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    Isn't most of this common knowledge? Stars get preferential treatment from the refs? Shocker. Teams complain to the league about a particular player's first step and suddenly he gets called for traveling 20 times in a row (yes, Sean)? Incredible.

    As for "globalization", perhaps. The Mavs did seem to get the favor of the whistle in '06.

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    Yes, the NBA wants to build its 'global' marketing campaign around Argentina, France, Slovenia, and the US Virgin Islands.

    Apparently the NBA would rather forego another playoff series with China's favorite athlete in favor of a top 5 US media market.

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    Only logical if Phil Jackson wants to keep making his claims

    1999* = 2002*

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    sacramento got raped by the league and everybody ing knows it. initially i tried not to be too upset when i heard this but that. they singlehandidly ing robbed our franchises chance of a championship.
    My friend...your team were the champions that year.

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    2002 Game 6 Officials: #27 Bavetta , #16 Ted Bernhardt , #26 Bob Delaney

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    I still love the game...still love the NBA... won't make me stop watching or rooting for the Spurs and will celebrate/ love all the wins as usual. GO SPURS!

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    2002 Game 6 Officials: #27 Bavetta , #16 Ted Bernhardt , #26 Bob Delaney
    Surprise, surprise.

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    Knick Bavetta screwing a small market team? Say it ain't so.

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    G6 2002 was the "Ralph Nader" game...ouch:

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    Nader urges Stern to review officiating

    From the court

    Complete Finals coverage



    Ralph Nader and League of Fans sent the following letter today to David J. Stern, Commissioner, National Basketball Association:

    Dear Mr. Stern,

    At a time when the public's confidence is shaken by headlines reporting the breach of trust by corporate executives, it is important, during the public's relaxation time, for there to be maintained a sense of impartiality and professionalism in commercial sports performances.

    That sense was severely shaken in the now notorious officiating during Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings.

    Calls by referees in the NBA are likely to be more subjective than in professional baseball or football. But as the judicious and balanced Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon wrote this Sunday, too many of the calls in the fourth quarter (when the Lakers received 27 foul shots) were "stunningly incorrect," all against Sacramento. After noting that the three referees in Game 6 "are three of the best in the game," he wrote: "I have never seen officiating in a game of consequence as bad as that in Game 6. ...When Pollard, on his sixth and final foul, didn't as much as touch Shaq. Didn't touch any part of him. You could see it on TV, see it at courtside. It wasn't a foul in any league in the world. And Divac, on his fifth foul, didn't foul Shaq. They weren't subjective or borderline or debatable. And these fouls not only resulted in free throws, they helped disqualify Sacramento's two low-post defenders." And one might add, in a 106-102 Lakers' victory, this officiating took away what would have been a Sacramento series victory in 6 games.

    This was not all. The Kobe Bryant elbow in the nose of Mike Bibby, who after lying on the floor groggy, went to the sideline bleeding, was in full view of the referee, who did nothing, prompted many fans to start wondering about what was motivating these officials.

    Wilbon discounted any conspiracy theories about the NBA-NBC desire for a Game 7 etc., but unless the NBA orders a review of this game's officiating, perceptions and su ions, however presently absent any evidence, will abound and lead to more distrust and distaste for the games in general. When the distinguished basketball writer for USA TODAY, David DuPree, can say: "I've been covering the NBA for 30 years, and it's the poorest officiating in an important game I've ever seen," when Wilbon writes that "The Kings and Lakers didn't decide this series would be extended until Sunday; three referees did ..." when many thousands of fans, not just those in Sacramento, felt that merit lost to bad refereeing, you need to take notice beyond the usual and widespread grumbling by fans and columnists about referees ignoring the rule book and giving advantages to home teams and superstars.

    Your problem in addressing the pivotal Game 6 situation is that you have too much power. Where else can decision-makers (the referees) escape all responsibility to admit serious and egregious error and have their bosses (you) fine those wronged (the players and coaches) who dare to speak out critically?

    In a February interview with David DuPree of USA TODAY, he asked you "Why aren't coaches and players allowed to criticize the referees?" You said, "...we don't want people questioning the integrity of officials. ... It just doesn't pay for us to do anything other than focus people on the game itself rather than the officiating." "Integrity" which we take you to mean "professionalism" of the referees has to be earned and when it is not, it has to be questioned. You and your league have a large and growing credibility problem. Referees are human and make mistakes, but there comes a point that goes beyond any random display of poor performance. That point was reached in Game 6 which took away the Sacramento Kings Western Conference victory.

