Other Blogs on the Phantom Fouls
Jun/26/2006 12:01 AM Filed in: HSOs from a
Bitter P1
Others Blog
on the Phantom Fouls
Lest everyone think I am alone in banging the drum on this "phantom foul" issue, I thought you might be interested to read what others have been writing/saying about it in the past week.
The following are abstracts from other blogs, where the writers are as similarly disgusted with the lax treatment of Wade as I am: (Read the rest. Click here)
Lest everyone think I am alone in banging the drum on this "phantom foul" issue, I thought you might be interested to read what others have been writing/saying about it in the past week.
The following are abstracts from other blogs, where the writers are as similarly disgusted with the lax treatment of Wade as I am: (Read the rest. Click here)
Wade was Treated Differently (And it Made a Difference)
Jun/23/2006 03:37 PM Filed in: HSOs from a
Bitter P1
You can't
come to any other conclusion, if you look at the
facts. I've supplied some video evidence to that end.
But some folks still insist on claiming that "there
were probably just as many bad calls against the
Heat."
That's possible. But I don't care to look it up, because I don't have to. I can just look at the stats to see how lopsided it was, and see that the video evidence supports the stats, which supports my conclusion: Wade was treated differently in this series. It may tick you off to hear this, but it's clearly the factual truth.
The best analysis of these facts is this from another blogger, named Will Davis, who has done some analysis of the playoffs, and free throw attempts.
First, Davis, like me, gives a disclaimer:
"I'm trying not to give-in to the conspiracy theory, and I won't. It wasn't rigged. Dallas would have won last night if they hadn't shot under 40% from the field. But I'm absolutely certain Miami would not have been close if they didn't get so much help."
Then, he delves right in to the facts:
"I've tracked down how many times Dwyane Wade went to the free throw line (attempts) and compared them to his season average and his average throughout the playoffs. I didn't include total team personal fouls because Miami didn't have much of a team. They had one guy that they relied on for everything, and that was Wade. Plus the whole Hack-a-Shaq strategy screws up overall personal foul numbers.
I compared Wade's numbers to Dirk's numbers. Dirk had a terrible series scoring-wise, but I wanted to show All-Star vs All-Star averages. It's not that Wade got more attempts than Dirk, but the overall picture the simple comparison helps create. All numbers are rounded up.
Overall Average FTA (free throw attempts):
Dirk fta average for the season: 8
Wade fta average for the season: 11
Dirk fta average for the playoffs excluding the Finals: 10
Wade fta average for the playoffs excluding the Finals: 9
Dirk fta average for the Finals: 9
Wade fta average for the Finales: 16 (an increase of 145%)
Total FTA for Playoffs (number of games in the series):
Dirk fta vs Memphis: 38 (4) San Antonio: 80 (7) Phoenix: 56 (6) Miami: 55 (6)
Wade fta vs Chicago: 48 (6) New Jersey: 53 (5) Detroit: 52 (6) Dallas: 97 (6) (+180%)
FTA per Finals Game:
Dirk: 6, 11, 12, 13, 5, and 8.
Wade: 10, 14, 18, 9, 25, and 21. (game 6 was a 200% increase in attempts from the season average, game 5 was +225%)
I think another big stat for key games 5 and 6 is where overall points were coming from. For game 6 44% of Wade's points came from free throws; game 5 it was 49%. That's almost 50% of your points for two games coming from officials (Wade also had 48% of points coming from the line in game 2, which Miami lost). Of course he had to make them, which he did and stands as a testament to his abilities... as a free throw shooter. Michael Jordan didn't need 50% of his points to come from the line, neither did Magic nor Bird.
Nor was wondering what the differece looked like between the previous series up to game 2, then from game 3 to game 6. Wade averaged 9.5 fta from the Eastern Conference Finals to game 2 of the Finals. Wade then averaged 18.25 fta for games 3 thru 6, an increase of 192%.
Wade took 28 shots from the floor in game 5, and took 25 free throw attempts. In game 6 Wade took 18 shot attempts from the floor, and 21 from the line. Game 5's fta for Wade matched the number of fta for the entire Dallas team.
