. 95% of the time, during the game, that call gets made; maybe even 98%. I don’t really know what video Andrew was watching because I’ve seen in over and over and there’s no way in hell (as far as I can see) that Melo left the ground before Ginobili got there. I still go back to the fact that if two refs made the call, went to the replay and still let it stand, then it was the correct call to make. I just don’t understand the “swallow your whistles” argument when were talking about a call as clear as that one.

It was an offensive foul on Carmelo. I dont fucking care if Lebron or wade or Kobe get away with it, If it was an offensive it should be called by the refs. PERIOD. Carmelo commited a foul, he got whistled. There’s no rule saying that a ref has to swallow his whistle at the end of games….they just do it to give advantage to superstars. Be happy, a ref made the right call. Maybe the next time you will be glad a ref made the right call instead of cheating in favor of some offensive superstar. Manu made a great defensive play, he didnt cheat, he arrived before Carmelo and planted his feet outside the restricted area. Textbook defense. The fact that he exagerated doesnt take away the fact that IT WAS AN OBVIOUS OFFENSIVE FOUL. No one is arguing that, only you guys.
Stop making excuses, be happy that your team fought back and almost beat the team with the best record in the NBA.
Manu played like crap the whole game, but he is Manu Ginobili. Tell me one other player in the NBA who is capable of making game winning plays on both ends of the court. I know that Carmelo cant. But hey!! He is from Argentina, he cant be a good basketball player right?