Bennett Salvatore, Tony Brothers, Mike Callahan

[FromWayDowntown]

Salvatore, Brothers, and Callahan will be the Game 1 officiating crew, for anyone who might be wondering about such things.

[Fabbs]

oh boy, isn't Salvatore historically very bad news for Spurs?
Like darn near auto win for opponent?
Or i am thinking of someone else.

[m33p0]

A mobster, an accountant, and a vindictive cop.

[Shred]

OK, we know who they are, but more importantly--which team are they betting on?

[Trainwreck2100]

crap

[shelshor]

oh NO

[angel_luv]

Salvatore, Brothers, and Callahan will be the Game 1 officiating crew, for anyone who might be wondering about such things.



We can beat them! :)

[my2sons]

if salvatore wasn't enough, brothers is the biggest waste of space this side of violet palmer

[T Park]

spurs are fucked.

[BonnerDynasty]

Damnit.

[polandprzem]

I belive in Callahan but Salvatore unfortunately will be the lead ref.

Tony Brothers? How the guy looks like?

http://www.probasketballrefs.com/Portals/0/Graphics/RefPics/Action%20Pics/Brothers_bear.jpg

like this

[polandprzem]

http://www.nancarrow-webdesk.com/warehouse/storage2/2008-w12/img.166074_t.jpg

Salvatore is the guy who worries me.

[Solid D]

Good, let's get Salvatore out of the way early. The Spurs haven't won a championship, yet, without losing one of their first two home games in the 1st round of the playoffs.

[Obstructed_View]

Savlatore did the game where Shaq and Amare had 5 fouls each by the beginning of the fourth quarter. It's not his fault the Spurs stopped trying to draw fouls.

[roycrikside]

Well at least you can't accuse David Stern of not laying his cards on the table from the beginning. We're gonna have to win this series 5 on 8 to break up his Kobe vs. Shaq wet dream. Fabulous.

The NBA. Where Rigging Playoff Games Happens.

We're gonna have to shoot the lights out then because I don't expect Tony or Manu to get many calls driving inside against Dumb & Dumber.

[BillsCarnage]

Wow, the whining from spurs fans about the refs has already begun and the game hasn't even started..

Y'all are jittery this morning, ain't ya?

[FromWayDowntown]

I'm not worried about it.

It is what it is, as someone (or everyone) once said.

[Obstructed_View]

Wow, the whining from spurs fans about the refs has already begun and the game hasn't even started..

Y'all are jittery this morning, ain't ya?

No shit. The Suns fans are afraid their boys are going to get roughed up, and the Spurs fans are afraid the zebras are going to be mean to them. :lol

[polandprzem]

I'm not worried about it.

It is what it is, as someone (or everyone) once said.


Yeah :)

You take what's given

[PlayoffEx-static]

It's funny that the NBA got their panties in such a wad about Donoghey, but they continue to let these convicted felons work games.

[easjer]

Savlatore did the game where Shaq and Amare had 5 fouls each by the beginning of the fourth quarter. It's not his fault the Spurs stopped trying to draw fouls.

Bullshit. Each of them clearly fouled someone (usually Tony) at least twice more in that game. It wasn't the reason the Spurs lost the game (the shit offense was) but the refs closed their eyes on the end in order to avoid sending them out and Salvatorre was responsible for that.

He is a shit ref and I hate his guts.

Can the Spurs beat then Suns anyway? Yeah, if they play well. Can we now expect shit calls and no calls to interfere with the game? Yeah. Does it make any difference? Only in cosmic justice, because if the Spurs are so out of the game as to rely on officials to win it for them, they are fucked.

Doesn't mean I'm not still pissed as hell (before the game) about the officiating, because it's wrong that I can predict before the tip off how the game will be called.

[mavsfan1000]

Better Salvatore for you than for us. He has a personal vendetta against the mavs.

[T Park]

No shit. The Suns fans are afraid their boys are going to get roughed up, and the Spurs fans are afraid the zebras are going to be mean to them. :lol


Not afraid, but if you think Bennett Salvatore is a good ref you need your head examined.

[Leetonidas]

OK, we know who they are, but more importantly--which team are they betting on?

First post of yours I've ever seen without an asterisk. :wow

[RonMexico]

I don't think fans of either team are excited about this Game 1 crew.

[BATMAN]

If the refs get out of line I'll take care of them.

[Princess Pimp]

Crying about the refs already? :lol

[Steve_Javie]

You Spurs don't have a chance. Me and my boys are ready to wash the black and silver out of the postseason.

[Obstructed_View]

Bullshit. Each of them clearly fouled someone (usually Tony) at least twice more in that game. It wasn't the reason the Spurs lost the game (the shit offense was) but the refs closed their eyes on the end in order to avoid sending them out and Salvatorre was responsible for that.

He is a shit ref and I hate his guts.

Can the Spurs beat then Suns anyway? Yeah, if they play well. Can we now expect shit calls and no calls to interfere with the game? Yeah. Does it make any difference? Only in cosmic justice, because if the Spurs are so out of the game as to rely on officials to win it for them, they are fucked.

Doesn't mean I'm not still pissed as hell (before the game) about the officiating, because it's wrong that I can predict before the tip off how the game will be called.

Well I certainly owe you an apology after yesterday's game. That crew seemed determined to give any and all benefit of the doubt to the Suns. The Spurs drew at least three easy fouls against Shaq when he had five and they weren't called. The Spurs should have come out and played better in the first quarter, but they damn near managed to let all those terrible calls cost them the game. I'm hoping for a better start from now on because you certainly can't count on that many threes to save you more than once. Maybe that close call was enough to let them know that they'd better take care of their business for 48 minutes.

[mavsfan1000]

Well I certainly owe you an apology after yesterday's game. That crew seemed determined to give any and all benefit of the doubt to the Suns. The Spurs drew at least three easy fouls against Shaq when he had five and they weren't called. The Spurs should have come out and played better in the first quarter, but they damn near managed to let all those terrible calls cost them the game. I'm hoping for a better start from now on because you certainly can't count on that many threes to save you more than once. Maybe that close call was enough to let them know that they'd better take care of their business for 48 minutes.
Bullshit. THe crew seemed to determined to get the Spurs back in the game.

[Obstructed_View]

Bullshit. THe crew seemed to determined to get the Spurs back in the game.

Yeah, I'm waiting for examples of that. :lol

[Manuismyhomeboy]

Bullshit, that game was so poorly reffed for the Spurs. I am not one to make excuses for my teams about bad calls in any sport, but the refs let the Suns get away with murder yesterday. Every time Manu and Tony drove the lane they were pretty much raped, and then when Timmy caught the ball down low and turn to shoot he was pushed a countless number of times. Then there was the call in overtime where Nash shot a three and they called Tony for his sixth foul, and in the replay Tony clearly didn't even touch him. And then the biggest came at the end of regulation when Manu went up against Shaq and Amare for the go ahead lay up and Amare hacked his arm and Shaq hit him in the face and nothing was called. The refs let the Suns abuse the Spurs all day long wit no calls, but in the end the superior team won.