Can the Lakers whither the loss of their refs?

[Fabbs]

With their proud tradition of rigged playoff games, can the Lakers survive the loss of the current cast including Joey Crawford, Dick Bavetta, the 2002 crew, etc if the refs union walks?

Or in typical Laker style have new payment arrangements been made to key replacement refs?

[s0ldEONs0ul]

The refs are influenced in a variety of different ways. While they show favoritism to LA, they do it for every other contending team and superstar player. LA is usually contending or has marquee talent is what I'm saying.

[TheMACHINE]

you're so 2002.

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/epic-fail-weather-guy-fail.jpg

[jazzypimp]

IMHO it will be cheaper for the lakers to win over the new refs

[Culburn369]

Jazzy, how's come yer not tryin' to get into my Depends this morn?

[Muser]

Only 29 day to go...

[TheMACHINE]

IMHO it will be cheaper for the lakers to win over the new refs

what you talking about...we gots to start paying the refs over again. It'll be more expensive. The "Lakers Ref Tax" im paying yearly is gonna drain me.

[tlongII]

The Lakers will need a hell of a lot more than refs in their back pocket to beat the Blazers this year.

[lefty]

Well, the replacement refs may not be corrupted, but they will either:

- suck ass
- suck ass AND be in awe of Kobe and co.

[Spursfan092120]

Jazzy, how's come yer not tryin' to get into my Depends this morn?
Had a feeling you batted from the other side of the plate.

[BlackBellamy]

Whither? As in the adverb, or the conjunction? Either way, it makes no sense to use that word there. Whither is kinda like saying 'wherever'. I think you were searching for "can the Lakers 'weather' the loss...". :lol Sorry. This concludes my English lesson for the day.

[jazzypimp]

Had a feeling you batted from the other side of the plate.

:rollin
Dude culburn is as gay as they come. He develops these crushes on spurstalk members. Maybe you're next. I hope so. I'm sick of his homo-erotic passes at me. He gets mad when he puts himself out there and finds out you only like women. So he mad at me. Culburn that sorry little cuck

[WildcardManu]

The Lakers will need a hell of a lot more than refs in their back pocket to beat the Blazers this year.

:lol the Blazers

[Allanon]

The Lakers already paid off Stern, it's HIS job to pass some of the juice down to the refs.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/12/07/alg_stern.jpg

[cobbler]

With their proud tradition of rigged playoff games, can the Lakers survive the loss of the current cast including Joey Crawford, Dick Bavetta, the 2002 crew, etc if the refs union walks?

Or in typical Laker style have new payment arrangements been made to key replacement refs?

Lakers ranked 15th in fouls called against them in 2008-09 with 20.7 a game.

Spurs ranked tied for last with 18.9.

Go figure...

[Fabbs]

you're so 2002.
And my head is so far up my ass.

http://i32.tinypic.com/8vvq4m.jpg
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3416412

[Rogue]

Joey Crawford and Dick Bevetta will just have to attend games from the stands just like the rest of us this year, except sporting the purple & piss rather than their usual neutral black and white.

[Fabbs]

The Lakers already paid off Stern, it's HIS job to pass some of the juice down to the refs.
Rare seeing of the light of truth from LakerPoster.
:toast

[Indazone]

nah, they will just pay the new refs to throw games in favor of the Lakers.

[baseline bum]

http://i32.tinypic.com/8vvq4m.jpg
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3416412

As much as that no-call pisses me off, Bruce Bowen got away with something similar on LeBron James to end game 3 of the 07 Finals. Both were obvious fouls though.

[lefty]

You notice how Barry travels before the foul?
He slipped because Fish's droplets of perspiration fell on that spot.

[Allanon]

Travel by Barry, Foul by Fisher...either one could have been called.

I think the blame is on Barry for this one. If he had just shot the ball instead of avoiding Fish, he would have not have travelled AND he would have gotten the 3 point play.

And after watching this video like a million times already, I just noticed, that foul by Fish isn't a shooting foul as Barry was barely initiating his dribble. I dunno if the Lakers were out of fouls or not but I'm surprised I never noticed that before.

http://i32.tinypic.com/8vvq4m.jpg

[cheguevara]

You notice how Barry travels before the foul?

The NBA recognized it was a foul and ref "mistake", wake up and try to keep up.

[KSeal]

Yeah, but that series was over. The look on the refs face was priceless while James was trying to argue his point. He had that look like "do you seriously want to prolong this?"

:lol` So true.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Rare seeing of the light of truth from LakerPoster.
:toast


:lmao god dam Lakerfan is working you left and right in this thread.

[iggypop123]

damn we need our money back from game 4 of the finals. the magic got 18-0 FT advantage. terrible investment

[carrao45]

As much as that no-call pisses me off, Bruce Bowen got away with something similar on LeBron James to end game 3 of the 07 Finals. Both were obvious fouls though.

Look at his feet, Barry traveled

[carrao45]

The NBA recognized it was a foul and ref "mistake", wake up and try to keep up.

Just because the NBA recognized it doesn't mean we have to accept it as correct. He traveled before Fisher's foul, WATCH HIS FEET

[tenike1]

Just because the NBA recognized it doesn't mean we have to accept it as correct. He traveled before Fisher's foul, WATCH HIS FEET

If the referees did not call a shotclock violation on the previous play, even though the ball hit the rim, the Lakers would have had possession of the ball and the spurs would have been in position to foul and hope the Lakers miss, not making a play to win or tie the game.

Also, two tenths of a second at least ran off the clock after duncan hit his fall-down jumper in Game 5 of 2004. Fisher should have had more time to get his game-winner off, but the 0.4 did the job anyway.

[ginobili's bald spot]

:lol This is why I love this site. These butthurt spurfan threads never get old.