I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this booooo at the rose garden yesterday. Was...

I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this booooo at the rose garden yesterday.

Was the loudest most consistent one i've heard in a long time.

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"That's a bad call."

“Crowd doesn’t like it. Nor should they.”

by Bart King on Jan 21, 2011 6:10 PM PST reply actions

Blake griffin, is the good looking big brother of the

Mask

by tevisthe4th on Jan 21, 2011 6:25 PM PST reply actions

It's kinda upsetting

that the young superstars all get special treatment from the refs except for Greg Oden. For whatever reason he never got the benefit of the doubt.

by Docproc on Jan 21, 2011 6:37 PM PST reply actions

Stern decides who's the stars are in this league...

Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.

by dpnim on Jan 21, 2011 6:47 PM PST up reply actions

Oh so sad, but oh so true.

by blazinagain on Jan 21, 2011 9:33 PM PST up reply actions

While I don't begrudge Griffin,

The work the league did on Oden, letting guys hit him hard and calling him for everything, was despicable.

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by staylost on Jan 21, 2011 7:25 PM PST up reply actions

Almost enough to give up hope on league integrity.

Oh wait, what?

by blazinagain on Jan 21, 2011 9:35 PM PST up reply actions

Sheed used to say that the League

was, “as fixed as pro wrestling”. Sometimes I think he may have been half right.

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by OCBlazerFan1 on Jan 22, 2011 7:42 AM PST up reply actions

I think it has a lot to do with style of play

Griffin is a slightly undersized, compact athlete who plays in a dynamic and fluid way – which help him get calls because he rarely looks out of control. Greg is 7ft, 280 with long limbs. He looks more awkward and less co-ordinated, despite his incredibly productive play. This clearly hurts him in terms of fouls.

On top of that, Oden had some unforgivable unfair calls against him during his rookie year and early last season. That was certainly a factor, but you can’t put it all on that unfortunately.

by MadBlaze on Jan 22, 2011 1:53 AM PST up reply actions

after watching that game

I would dissagree with you, as Griffin looked out of control on offense almost all game long. He has the wow highlights, and it is obvious that the leagues refs watch sportscenter.

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by usmcr3049 on Jan 22, 2011 8:28 AM PST up reply actions

If this is true

LA should get a lot more calls. I hope it isn’t Stern dictating to refs but it sure seems like it sometimes. I think it is more that refs are human and tend to be influenced by flow of the game, crowd, superstar status, even if they are working hard not to be. This can also work the other way at times. They work so hard not to be influenced they make bad calls to make up for their bias.

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by tssbro on Jan 22, 2011 9:45 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

I will never give the refs a break

If they are that impressionable and that unprofessional, they shouldn’t be reffing in the NBA. It’s not a hard task to call things by he book without any bias. The refs might want you to think it is, but it’s not. It’s pretty simple to be unbiased…you just do it.

by JakeN1985 on Jan 23, 2011 10:41 PM PST up reply actions

I think it's more that the game is too fast and the refs egos are ridiculous

Mistakes happen to everybody. They need a way to reverse a call after the fact. They sometimes try and give “payback” calls for bad decisions, but it’s not enough. Using this one as an example, they should at least strip the made foul shot and taken Aldridge back to one foul.

by jiminut on Jan 24, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions