Two crucial plays  in the last few seconds were against the Lakers.

First, Derek Fisher gets called for the fould on Roger Mason.  It was a unique play in which Fisher was standing at the back of Mason and Mason jumped backwards while shooting the ball.  Mason created the contact and he got the foul.

Lastly, Trevor Ariza gets bumped/blocked by Manu Ginobili causing Ariza to travel.  Having said that, Ariza should’ve taken the jumper as everybody knows the refs don’t call a foul when it’s in the dying seconds and you drive to the hoop. 

I guess it’s karma at work here.  The Spurs got Derek Fisher-ed two times (0.4 shot and no-foul call against Brent Barry) and it’s payback time.

I was happy with the loss because it was, in essence, a win.  Phil Jackson was right, he considers this game a win and I heartily agree with him.

By the way, what’s up with Kobe?  Deep three to defeat the Houston and now deep three to “defeat” the Spurs?  I like how Greg Poppovich said it at the start of the 4th quarter – It’s Kobe time.