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Bob and Dan mentioned my blog around lunchtime yesterday. They don't really agree with me, because they're still pretty happy with how the season turned out. And I am too. Really. I swear. And they even said that maybe next week, they'd be willing to look at these issues more.
But then, Bob mentioned one more stat that caught my eye, along the lines of what Davis says here:
Wade had TWENTY MORE TOTAL FTAs in this series than Michael Jordan ever had in any championship series he played in.
Still think the video evidence is bogus?
It only points to the deeper reality supported by the stats:
Wade was treated differently.
And that made a huge difference in the series.
That's possible. But I don't care to look it up, because I don't have to. I can just look at the stats to see how lopsided it was, and see that the video evidence supports the stats, which supports my conclusion: Wade was treated differently in this series. It may tick you off to hear this, but it's clearly the factual truth.
The best analysis of these facts is this from another blogger, named Will Davis, who has done some analysis of the playoffs, and free throw attempts.
First, Davis, like me, gives a disclaimer:
"I'm trying not to give-in to the conspiracy theory, and I won't. It wasn't rigged. Dallas would have won last night if they hadn't shot under 40% from the field. But I'm absolutely certain Miami would not have been close if they didn't get so much help."
Then, he delves right in to the facts:
"I've tracked down how many times Dwyane Wade went to the free throw line (attempts) and compared them to his season average and his average throughout the playoffs. I didn't include total team personal fouls because Miami didn't have much of a team. They had one guy that they relied on for everything, and that was Wade. Plus the whole Hack-a-Shaq strategy screws up overall personal foul numbers.
I compared Wade's numbers to Dirk's numbers. Dirk had a terrible series scoring-wise, but I wanted to show All-Star vs All-Star averages. It's not that Wade got more attempts than Dirk, but the overall picture the simple comparison helps create. All numbers are rounded up.
Overall Average FTA (free throw attempts):
Dirk fta average for the season: 8
Wade fta average for the season: 11
Dirk fta average for the playoffs excluding the Finals: 10
Wade fta average for the playoffs excluding the Finals: 9
Dirk fta average for the Finals: 9
Wade fta average for the Finales: 16 (an increase of 145%)
Total FTA for Playoffs (number of games in the series):
Dirk fta vs Memphis: 38 (4) San Antonio: 80 (7) Phoenix: 56 (6) Miami: 55 (6)
Wade fta vs Chicago: 48 (6) New Jersey: 53 (5) Detroit: 52 (6) Dallas: 97 (6) (+180%)
FTA per Finals Game:
Dirk: 6, 11, 12, 13, 5, and 8.
Wade: 10, 14, 18, 9, 25, and 21. (game 6 was a 200% increase in attempts from the season average, game 5 was +225%)
I think another big stat for key games 5 and 6 is where overall points were coming from. For game 6 44% of Wade's points came from free throws; game 5 it was 49%. That's almost 50% of your points for two games coming from officials (Wade also had 48% of points coming from the line in game 2, which Miami lost). Of course he had to make them, which he did and stands as a testament to his abilities... as a free throw shooter. Michael Jordan didn't need 50% of his points to come from the line, neither did Magic nor Bird.
Nor was wondering what the differece looked like between the previous series up to game 2, then from game 3 to game 6. Wade averaged 9.5 fta from the Eastern Conference Finals to game 2 of the Finals. Wade then averaged 18.25 fta for games 3 thru 6, an increase of 192%.
Wade took 28 shots from the floor in game 5, and took 25 free throw attempts. In game 6 Wade took 18 shot attempts from the floor, and 21 from the line. Game 5's fta for Wade matched the number of fta for the entire Dallas team.
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Bob and Dan mentioned my blog around lunchtime yesterday. They don't really agree with me, because they're still pretty happy with how the season turned out. And I am too. Really. I swear. And they even said that maybe next week, they'd be willing to look at these issues more.
But then, Bob mentioned one more stat that caught my eye, along the lines of what Davis says here:
Wade had TWENTY MORE TOTAL FTAs in this series than Michael Jordan ever had in any championship series he played in.
