<font size="8">We Lost!!!</font>
I know this is the perenial excuse that is way overused...but trust me when I say:
This was some of the shittiest officiating I have ever seen. Would we have won if the officials were perfect? No. We still probably would have lost...but it doesn't help when they help the other team build a 10 point lead right off the bat by calling bullshit fouls and turnovers on us in the first few minutes. Maybe some other players would like to share a story while I compile the stats real quick...
Here are the stats:
A few bullshit calls that come to mind looking back on it (others, please add to this list, as I won't remember them all):
*Once, Orgazmo gets the ball underneath, he takes a couple dribbles and goes up to take the shot...he gets absolutely mauled on the shot (which should send him to the line for two shots). Well, the official
right by the play blows his whistle, calls a foul, and says "two shots". At the very same time, the official
way the fuck over by the three point line blows his whistle, and calls traveling...his call stands up, and they give the other team the ball.
*On one play, Trout Sniffer is guarding a guy under the basket. His opponent goes up for the shot,
Trout Sniffer does not touch him at all, when the kid makes the basket, they call a foul-basket counts on Trout.
*Towards the very end of the first half, Rudy is dribbling the ball up the court. There is roughly 5 seconds left in the half. I am standing by the three-point line, my guy goes over to double team Rudy, leaving me wide open, Rudy passes me the ball, I hit the open-three at the buzzer, whistle blows...foul on the kid double teaming Rudy, end of the half, no basket.
*Umm...help clear me up on this one, especially you Shaw. I'm in the lane for one or two seconds before Dotson passes me the ball. I take a dribble or two, go up for a shot, and get fouled. As I get fouled, I hear a whistle blow, I automatically assume I'm going to the line, because I got hacked pretty good. The ref calls "three seconds in the lane on me". My question (mostly to Shaw is):
When you are in the lane, and you get the ball, does the three-second clock keep ticking? 'Cause I always thought that once you have the ball, you can stay down there for as long as you please. I went over at halftime and asked the refs this, and both of them said to me very feverishly, "yes, when you are in the lane, and you have the ball, the three second clock keeps ticking". This is all new to me. Apparantly the 15 years I've been watching basketball, not one ref has ever called the correct foul on Shaq or hell...even Robert fucking Parrish (yes, I remember watching him), when they stand in the lane for more than three seconds with the ball.
*Another time, Trout Sniffer is at the top of the key, he makes a move and starts driving to the lane, *tweet*, whistle blows, they call him for "five seconds". I don't even know what the fuck that is. I've heard of "five seconds" if you are just standing there dribbling the ball doing nothing else, but the fact that he was driving the lane...I dunno, maybe I just don't know what the fuck I'm talking about.
*There was tons of other miscellaneous shit. Over the back fouls, etc, etc, etc.
Whatever...on the whole, it was a very very fun season. I had a great time, and hope everyone else did too. Our final record was 2-3. Our MVP of the season is, no question,
Rudy. The kid's a phenom. Trout Sniffer was incredible too. For anyone who cares, I'd like to apologize for playing like shit in this last game, it was Ugly out there (pun intended).
Thoughts?
-Ugly Bastard
[ March 03, 2004, 11:24 PM: Message edited by: Ugly Bastard ]