Re: Gatling, Walker

[Mike Dynon <mdynon@ix.netcom.com>]

Jonathan McIntyre wrote:
> 
> There was something in the Boston Globe this morning that says Pitino
> reviewed the Celtics' private tapes of the game in slow motion and saw
> that there was no contact between Walker's elbow and Gatling's nose.
> Gatling did a major acting job to play it up.  You could even see that
> on the regular broadcast, that he was overdoing it, and that's what
> Antoine has repeatedly said, too.

Those refs sent NJ to the line 56 times.  They saw an elbow thrown, a
player grab his mouth, and assumed the worst.  There's no way they
weren't going to make that call.  In the first half, Walker nudged
Gatling from behind on a rebound; Gatling staggered to the floor and got
the call; as he walked to the FT line, a close-up showed him wink at a
teammate.  Gatling's a faker, and the refs are easy to fake out. 
Antoine has to learn which players will do that, and avoid giving them
the opportunity.  That's what experience is all about.

Mike Dynon