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Missed foul call at end of Lakers-Hawks Game


Mar 14 2013 4:02PM
With 4.9 seconds remaining in the Atlanta Hawks' 96-92 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on March 13, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant attempted a jump shot over the Hawks' Dahntay Jones. After review at the league office, video replay confirmed that referees missed a foul call on Jones as he challenged Bryant's shot and did not give him the opportunity to land cleanly back on the floor. Bryant should have been granted two free throws.
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thadocta said:
too late game is over and maybe the lakers championship chances too
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I hate when NBA does this :lol:

They admit they missed game deciding calls, but that's all they do. They did same with Mavs game earlier this year when LMA hit the game winner.

It's stupid. Keep your mouth shut if you aren't going to do anything about it.
 
I know yall hate when I post about the Mavericks, but something that happened with the team recently is really inspiring..

They signed former Georgetown PG Chris Wright, who recently has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Wright first known NBAer with MS
Updated: March 14, 2013, 1:25 PM ET
By Tim MacMahon | ESPNDallas.com


Chris Wright Joins Mavs While Battling MS
ESPNDallas.com's Tim MacMahon on G Chris Wright becoming the first known NBA player to acknowledge having multiple sclerosis when he signed a 10-day deal with the Mavericks.Tags: Chris Wright

SAN ANTONIO -- About a year after he was barely able to walk due to a frightening disease, Chris Wright was running the floor with the Dallas Mavericks during Wednesday's practice.

Wright became the first-known NBA player to acknowledge having multiple sclerosis when he signed a 10-day deal with Dallas and joined the Mavs in San Antonio. That's a fact that Wright is especially proud of after earning a call-up from the D-League.

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There's not a cure for MS. Can there be a relapse? Absolutely. But with the way I've been progressing and the way my body has been ... it reduces the risk of that happening again. I just go from there and see what happens.
” -- Chris Wright

"That's definitely one of the things I pride myself on, being the face of it and being an inspiration and motivation for people to keep fighting." said Wright, who averaged 15.5 points, 7.0 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the Iowa Energy this season to earn a D-League All-Star bid. "I made history with this."

Wright was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic, unpredictable disease that affects the central nervous system, while playing for Olin Edime in the Turkish Basketball League last season.

The first sign of the disease occurred when his foot gave out while he was running line sprints at the end of a March practice. Wright lost sensation and felt pain and numbness in his right hand, right arm and right leg that night, prompting him to visit multiple doctors and specialists before the disease was finally diagnosed correctly.

Common symptoms of MS include fatigue, numbness, loss of balance, poor coordination, blurred vision and problems with memory and focus, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which estimates that more than 2.1 million people are affected by the disease. In severe cases, MS can cause paralysis. Wright originally was told by Turkish doctors that his basketball career was finished.


"The doctors told me that, but I didn't think so," said Wright, 23, a former Georgetown star who went undrafted in 2011. "I just knew it'd be a process, and when I got back, it'd be a good story."

Wright returned to serious basketball activity in July. He missed an opportunity to play in the NBA's summer league but was ready for the beginning of the D-League season and seized the opportunity. The Mavs opted to call up Wright after waiving reserve guard Dominique Jones this week.

"Chris is a true point guard that's consistently ranked as one of the top point guards in the D-League this season," Mavs president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said. "He's a high-character, tough competitor who's had to consistently overcome personal challenges like MS to put himself in this position. The physical obstacles he's had to contend with are significant."



Added coach Rick Carlisle, who is uncertain when Wright will get his first NBA playing time: "It shows determination and an element of resourcefulness, which I think is a very important quality on any NBA team, to have as many resourceful guys as you can. I know he's very pleased to have this opportunity. And it's going to give inspiration to others that may have similar conditions."

Wright, grateful to the Mavs given his medical situation, said his disease is in remission. He has not had an episode since the one in Turkey, which lasted two weeks, and visits a specialist for a checkup every six months. He takes an intravenous dose of Tysabri, which he says is the strongest MS medicine, once a month.

"There's not a cure for MS," Wright said. "Can there be a relapse? Absolutely. But with the way I've been progressing and the way my body has been -- it helps that I'm an athlete as well -- it reduces the risk of that happening again. I just go from there and see what happens."

Wright's arrival in the NBA happened to occur during MS Awareness Week. It also came weeks after the birth of his first son, Chris Jr.

"It's all a blessing," Wright said. "This has been a great month for me."
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Whether he sticks with the team or not, or even plays at all, they cut Dominique Jones to make room for Chris Wright.

He won't be able to play in the Playoffs should the Mavericks make it, but it says a lot about the kids game that they would cut Dominique Jones and sign Chris Wright who wouldn't even be eligible.

It's a great story and I hope the kid shines, whether it's with us or any other NBA team.
 
JapanAir21 said:
I hate when NBA does this :lol:

They admit they missed game deciding calls, but that's all they do. They did same with Mavs game earlier this year when LMA hit the game winner.

It's stupid. Keep your mouth shut if you aren't going to do anything about it.
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I agree.
 
celtixhalfshell said:
as a human being i hope koba can continue playing with his daughters at productive and intense levels....

as a ballah i hope sohe kryin ratface weasal-man nevah comes back!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hater??? u bettah believe it!!! he deserves the hate. he'll nevah be mj. he'll nevah be loved like that. and that is a GOOD THING.

MJ wanabe with small rat claw hands. mamba out gimme a break!!! lmao
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What's going on here :rofl: :rolin
 
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