Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2008 3:34 pm
Everyone tells me to stop crying when I say the refs suck.....well they suck when we lose....they also suck when we win.....they just suck...period.....
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Lost Angel wrote:this was the worst officiated game in a long long time.
there were a lot of phantom calls (for the celtics) and many missed calls (for the lakers)
Lakers will shoot more free throws in LA. this home advantage stuff is ridiculous.
Lost Angel wrote:this was the worst officiated game in a long long time.
there were a lot of phantom calls (for the celtics) and many missed calls (for the lakers)
Lakers will shoot more free throws in LA. this home advantage stuff is ridiculous.
Lost Angel wrote:this was the worst officiated game in a long long time.
there were a lot of phantom calls (for the celtics) and many missed calls (for the lakers)
Lakers will shoot more free throws in LA. this home advantage stuff is ridiculous.
DJ Sueko wrote:Duh, everyone knows when Boston gets 30 more free throws, its because they played amazing D and were super aggressive on offense (despite shooting way more jumpshots than the lakers). But when its the other way around, the NBA is fixed. Boston fans are the worst fans in sports
DJ Sueko wrote:Duh, everyone knows when Boston gets 30 more free throws, its because they played amazing D and were super aggressive on offense (despite shooting way more jumpshots than the lakers). But when its the other way around, the NBA is fixed. Boston fans are the worst fans in sports
Celtsfan1980 wrote:I'm not even from the Boston area, but it's always nice to see stereotyping of a fan base.
TonyMontana wrote:All I heard and I heard this from a Cs fan that by 3rd qt Vegas called the reffs and told them to tone it down since everybody can actually see that this game is rigged............But thats just me , and I heard it from a Cs fan....
NetsForce wrote:That was one of the worst officiated games of basketball in the history of the NBA.
30 shots by LA were layups or dunks. Boston had 18. Let's amend that somewhat by noting that the Celtics were the recipients of a number of 2-shot shooting fouls. They were credited with SEVENTEEN shooting fouls - LA got THREE. If we were to give every one of Boston's 2-shot fouls to the Celtics as a 'layup' or 'dunk' attempt (they had 14), that gives them 32 shots at the rim. Both of LA's two-shot attempts were on layups, I believe (one by Fisher, one by Bryant). That gives LA 32 shots at the rim. Gasol and Odom had 16 of them, and received, again, one foul shot for their troubles.
I'll reiterate simply because it bears repeating: Exactly even at the rim in shot attempts. Seventeen shooting fouls to three. On a night when the two teams took the exact same number of shots at the rim. That's not bad, that's borderline absurd. You pretend like the officiating got better in the second half? First half: 19-2, Boston. Second half: 19-8, Boston. Oh good, the Lakers got 6 extra free throws. "Fouls at the end of the game" don't hold water, because LA only fouled once on Posey - let's take that out. 17-8 in the second half, despite long stretches that saw LA play more at being matadors than at defenders because they were trying to avoid getting called for fouls!
I don't expect LA necessarily be -ahead- in free throws. But one expects them to be within, oh, I don't know, twenty? Fifteen too much to ask, perhaps? You're calling out Odom - maybe he struggled because every time he tried to go in the lane, he got hammered or called for an offensive foul? The same is true of Gasol, who admittedly allowed the officiating to take him out of the game - but it took him out of the game because it was so egregiously bad that he attempted 11 shots right in the paint amidst a significant amount of contact, and was rewarded with one foul shot.
Curmudgeon wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
LOL. How long have you been watching the NBA-- 15 minutes? That wasn't even the worst officiated game in the NBA finals, and it's not even close.