WC Playoffs: (3) Suns vs. (6) Blazers

[EtchenBa]

I'm a DIRK and also a Celtics fan, but the two flagrants called in this game were just ridiculous. Bayless simply prevented a breakaway layup by Jason Richardson and Channing Frye also prevented an easy score by Nicolas Batum. Both were attempting to go for the ball and not hurt anyone. The refs were just ridiculous on those calls.

Exactly, but why did everyone freak out about the Frye one but not the Bayless one?

[ptown08]

Typical of some of these suns fans complaining and moaning with many different excuses about why they lost. The bayless flagrant was a bad call and same with the frye one, just to make up the difference. the rest wasn't that bad at all, and don't even act like Portland was the beneficiary of a conspiracy by Stern and Co. I'm beginning to think Amare can do anything he wants to a ref and get away with it.

[garrick]

The refs are affected by the Blazers crowd just like the Utah crowd..

Hence the incredible home record of the Utah Jazz, I wish Phx fans were this loud but the true fans are being shut out by the ridiculously high ticket prices.
The Suns used to have one of the best crowds in the NBA in the Barkley era but not anymore.

[LLcoleJ]

someone make a new thread and I will sticky.