At the time i really thought it was a foul on Barry and he should of at least got the chance to shoot two.
Do me a favour though and try to picture how it would of gone down if it was Kobe who caught that inbounds pass...
He would of done one of two things.
1/ ham up the contact a bit more, perhaps falter back and lose the dribble so the refs are forced to make the call or..
2/ Get tough and plow through fisher to get the open look. (most likely)
Barry is at fault here, he made a good fake then half played it out. He needed to commit to either the foul or smashing through. He let the ref choose a no-call, blame on him.
As for the whole refs being the fingers of stern thing- Kobe shot like 2 free throws against the spurs...
Watched the piston get eliminated and have to say, Rasheed is the most frustrating player to watch. He is fantastic on a low block. Post moves to die for. Then he blows a two ft uncontested shot...
It must just be a fitness thing where he cant play down there all game, saves it for crunch time. His def of KG on the block, denying him the entry pass time and again- awesome.
I've not seen a lot of KG, but from what i saw, he is a jump shooter and fall away shooter. Great passer from the high post or in transition. Can get his shot anytime he wants, the problem is the shot isn't high percentage. Maybe 50/50 which is not acceptable for stars at crunch time. In the finals when Kobe is scoring bucket after bucket (or getting to the line)down the stretch, the celts will live or die by KG's jumpers and with Gasol's reach, i don't like the percentages for Boston...
(also- Kobe gets fouled on drives etc, KG won't get to the line with a spin/fall-away jumper.)
