Officiating

I hate how horrible the officiating in the L is, but if it doesn’t favor the L*kers, it’s the exception instead of the rule. They deserve it.

How did that happen?!

I unrecommended this post because , I think it stinks, why is anyone complainging that that fakers arent getting calls? (I obviously want them to lose)
If I agreed with Zuul, I would’ve recommended it, right? Since I don’t agree I unrecommend, right?
Someone please explain? Or I’ve got some recommending to do!

kind of similar to a soccer posession. He clearly was going to dunk it, nobody else was any where near him, the act of travelling didn’t help him. Its kind of like in soccer where the guy is bringing the ball up along the line by himself, and if it accidentally rolls towards the line, they usually don’t call it, just because it would just be kind of stupid. Oh and Turiaf’s block was awesome.

In the Cavs-Celtics series, Lebron stripped Pierce near midcourt, took one dribble, and took – I’m not exaggerating – five steps before dunking it.

It’s not right, but I don’t get too worked up over it because they are fairly consistent in not calling traveling on breakaways. It’s like they would prefer to see that instead of seeing the players take the extra dribble(s), slow down and gather themselves, and then have a sprinting defender catch to them and have one of those horrid, Rambis/McHale-type collisions.

was the fact that the boston defense shut down the lakers and forced outside shots.

Part of that was due to the refs in the first half.

i’m sure when it goes back to l.a. it will be the exact opposite… and most of the calls will go l.a.’s way

radmanovic packed a suitcase and walked a mile on his dunk…

i don’t think it’s just this series… i think it’s a league wide problem… and takes away from the game overall… it’s obvious who the “favorites” in the league are… and home court advantage has taken on a new meaning b/c of poor officiating…

consistent and honest refereeing is what i’d like to see… especially when the refs calls have so much influence over the outcome of a game… more so than in most sports.

also… as a side note… it’s hard to believe the tim donaghy case is an isolated incident despite the protestations to the contrary by mr. stern.

but there is not a single reason with the level of play at this point in the season that one team only gets 10 free throws while the other gets 38. That is RETARDED

they were legit as in they normally would have been called, or that they were fouls? Oh and Kobe’s second foul where he tried to juke past Pierce’s moving screen was a ridiculous call. I hate the Lakers, but c’mon I want them to lose, I don’t want these games to be stolen from them.

yes. be consistent. Be fair. that’s all i ask. then get out of the way and let the best team win.

the Celtics very likely would have beaten the lakers no matter what. I saw bad fouls called against the lakers and then the same action did not draw a celtic foul. This CHANGED the momentum of the game and took Kobe out.

That said, the Celtics were HUNGRY and like an 800 pound man who’s gone a week without eating at an all you can eat buffet.

The game should still be fair, and it was clearly biased.

talk about now. Have you been to any of their boards now that the whole Tim Dougnahay thing has gotten out. It’s like re-opening a wound and pouring salt in it. They got JOBED in that series.

is that the bias was on CLEAR display, and it needs to stop. Let the best team win, and that doesn’t happen when the refs destroy rhythm and put your super stars in foul trouble.

I complained when the lakers got those calls, and now I’m complaining when another team received them in the first half. An eye for an eye isn’t the answer. The answer is to just STOP that crud.