The Celtics vs The Hawks and The Refs

cfan79 · Post #1 » by **cfan79** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:56 pm

The officiating was horribly in Atlantas favor in Game 2. They seemed to be handing out fouls to Baby and Powe like candy on Halloween.

Boston got 19 of 26 free throws

Atlanta got 31 of 40 free throws

cfan79 · Post #2 » by **cfan79** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:01 pm

Oh yeah I almost forgot. Paul Pierce was taken out of the game by Josh Smiths foul and he didn't even get free throws. Also if you watch it again you can see Josh Smith pushing Paul after landing on his head.

TommyPoints · Post #3 » by **TommyPoints** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:03 pm

It was frustrating. I know it didn't matter, but the calls were ridiculously in their favor.

cfan79 · Post #4 » by **cfan79** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:03 pm

I noticed you showed up for the game yesterday Gamecock... No wait that was Bruce Willis. My mistake.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #5 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:07 pm

Not only that, the flagrant called on Posey was RIDICULOUS. He totally went for the ball, he just cannot elevate as much as Smith, AND Smith looked like he acted a little bit as far as how dramatic a spill it was.

It seemed like EVERY little **** ticky-tack foul was being called, especially on Davis and Powe...I couldn't believe how quickly Glen fouled out! It got so bad I was like "PLEASE STOP CALLING THESE FOULS", as it really dragged out the end of an already inevitable game.

Oh well, we still won, but it was frustrating!

cfan79 · Post #6 » by **cfan79** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:12 pm

Hopefully they get some better refs for the next one. I want to see a 30+ blowout. At least Baby got to land on Josh Smith for the Kamala splash while he was laying on the court.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #7 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:15 pm

Hahaha I noticed that...Baby is a big dude, that's gonna hurt this morning!

It's not that the calls had a bearing on the game (although I guarantee you sometime in the future rounds of the playoffs, they will, whether it affects the C's or any of the other teams), but they were unnecessary

TommyPoints · Post #8 » by **TommyPoints** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:22 pm

cfan79 wrote:I noticed you showed up for the game yesterday Gamecock... No wait that was Bruce Willis. My mistake.

Yeah, I get around.

Also if Perk has the ball and is going to make a move for the basket it apparently is an offensive foul every time too.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #9 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:37 pm

^^I noticed that.

Although to be fair, he still looks really ugly offensively...no finesse, no moves, no touch...he REALLY needs more work there, which is saying something since he is IMMEASURABLY better now than he was a few years ago...which says something about the way he was!

Rocky5000 · Post #10 » by **Rocky5000** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:29 pm

Pierce did get FTs. He made one of two and then after the timeout went to the locker room.

tombattor · Post #11 » by **tombattor** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:46 pm

We won and you guys are still whining? Yes yes, NBA is rigged against the Celtics...

MyInsatiableOne · Post #12 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:49 pm

Dude we're not whining, but my personal complaint is it made the game drag so much down the stretch. It was all done to avoid the players from getting too chippy with each other, but it made it BORING!

tombattor · Post #13 » by **tombattor** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:25 pm

MyInsatiableOne wrote:Dude we're not whining, but my personal complaint is it made the game drag so much down the stretch. It was all done to avoid the players from getting too chippy with each other, but it made it BORING!

Ok, I agree that there were too many fouls at the end and the game dragged a bit. But by then, we were winning by so much, I didn't really care.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #14 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:37 pm

^^That's why it pissed me off...the game was clearly out of hand...just let it end a merciful death, you know?

Magz50 · Post #15 » by **Magz50** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:51 pm

Lawlz @ Celtics fans complaining about reffing in a blowout win. You guys wait till you get LeWhistle in the next round.

LongTimeFan · Post #16 » by **LongTimeFan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:25 pm

You guys didn't hear Tommy's comments? He called it mercy reffing. He claimed the refs were trying to keep Atlanta in the game.

Don't they realise that kind of biased reffing just pisses us off? Have you ever seen more focus on a team blowing out anaother team?

They better be careful with this. We may not let them have any victories in Atlanta. If you can't count on the refs to give us a fair deal, then you have to try to win every game. You can't ever let up.

For the sake of the NBA and Atlanta's future the refs should call it in the ballpark of even.

SeizeCoup · Post #17 » by **SeizeCoup** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:33 pm

The nba should be ashamed of that officiating crew.

That group at the game last night is even worse than the crew of dudes with the jacked biceps. (Does anyone else know which guys I'm talking about?)

The skinny kid is SOOO bad, he even tried to screw us out of an OBVIOUS goal-tend. We were SCREAMING at him.

Also, why was the play were Baby's face was grabbed and pulled not called a flagrant? That was worse than Haywoods push of Lebron.

Good thing the Hawks suck so much.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #18 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:25 pm

Magz50 wrote:Lawlz @ Celtics fans complaining about reffing in a blowout win. You guys wait till you get LeWhistle in the next round.

LeWhistle is right...that guy gets as many calls as anyone, more than even Jordan used to.

God do I hate the **** "star system" the NBA has...everyone should be refereed EQUALLY.

JoshB914 · Post #19 » by **JoshB914** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:42 pm

The officiating sucks all around last night. It was very inconsistent. I don't think it was as one sided as you guys are saying, it was just a poorly officated game.

And if Heinsohn is saying the officiating is bad I wouldn't put much stock in that...

Tricky Ricky · Post #20 » by **Tricky Ricky** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:36 pm

Magz50 wrote:Lawlz @ Celtics fans complaining about reffing in a blowout win. You guys wait till you get LeWhistle in the next round.

What about Manu "mr flop" whistles