Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 at 9:00 am  |  57 responses

Video: Iguodala Wins it, Ariza Gets the Blame

by Marcel Mutoni


Thrilling finish in L.A. last night, as the Sixers hung tough with the Lakers, and in the end escaped Staples with a win at the buzzer. According to several members of the hometown team, it should should’ve never come down to that.

Welcome to blame-ville, Trevor Ariza:

Lakers coach Phil Jackson seemed nonplussed that Ariza didn’t foul before Iguodala got the shot up. So did center Pau Gasol.

“We shouldn’t have gotten to that point anyways,” Gasol said. “That’s the learning part of it, and also hopefully the fact that when there’s six seconds left and we have a foul to give, we can’t take that kind of a chance and let that guy take a three and win the game. At least put him on the line and make him earn it.”

For what it’s worth, Ariza acknowledged his mistake and said that he thought Iggy would attack the basket on the play. Guess again, Trevor.

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  • Danny W UK

    Iggy made a great clutch shot. I don’t see anyone blaming Bryon Russell when Mike shot a game winner over him.

    Yeah I know they had a foul to give, but Trevor did a good job taking away his drive, and didn’t overly challege the shot, giving the refs a chance to call a foul on a 3. He just face guarded him very well.

    Iggy just made a great shot. Time to move on.

  • karma

    I hate people who try using stats to justify everything. Guys like Dennis Rodman would not be legends if stats accounted for everything (sans rebounding in his case). Obviously Kobe is not going to be top 3 in clutch scoring…how many close games have the Lakers had this year? Definetly not as much as the Cavs and Heat, that’s for damn sure. Yep, like Nick said…Kobe’s a terrible clutch player (all the clutch shots he’s made obviously dont mean sh*t), he almost cost USA the gold (of course, being clutch in the gold medal game doesnt count for anything), and his defense is worse than Steve Nash’s. All the Laker fans must be crazy, their franchise player sounds like the 6’6 version of Michael Olowakandi!

  • chintao

    Fil’s fault. The coaching staff is supposed to remind players of little things, like how many fouls the team has to give. Amazingly, Kobe was not driving the bus that Fil and Pau just threw Razor under.

  • http://www.basketballjerseyworld.com NBA-JERSEY-KING

    @j.soc – you are right but then it would be accepted as a rookie mistake

    I mean Dorell Wright of the Heat hasnt played for a while and recently he was bringing the ball up court, crossed half court and passed to a teammate in the backcourt (no pressure was on him) – sometimes players heads arent in the game – but at the end of a close one, Ariza, a veteran, shoulda known….

  • method526

    iggy’s worked on his shot and it’s improved notably. trevor needs to watch some tape.

  • philly boy

    lets all stop arguing…jus accept the fact….philadelphians..we’re just smply the best

  • DJR

    MACGYVER – where the hell did you get the clutch shot stat from?? I find it hard to believe that having been in the league alot more years than LeBron that Mamba has only taken 6 more game winning shots.

    T-MONEY – big travel by Dre. Check around the 30sec mark for the best shot. But then again, how many people would be here whinging that the league refs for the Championship calibre teams if he had been called.

    Check the arc on Dre’s shot as well, that thing almost went to the rafters. Swear it looks like hail mary when he threw it up there, I think the reason got so excited with that fan on the side is because they were as surprised as each other. Ha!

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