considering that horry's feet were planted and west was moving, i just can't see how anybody would consider that dirty. i looked at the replay over and over. there is nothing to it.
There's nothing to it? Horry's feet were NOT planted, as he clearly leans forward, and gets on his toes, right before contact. That's not planted.
And it's not legal to set a screen on a player that's in the air, whether from the front or the back. Robert Horry did not stand still and get jumped into, he moved into David West, even if he didn't actually take a step forward. It's plain to see. He was not stationary, and he did not keep his feet planted. Even on a regular screen, if you lean into the defender, that's an offensive foul.
it doesn't matter how much you love or hate the spurs. the play stands for itself. west moved into horry. horry leaned a little bit forward to brace for a collision that he could see coming, but west was the guy moving even if it was backwards.
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does matter whether you like the Spurs or not, and the proof of that is that only the Spurs fan is arguing that Robert Horry did no wrong.
Some people here can't stand the Spurs; I'm not one of them. I have no ulterior motive or underlying reason to argue that the play was dirty, and I have nothing to gain. But the play was dirty, and everyone sees it but you.
West was the guy moving, but he was in the air. He jumped up and back the way he did because he didn't know Robert Horry was behind him. And instead of having some regard for the safety and well-being of another player who is in a vulnerable position and move out of the way, Horry decided to lean in and maximize the impact.
I don't want to hear about this being the playoffs and elimination games and what not. Players make decisions on the spur of the moment that affect their safety and the safety of other players all the time. And it would have been easy for Horry to move out of the way, allowing David West to land safely, and still set the screen, without moving into him while he was in the air.
people just want the successful team to be a bunch of bad guys.
You can save the Scarface act for Suns fans.
I'm not calling you a homer or saying that you can't be objective, but don't - as a Spurs fan - call other people out for their lack of objectivity on what non-Spurs and non-Hornets fans obviously see as a dirty play. Of course I don't like Robert Horry, being a Kings fan, and of course I want the Hornets to win, being a Chris Paul fan, but I was here on this very board defending the Spurs two weeks ago against the Suns, and in last year's semis defending Bob Horry and the Spurs on the hip-check and suspension situation.
As an objective observer - at least more of one than you could ever be, given the team being discussed - it's pretty clear to me that the screen was dirty. I'm not saying that Horry should be suspended or fined; I'm simply saying that it was a dirty screen. We can agree to disagree if you'd like, and that's fine, but don't make like you're the only one who can be objective and everyone else is just hating on the Spurs because they're winning championships. In reality, you have just as much bias as anyone else does, and probably more, given the fact that you're a long-time and active supporter of one of the teams involved.
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