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Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#1 » by magicfan1989 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:21 pm

Is anyone else worried that once the playoffs start, the Cavs and C's will get ALL the calls making it impossible for us to beat either of them?

I mean c'mon, think about it. We all can agree that a rematch of the Cavs and C's in the Eastern Finals would bring the NBA much better ratings than either Orlando/Cavs or Orlando/Cs. Is anyone else worried that if/when we play either Cleveland/Boston or both, that they will get ALL the calls?


And I think its pretty sad that fans of a sport have to worry about this. What ever happened to fair officiating?
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Post#2 » by craig01 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:54 pm

No, because nobody ever gets all of the calls.

Plus, you get a perceived "advantage" of calls by playing more intelligently aggressive than the other team.
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Post#3 » by Cigamodnalro » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:03 pm

In the playoffs everybody presumably plays intelligently aggressive.

I think that the refs could be cause for concern, but that they don't need to be. If we can open big leads in the first quarter like we've done all season, I think we can earn ref respect early on in the game. We'll have to be careful with touch fouls on the stars, because refs WILL call those every time.
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Re: Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#4 » by magicfan1989 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:09 pm

Those touch calls is what I'm worried about. You could breathe on LeBron and get called for a flagarent....
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Post#5 » by craig01 » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:32 pm

Cigamodnalro wrote:In the playoffs everybody presumably plays intelligently aggressive.




But they don't, and that's why they don't get the calls. You can't play aggressive in spurts, it must be a full time thing.

Officiating can be a factor, but the style of play has a great deal to do with it.
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Post#6 » by Cigamodnalro » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:35 pm

Even so, if Courtney Lee plays intelligently aggressive defense and Dwyane Wade plays intelligently aggressive offense, the star is going to get the call 80% of the time in the playoffs. It is something to worry about---however, lest it be forgotten, we do have stars of our own.
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Re: Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#7 » by goflyakite » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:36 pm

I dunno...maybe we (Dwight) may start getting more calls as the NBA can't be blind as to Howard's popularity (see all-star voting), on court improvements and commercial value.
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Post#8 » by CHIMOCHI » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:59 pm

Yeah you guys should be worried
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Post#9 » by KnightChris » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:10 pm

magicfan1989 wrote:And I think its pretty sad that fans of a sport have to worry about this. What ever happened to fair officiating?

Very true and, might I add, the NBA is the only professional league in which I worry about this (and I follow pretty much EVERY sport).
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Post#10 » by Diehardmagicfan » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:30 pm

I think that it is a big concern for the magic.

It is really sad that this is the only sport that it concerns me in.
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Re: Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#11 » by UCFJayBird » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:48 pm

this is why we need to win the top seed! :P Win the top seed and we won't face either of them till the Conference Finals.
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Post#12 » by trebone » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:17 pm

we should be concerned but not worried, if we just play our game everything should work itself out.
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Re: Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#13 » by NEM » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:42 pm

ill worry about that after the next 45 games and the first round of the playoffs
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Re: Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#14 » by EasternMagic » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:34 pm

this is a completely random uneccessary thread... We are so far away from the playoffs right now...
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Re: Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#15 » by MagicMadness » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:18 pm

I'm worried that if we were to play either the Cavs or Celtics in the playoffs and lose, a lot of people here would blame it on the refs no matter what.
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Re: Is anyone else worried.... 

Post#16 » by DHoward4Mvp » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:15 pm

LOL, are you frieken kidding me???
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Post#17 » by CHIMOCHI » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:33 pm

MagicMadness wrote:I'm worried that if we were to play either the Cavs or Celtics in the playoffs and lose, a lot of people here would blame it on the refs no matter what.


wow best post in the thread. By these threads it sure doesnt seem like it though. I dont think any other teams fan would even think of making a thread like this one :D
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