But to address the timeout issue. Now anyone chime in on this (I know you all will
). Didn't it look like Avery Johnson was callin the time out on the sidelines? All the replays show him doin the "T" (timeout) symbol with his hands. And then it shows him waving it off. Then it shows him arguing with the Refs and putting up 2 fingers as to maybe suggest that he thought they had 2 timeouts left? Maybe that's where you see the assistant coaches yelling not to take the timeout and then Johnson waving it off. You think?
Avery Johnson looked emphatic as to the way he was gesturing the T symbol with his hands. Maybe Howard just did what he saw and call it. But then it was too late.