Oops...Oh Well

Well, as it turns out, Fisher really did foul Barry at the end of game 4 between the Lakers and the Spurs. This is according to the NBA. They acknowledged this fact on Wed. Unfortunately, the game was played Tuesday night. At the end of the game, the Lakers were up 93-91. With time winding down, Barry did a shot fake, Fisher jumped and landed on Barry, Barry shot and missed, end of the game. No foul was called when Fisher landed on Barry. Had there been a foul called, Barry would have gotten 2 free throws to possibly tie the game. Most of the talking heads on tv agreed that a foul should have been called, although one idiot on ESPN said the right call was made because Barry did not "sell" the foul. People "selling" fouls is a big problem in the NBA as it is, and one that I will comment on another time.

Now, it is nice that the NBA has admitted that a mistake was made, but there is nothing that really can be done once the game is over. Unfortunately, bad calls are a part of the game. It happens. Hopefully, it just happens to happen. One person on MSNBC.com does not think it just happened to happen. But, it is all in the past now, and game 5 is currently going on. Although, if this was the Democratic Primary, the Spurs would probably have demanded credit for those 2 free throws that they were not awarded, and awarded the win because it was their home game, and they had won the previous home game. (For more on the Democratic primary, check out Beyond The Nation.)