A little background: The Hornets held a 94-93 lead over the Rockets with 43 seconds left when Carl Landry ran over James Posey and subsequently fouled out. Rick Adelman was apparently incensed about this and made a few cutting statements to the media after the game. I have to say the officiating was pretty bad in this game– probably the worst I’ve seen at a home game this season– but it was also evenly bad. There were plenty of unbelievable calls that had the home crowd yelling and booing as well.
I know this is a floppers’ league, but come on. Can we at least pretend not to be so obvious about it?
From the AP recap:
Landry said he didn’t run over Posey intentionally and that Posey “tried to flop a little bit.”
Posey said he’d recognized the play Houston was running and moved into Landry’s path.
“He didn’t even slow down and he just ran me over and I was able to get the call,” Posey said. “It was just one of those heady plays, just saving it for a stretch like that.”
But the quote in Landry’s home paper is a little different:
When Landry ran over James Posey while looking to post up — the call that most infuriated the Rockets and fouled Landry out of the game — the Rockets had gone more than two scoreless minutes, putting Paul in position to adroitly guide the Hornets through the final minutes.
“I knew (Posey) was going to be there,” Landry said. “I tried to flop a little bit and get the call to go my way. They were at home. I guess it didn’t go our way.
The NBA: Where Complaining Because the Other Guy Is a Better Flopper Than You Happens.
Incredulous
LOL! at both Landry AND Adelman. As long as things were going their way last week IN Houston it was ok. Adelman sure has been whining a lot lately. I mean the guy has even whined about his teams’ schedule. Are you kidding me? LOL!
I don’t understand just how much you have to complain in this league to get fined. Being a Mavericks fan, I’m accustomed to a Mark Cuban fine every once and awhile, but Dictator David Stern seems adamant to keep specific players and coaches down.
If true, unsurprising.
Indeed Stern seems to get an evil glee out of trying to shut up Mark Cuban.
This has nothing to do with this article but saw this in the recap of last night’s game and laughed like this – LOL
“They got a career night from sharpshooter Devin Brown”
LOL……sharp……LOL……shooter….