Still think the video evidence is bogus?
It only points to the deeper reality supported by the stats:
Wade was treated differently.
And that made a huge difference in the series.
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(Read the rest. Click here)Wow, Did I Touche A Nerve (Thoughts a Day Later)
Jun/22/2006 06:41 PM Filed in: HSOs from a
Bitter P1
What a day
for my little blog...
Yesterday, I posted these clips from Game 6 of the Mavs/Heat series. And throughout the day I was inundated with hits to my site. As of this writing, more than 9,300 visted the site yesterday. To put that in some perspective, I usually get between 2,000 and 4,000 visitors in any given month.
Apparently, the main thing that happened is that several blogs linked back to this entry. (Read the rest. Click here)
Yesterday, I posted these clips from Game 6 of the Mavs/Heat series. And throughout the day I was inundated with hits to my site. As of this writing, more than 9,300 visted the site yesterday. To put that in some perspective, I usually get between 2,000 and 4,000 visitors in any given month.
Apparently, the main thing that happened is that several blogs linked back to this entry. (Read the rest. Click here)
Spring Valley Coffeehouse
Jun/22/2006 06:40 AM Filed in: Music News
In all the
Mavs excitement, I need to remind you about the gig
this Friday. I'll be returning to Spring Valley UMC
for their second coffeehouse. You may remember that
SVUMC was the site of the incredible
Dan Fogelberg Tribute
Show a few months back.
This time, I'll be headlining the show, and playing my own stuff. Josh Wilson, who happens to be both the son and nephew of several of my high school friends (I feel old), will open. We've gotten a little press in the Morning News, and that never hurts. And we'd love to see all of you.
Here's the scoop: (Read the rest. Click here)
This time, I'll be headlining the show, and playing my own stuff. Josh Wilson, who happens to be both the son and nephew of several of my high school friends (I feel old), will open. We've gotten a little press in the Morning News, and that never hurts. And we'd love to see all of you.
Here's the scoop: (Read the rest. Click here)
Final Score: Mavs 92 Heat 88 (Or that's what it should have been, and here's the video to prove it)
Jun/21/2006 05:44 AM Filed in: HSOs from a
Bitter P1
This blog entry contains videos of the "five phantom
fouls" from the Mavs/Heart finals of 2006...
(Read the rest. Click
here)
We Were Robbed
Jun/20/2006 11:20 PM Filed in: HSOs from a
Bitter P1
The NBA
finals have just ended. And the Mavericks were
robbed.
I know, you expect a fan like me to say such things. But it's absolutely true. Dennise and I counted no less than four times when Dwyane Wade drew "phantom fouls" from Maverick players. I'm talking four times when the Mav players didn't even TOUCH him. It wasn't even close. How the officials missed it all is beyond me. But if I can find the video camera, I'll happily digitize and post the evidence later this week. (Read the rest. Click here)
I know, you expect a fan like me to say such things. But it's absolutely true. Dennise and I counted no less than four times when Dwyane Wade drew "phantom fouls" from Maverick players. I'm talking four times when the Mav players didn't even TOUCH him. It wasn't even close. How the officials missed it all is beyond me. But if I can find the video camera, I'll happily digitize and post the evidence later this week. (Read the rest. Click here)
Finals
Jun/10/2006 09:48 PM Filed in: HSOs from a
Bitter P1
I know I said
no more entries until mid-June. However, I THINK I've
got the iBlog situation taken care of. And, by
mid-June, the NBA Finals will be mostly over and I'll
have lost my one chance to lay down my prediction.
Since I've been doing so well in my predictions so far this (NCAA National Championship, Super Bowl) why miss out on the chance to weigh in one this...especically since it involves my Dallas Mavericks.
So, with one game already down, here's how I now see this series unfolding.... (Read the rest. Click here)
Since I've been doing so well in my predictions so far this (NCAA National Championship, Super Bowl) why miss out on the chance to weigh in one this...especically since it involves my Dallas Mavericks.
So, with one game already down, here's how I now see this series unfolding.... (Read the rest. Click here)