So, OK, the Miami Heat won the NBA title. Bravo, and all that. LeBron James and the rest of them really are good players.
That said, if you watched the playoffs this year, you might have felt as though an awful lot of calls seemed to go the Heat’s way, from the crazy no-call when Rajon Rondo got hit in the face to the truly bizarre flagrant foul called on Oklahoma City’s Derek Fisher in tonight’s final game. Of course, the losing team’s fans always love to blame the refs.
But I’ve never seen anything like this: it appears that, after Heat player Mike Miller hits a 3-point shot in tonight’s game, one of the referees high-fives Heat coach Erik Spoelstra as he’s running up the floor.
That is just weird.
dont-get-cute says
Looks more like the ref was telling him to move back off the court to me.
The Celts must be kicking themselves right now, they had the Heat on the ropes, or so it seemed to us rubes. But fixed or not, LeBron is worthy of being the new star of the NBA, I stopped hating on him halfway through the finals and started appreciating his talents. Durant’s time will come soon enough.
stomv says
don’t-get-cute’s got it exactly right. In football and basketball the rules restricting the coach from the court are routinely flouted. So long as you stay out of the action itself, letting the head coach drift a little bit is reasonable — the sidelines are so packed that it’s the only way he can get a good view some of the time.
So long as they don’t stray too far, the refs don’t mind. However, to ensure of that, the refs “push” them back from time to time. That’s all that was. Watch more basketball [I prefer NCAA to NBA, but either] and you’ll see it all the time.