    It seems that you have a choice. You can continue to exercise your absolute power to do nothing. Or you can initiate a review and if all these observers and fans turn out to be right, issue, together with the referees, an apology to the Sacramento Kings and forthrightly admit decisive incompetence during Game 6, especially in the crucial fourth quarter.

    You should know, however, that absolute power, if you choose the former course of inaction, invites the time when it is challenged and changed — whether by more withdrawal of fans or by more formal legal or legislative action. No government in our country can lawfully stifle free speech and fine those who exercise it; the NBA under present cir stances can both stifle and fine players and coaches who speak up. There is no guarantee that this tyrannical status quo will remain stable over time, should you refuse to bend to reason and the reality of what occurred. A review that satisfies the fans' sense of fairness and deters future recurrences would be a salutary contribution to the public trust that the NBA badly needs.

    We look forward to your considered response.

    Sincerely,

    Ralph Nader

    Shawn McCarthy — Director, League of Fans

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    basketball writer for USA TODAY, David DuPree, can say: "I've been covering the NBA for 30 years, and it's the poorest officiating in an important game I've ever seen,"
    that's about how I saw that game. Plus, I remember the elbow to Bibby's face and nothing was called. The officiating in that game was an abomination.

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    I wonder if we can see a reactoion from the refs when Horry's shot went down.

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    Game 7 of the 2000 Blazers-Lakers series was highly su ious.
    the only thing fishy about that game is how Rasheed Wallace crawled up in the fetal position

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    robbed i said!

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    2002 Game 6 Officials: #27 Bavetta , #16 Ted Bernhardt , #26 Bob Delaney
    If I have to hear from the TV tools including Barkley that Bavetta, Joey Crawford, et al are the best officials in the league, I am going to throw up.

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    I feel for you Kings fan.

    From this day forth, I will acknowledge that the Kings should have been the 2002 NBA champions.

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    With the league promoting the Globalization of the NBA, the Spurs were the poster team for them during those times. It would bring in doubt their les as well. Along with the officiating in this years finals. I said in the other thread, if the Lakers don't get the calls tonight, I will be a believer in the league being shaky.

    Sorry. No poster team being pushed in SA. They were just the best team in the league from 1998-2007.

    The Lakers don't like it when others mention the gifts and breaks GIVEN to them throughout their history are mixed in with rougue officials.

    There was no desire on in New York (at Mr. Sterns office) for a Kings New Jersey finals in 2002. Sorry.

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    Interesting tid bit from a kings fan at kingsfans.com

    (Side note: About a month after the game, NBA TV replayed the game, and with about five minutes left in the fourth quarter, the game cut off and NBA Inside Stuff with Ahmad Rashad came on. Honestly. The game cut off in the middle of the fourth quarter and never came back on. I swear. I'll never forget it.)

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    I bet Tim Donaghy comes out with a book once he is in jail with a tell all about all the games that were fixed.
    If he does, I'm buying it.

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    sacramento got raped by the league and everybody ing knows it. initially i tried not to be too upset when i heard this but that. they singlehandidly ing robbed our franchises chance of a championship.
    I agree. The NBA sucks right now. Major credibility issue, from game fixing allegations to head freaks like Joey Crawford threatening to "fight" 6'11" Hall of Famers, doing so safely among the confines of 20,000 people.

    The Kings definitely got jobbed by the refs in that series, I do recall that. That Game 6 was utter bull . I'm telling you, once the Spurs get eliminated from the playoffs, I watch no games. I couldn't be paid to watch an NBA game not involving the Spurs.

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    It starts at the top. Something is rotten in the state of Sternmark. The best you can say is that he doesn't really try to hide it.

    It's a testament to the Spurs that they were able to win 4 les in spite of that sucker.



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    You didn't have to tell me that game was rigged. Worst officiated game ever. The play I remember most is when Kobe Bryant blatantly elbowed Mike Bibby in the face on an inbounds pass, and they called Bibby for the foul.

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    I wouldn't be surprised if Stern is run out or "steps down" within the next year. Someone's head has to roll. These shenanigans have to have a negative impact on the NBA's revenue and that ultimately speaks loudly to the various team owners and ownership groups. Man, Cuban will piss on his grave.

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    That kind of sucks though if it's true. That probably means les/series before that and after that were rigged too (maybe ours?).

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    I've been saying this for years.....Stern has got to resign immediately and the FEDS need to do a serious house cleaning in the NBA front offices.....

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    That kind of sucks though if it's true. That probably means les/series before that and after that were rigged too (maybe ours?).
    If there is anything of ours to be debated, it can only be 05. Other than that, no other team was close to us. Not NY, NJ and certainly not CLEVE.

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