Jack Nies, Benett Salvatore and Eddie Rush the refs tonight...

[Fast Dunk]

Sorry but these refs hate the Spurs to death...

You are screwed!

[2centsworth]

probably going to a game 5. I see Lebron getting to the line 25 times.

[timvp]

:lol

That would be the ultimate Game 5 forcing ref crew.

[Das Texan]

have we seen jack or bennett this playoffs for us even?

[whottt]

The fact that you are actually hoping for Salvatore....leaves me speechless.

[Timmy!]

I guess that's the only way Cavs can win.

[Fast Dunk]

The fact that you are actually hoping for Salvatore....leaves me speechless.

I'm not hoping, he will be officiating this game.

This series is going 6 or 7 games

[BIG IRISH]

Sorry but these refs hate the Spurs to death...

You are screwed!

Might as well get Joey Crawford back :rolleyes

[whottt]

I'm not hoping, he will be officiating this game.

This series is going 6 or 7 games


:lol @ you thinking Salvatore is competent enough to actually throw this game to the Cavs...

Incompetence is incompetence...and he's incompetent.

If this game was Malone Jazz vs Shaq Lakers and Salvator was reffing it? I'd feel sorry for Malone and Shaq.

You'll figure it out though...

I hope there is an edict to throw this one to the Cavs...with Salvator's incompetence that'll just about gurantee a Spurs victory.

Anyone that openly celebrates Salvatore reffing their game, hasn't been watching much basketball recently.

[Obstructed_View]

Well, every single conspiracy theory concerning the officials has been wrong so far, simple probablility states that one of them has to be right eventually.

A. I'll believe it when I see it.

2. No amount of officiating will save the Cavs.

[Solid D]

When I read the title...I actually heard the sound clip from the movie "Psycho".

"Reeeh, reeeh, reeeh, reeeh, reeeh!!!"

[Kori Ellis]

Brooms > Refs

This series is Ovah!

[SA210]

Benett Salvatore :pctoss

[T Park]

holy christ...

Is that for real?

Is that the ref lineup?

Oh my god............................

[ChumpDumper]

Weren't we supposed to be screwed the last two games also?

[T Park]

Will they play the Darth Vadar song for those three when they walk in?

[Obstructed_View]

Weren't we supposed to be screwed the last two games also?
You mean we weren't? Hmm. I wonder where all those folks were after their predictions didn't come true. I guess they are waiting for something to happen so they can yell, "SEE? SEE? I told you they don't want the Spurs to win!"

[NBA Junkie]

Might have made a difference had the Cavs won on Tuesday.

Now...not so so much!

[easjer]

I will just about die laughing if that is really the crew.

[whottt]

On the brightside....

If this is the actual ref crew...at least we're burning all the crappy refs in one game...and Bavetta has already reffed in this series. It'd be very unSternlike for him to put all his eggs in one basket like this...

Salvator by himself is enough to unintentionally screw any game up(in either direction).

[ImpartialObserver]

Sorry but these refs hate the Spurs to death...

You are screwed!
I believe the poster Slayermin pointed out that the Spurs are 8-13 (38%) in playoff games that Eddie Rush officiates. This stands out because Pop's playoff record is 91-51 (64%). FWIW.

[TampaDude]

It won't matter...Spurs will win by double digits...SWEEP...BOOK IT!!!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

:lol @ you thinking Salvatore is competent enough to actually throw this game to the Cavs...

Incompetence is incompetence...and he's incompetent.

If this game was Malone Jazz vs Shaq Lakers and Salvator was reffing it? I'd feel sorry for Malone and Shaq.

You'll figure it out though...

I hope there is an edict to throw this one to the Cavs...with Salvator's incompetence that'll just about gurantee a Spurs victory.

Anyone that openly celebrates Salvatore reffing their game, hasn't been watching much basketball recently.


Incompetence? You mean like when he sent Dallas to the line 50 times against us last year? Or Shaq and Kobe 45 times back in 2003 I think it was?

This sounds like a Stern special.

* Nies hates Duncan

* Salvatore is the human series extender

* Rush, for whatever reason, seems to always officiate games we lose in the playoffs


Looks like ABC asked Stern for a game 5.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

It won't matter...Spurs will win by double digits...SWEEP...BOOK IT!!!

It's going to have to be Parker and Manu and the role players carry the load.

Nies and Salvatore will be having a contest to see who can whistle the most calls on TD.

[whottt]

Incompetence? You mean like when he sent Dallas to the line 50 times against us last year? Or Shaq and Kobe 45 times back in 2003 I think it was?

.


Yes...and like when he blew the call against the Rockets on Jon Barry.

I don't think Salvator is a fixer...the dude is a plain old bad ref.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Seriously. I got home, saw this post, and now I'm thinking we may need more alcohol at my place to make it through this one.

[dmac]

...

This series is going 6 or 7 games
put down the crack pipe

[phxspurfan]

may the basketball gods make this one go 7, just so i can see more spurs basketball.

[ChumpDumper]

So whenever we lose, it's Stern's and/or the ref's fault.

[BIG IRISH]

So whenever we lose, it's Stern's and/or the ref's fault.

Works for me, but don't forget POP :p:

[whottt]

Cavs were the worst FT shooting team in the NBA....sending them to the line isn't going to help them much...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Cavs were the worst FT shooting team in the NBA....sending them to the line isn't going to help them much...

It's not so much about them shooting FTs, it's us having to trot out Vaughn, Barry, Elson, Oberto, and White because everyone else is in foul trouble.

[foodie2]

Just saw Salvatore on the pre-game views of the players warming up. 1/3 there.

[whottt]

It's not so much about them shooting FTs, it's us having to trot out Vaughn, Barry, Elson, Oberto, and White because everyone else is in foul trouble.


I just know when we used to get to the line a bunch...sometiems we lost games late in the 4th because of them putting us on the FT line.

[Obstructed_View]

So whenever we lose, it's Stern's and/or the ref's fault.
Hey, the excuse is all lined up. It only gets used if it's correct, otherwise it's forgotten.