10thofasecondgate
Al Horford may eliminate any controversy surrounding the end of Wednesday’s 127-120 overtime victory over Toronto.
Horford told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that he touched the inbound pass that Toronto’s T.J. Ford tipped in at the end of regulation. Ford’s basket, which would have won the game, was disallowed when replays showed he was still in contact with the ball at the buzzer. The game went into overtime tied 107-107.
Horford said the inbound pass tipped his fingers, meaning the clock should have started at that point. If that was the case, there would not have been enough time for the ball to reach Ford and be tipped in with just 0.5 seconds left.
Apr 3rd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I honestly had no idea this game went to overtime before reading this post. I was checking the league scores online, and just as I clicked, the game said “FINAL” with the Raptors up by 3. I couldn’t believed they’d scored in such a short amount of time.
Apr 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 pm
horford is officially my least favourite player in the nba…next time the hawks are in town, im gonna throw a philly cheese steak at him.
Raps Fan’s last blog post..Sam Mitchell/TJ Ford - Raps/Hawks - Apr. 2/08
Apr 4th, 2008 at 5:49 am
What do you expect the guy to say. It took a while for them to come up with an excuse. If he had tipped the ball the ref would have brought it up immediately. To be PC he’s probably mistaken and the ref will swear to it. Seems like Atlanta/NBA will do anything to get to the playoffs. Hope they make the same kind of calls against Boston.
Toronto should suck it up and play on. One never knows playing Cleveland might not be so bad if James has a bad back. With a bad back he should only be able to score 25/30 on the Raps.