darthmerrick wrote:~Snoopy~ wrote:darthmerrick wrote:Wow! NBA just lost any credibility they had left with how the end of that first quarter was officiated. I know a sweep is bad for business, but wow...this is worse than the 2009 ECF.
what?yeah propably thats why they helped Warriors players to stay in the game too?
I think the refs got a little more balanced as the game went along...still horribly officiated. The Dubs couldn't control their emotions.
The first quarter though, was plainly a fix. Go back and re-watch first quarter if you missed game and listened to just highlights the next dy...Cavs shot more free throws in one quarter then most teams get in an entire game, I don't want to hear they were aggressive. Richard Jefferson and Imman Shumpert were the one's getting superstar respect and taking those FT'S...and then knocking down holding Dubs players on other end -- refs were swallowing whistle. Kyrie over the back's, traveling...just made me sick as a basketball fan to watch that kind officiating. First quarter was worse than Lakers/Kings, Cavs/Magic 09'.
If you buy into Donaghy's claims in his book, this is just standard operating procedure for the NBA in extending the durations of series that generate revenue. Last year it was the Draymond suspension, which I thought was absurd. I wonder who the league's new Dick Bavettas are.