From the Other Side

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"The clock malfunction. The clock operator is a neutral official -- Tom Mauer, brother of referee Ken Mauer, who is from Minnesota. But he didn't really have anything to do with the malfunction. The referees' whistle starts and stops the clock. Apparently, what happened was, the whistle started the clock, then there was an inadvertant whistle that stopped it at 5.1 and again at 4.8. The inadvertant whistle could have been just a heavy exhale by an official with the whistle still in his mouth. Seriously, that could have done it.

 

And by NBA rules, that situation cannot be reviewed. (We tried to talk to referee Steve Javie but he declined to discuss the incident.) Thus, Chauncey Billups' three-pointer counted. To the Magic's credit, they didn't lean on that as an excuse. They weren't happy about it, of course, but they realized their 19 turnovers and brain-dead plays down the stretch doomed them more than the clock.

 

On another note: Stan Van Gundy apparently made his point. He complained for two days about how the Pistons were getting away with a lot of extreme physicality. Sure enough, Game 2 was called tighter than any playoff game I've seen this season -- in person or on television. Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess were in foul trouble. McDyess fouled out. Dwight Howard (22 points, 18 rebounds) shot eight free throws and he would have shot a lot more if a) the Magic had the good sense to give him the ball more (11 shots) and B) he didn't turn it over so much (5).

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[PistonFan999 0]

http://info.detnews.com/redesign/blogs/pistonsblog/index.cfm

 

"The clock malfunction. The clock operator is a neutral official -- Tom Mauer, brother of referee Ken Mauer, who is from Minnesota. But he didn't really have anything to do with the malfunction. The referees' whistle starts and stops the clock. Apparently, what happened was, the whistle started the clock, then there was an inadvertant whistle that stopped it at 5.1 and again at 4.8. The inadvertant whistle could have been just a heavy exhale by an official with the whistle still in his mouth. Seriously, that could have done it.

 

And by NBA rules, that situation cannot be reviewed. (We tried to talk to referee Steve Javie but he declined to discuss the incident.) Thus, Chauncey Billups' three-pointer counted. To the Magic's credit, they didn't lean on that as an excuse. They weren't happy about it, of course, but they realized their 19 turnovers and brain-dead plays down the stretch doomed them more than the clock.

 

On another note: Stan Van Gundy apparently made his point. He complained for two days about how the Pistons were getting away with a lot of extreme physicality. Sure enough, Game 2 was called tighter than any playoff game I've seen this season -- in person or on television. Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess were in foul trouble. McDyess fouled out. Dwight Howard (22 points, 18 rebounds) shot eight free throws and he would have shot a lot more if a) the Magic had the good sense to give him the ball more (11 shots) and B) he didn't turn it over so much (5).

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