NBA Playoffs, Now Finals

[Balgus]

I just went back to 1984, and no 6 or 7 game series has ever started like that, so not to worry.

And what sterated out as the ravings of a fanatic is starting to hold some water. And here's to history in the making.

The heat now grab a 3-2 lead, and sends the final games back to Dallas. This means that Dallas HAS to win the final 2 agmes- and all the pressure is on them to perform. All Miami has to do is steal one game. And hopefully they can. Here's to hoping.

Have you ever seen a worse team be given a game by league dictate?

Whatever the outcome, I'm done with the NBA again, it's such a fixed league, and I don't really care for that. I just want fair sports, and the NBA does not deliver that.

As with every competitive sporting event, there will be questionable calls. As a fan of one side or the other, you see the calls as being one-sided. But to say that the GAME is rigged just because a couple refs make bad calls is going a little far. There is such thing as Home- court advantage,. and I am sure that even the refs get caught up in the game and the electricity of the stadium.

BBAll is by no means the only sport that has this problem. Have you seen football, or soccer? Granted that plays are called mostly before any player moves, and play is so spread out that it makes it a little easier to see. But there are still bad calls made. I am just happy that the NBA has not institued the replay rule. That would take a 3 hour game into 5-6 hours for every call that comes up.

Pace and momentum counts for so much in this game. And the Heat has it all. Hopefully they can close the door on Tuesday and win it finally.

 

[d20Dwarf]

As with every competitive sporting event, there will be questionable calls. As a fan of one side or the other, you see the calls as being one-sided. But to say that the GAME is rigged just because a couple refs make bad calls is going a little far. There is such thing as Home- court advantage,. and I am sure that even the refs get caught up in the game and the electricity of the stadium.
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That's ridiculous to assert that home cooking explains the calls and non-calls that were made the entire game last night. It went far beyond that. Have you EVER seen a final shot like that get a foul call, especially when no Mav was within 2 feet of Wade? Even Hubie Brown had to watch the replay several times before he finally lamely declared "oh yeah, he clearly touched him on the leg right there."

You're going to decide an NBA Finals game on a brush of the leg as he's falling down trying to split three defenders? There can be no explanation other than league fiat. Same for the ridiculous amount of non-calls on Shaq.

 

[d20Dwarf]

Wow, the fix is in.

Was that Vince McMahon there on the stage with David Stern?

 

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That's ridiculous to assert that home cooking explains the calls and non-calls that were made the entire game last night. It went far beyond that. Have you EVER seen a final shot like that get a foul call, especially when no Mav was within 2 feet of Wade? Even Hubie Brown had to watch the replay several times before he finally lamely declared "oh yeah, he clearly touched him on the leg right there."

You're going to decide an NBA Finals game on a brush of the leg as he's falling down trying to split three defenders? There can be no explanation other than league fiat. Same for the ridiculous amount of non-calls on Shaq.

Yes, Dirk was getting the Jordan treatment during the Spurs/Suns series....he shot 24 FT vs Spurs in game 3 and no one said crap.

Mavs just got beat, that simple.

 

[d20Dwarf]

Yes, Dirk was getting the Jordan treatment during the Spurs/Suns series....he shot 24 FT vs Spurs in game 3 and no one said crap.

Mavs just got beat, that simple.

Nobody said crap because the Spurs as a team get the Wade treatment. (I like the Spurs, but they get away with ridiculous travels, over the backs, and flops.)

And it's an embarrassment to call that the Jordan treatment. Jordan got hammered and didn't get the foul calls, because the league was different back then. He was roughed up nearly every play and still had his numbers. Wade is awful and relies on phantom calls and 25 trips to the line to pad his stats.