bigal534 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
No, what is pathetic is that you continue to turn the other cheek, rather than realizing of all professional sports, the NBA is far and away the easiest sport to manipulate an outcome.
What makes you think the NBA wants Lakers/Celtics? If im not mistaken, in the 2002 Eastern conference finals it was the Boston Celtics vs the NJ nets, right? In the West it happened to be the Sacramento Kings and you guessed it, LA Lakers. Needless to say being within 2 wins, we did not gbo to the finals that year.
All I am saying is yes the referees make bad calls, but it goes both ways. Depending on who the outcome favors is really all this boils down to.
PS: go to basketball-reference.com and take a look at the past 15 years of NBA playoff matchups. Look at one key stat: FT's attempted and fouls called. 95% of the time the team with more free throws attemped wins the series/and or finals (More specifically look at 2006 with Miami vs. Dallas { Dallas is up 2-nil and then looses 4 staright and wade out shoots the entire Mavericks team in those games)
Lastly, it would not surprise me if we win, lose, blow them out, they blow us out. Fact of the matter is, anything can happen in the NBA
I agree....
besides, DS wanted the lakers to be king at that time. if the celtics were in the finals the lakers would have lost a game. didnt we have the lakers# that season ?
we played them well that season.
the celtics wouldnt have fallen 0-4 to the lakers like the nets did. no way no how.
