NBA Looking to Fix Game 2 for the Spurs?

[LakerLanny]

Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer and Tony Brothers

Two Circle of 7 Fixers on one crew.

This will be a huge obstacle for the Lakers to overcome, there is no doubt with these assignments what the league's objective is and it isn't for the Lakers to crush the Spurs spirit in Game 2.

They bent over backwards for you with a bad crew in Game 1 and now this? Why not just send David Robinson, Sean Elliott and George Gervin to "officiate" the game instead?

What a sick joke, Fuck You David Stern.

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html

[DazedAndConfused]

Hehe......I actually wouldn't mind seeing Game 1's crew out again. That was one of the better refereed games I've seen in some time.

[jaffies]

Why not just send David Robinson, Sean Elliott and George Gervin to "officiate" the game instead?



sadly, Duncan would still beg for calls :lol

[Princess Pimp]

Actually Salvatore is an anti-spurs that's what these bitches are always crying about!

[PumpUpTheJam]

whoops

[Princess Pimp]

Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer and Tony Brothers

Two Circle of 7 Fixers on one crew.

This will be a huge obstacle for the Lakers to overcome, there is no doubt with these assignments what the league's objective is and it isn't for the Lakers to crush the Spurs spirit in Game 2.

They bent over backwards for you with a bad crew in Game 1 and now this? Why not just send David Robinson, Sean Elliott and George Gervin to "officiate" the game instead?

What a sick joke, Fuck You David Stern.

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html

a Lakers win guaranteed

Stop crying you fucking dumbass!

[IronMexican]

a Lakers win guaranteed

Stop crying you fucking dumbass!

congrats on reaching 1,000 on an opposing teams board, the troll is strong in this one.

[Princess Pimp]

congrats on reaching 1,000 on an opposing teams board, the troll is strong in this one.


I'm their daddy and they know it!

[Man In Black]

I knew this was coming. Same Ol' Lanny but you know what man, I think Bennett once wrecked our repeat chances when he let Dirk get to the line 30 times to help his team advance past the Spurs.
It will be interesting to see IF ref play will be the SOLE determinant in the game.

[Princess Pimp]

I knew this was coming. Same Ol' Lanny but you know what man, I think Bennett once wrecked our repeat chances when he let Dirk get to the line 30 times to help his team advance past the Spurs.
It will be interesting to see IF ref play will be the SOLE determinant in the game.

More excuses from these losers!

[ancestron]

a thousand posts, and every one of them devoid of intelligence.

[TD=old&busted]

a thousand posts, and every one of them devoid of intelligence.

better than 2 thousand posts with the same problem :downspin:

[ancestron]

Your insult means nothing. You haven't read all my posts, so why would I care about a blind retort like yours.

I think I actually have read all 1,000 of Princess Pimp's tid-bits of mindless drivel.

[TD=old&busted]

Your insult means nothing. You haven't read all my posts, so why would I care about a blind retort like yours.

I think I actually have read all 1,000 of Princess Pimp's

I think your a closet princess pimp fan :downspin:

[hsxvvd]

Good to see the Laker trolls are helping to keep vbookie afloat.

[BigZak]

pssst, it's a show. just enjoy it like a good movie.
it has a script, but we don't know how it ends...

homecourt is for home cookin on the officiating end...haven't we all accepted that fact already?

[fyatuk]

I'm their daddy and they know it!

If you're my daddy you owe my brother and me about $25k in delinquent child support. Pay up you bastard! :downspin:

[urunobili]

I think your a closet princess pimp fan :downspin:

we all are... every time he posts before a game we win! :toast

:owned

[DarrinS]

Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer and Tony Brothers





Are you fuckin serious? Salvatore?



You'd have to be happy with that, if you're a Laker fan.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

This thread clearly doens't make sense.

[SAtown]

Since when is Salvatore a Spurs fan? He was fucking terrible in Game 6 against OKC.

[cornbread]

Faker fans are already reaching for excuses.

[Jimcs50]

Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer and Tony Brothers

Two Circle of 7 Fixers on one crew.

This will be a huge obstacle for the Lakers to overcome, there is no doubt with these assignments what the league's objective is and it isn't for the Lakers to crush the Spurs spirit in Game 2.

They bent over backwards for you with a bad crew in Game 1 and now this? Why not just send David Robinson, Sean Elliott and George Gervin to "officiate" the game instead?

What a sick joke, Fuck You David Stern.

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html

I love it that Stern favors the Spurs being in the Finals against the Eastern rep.

How can you blame him, every Commissioner would favor the Spurs with their low ratings potential over the Lakers.

[Budkin]

Hehe......I actually wouldn't mind seeing Game 1's crew out again. That was one of the better refereed games I've seen in some time.

I totally agree... how nice it is to see some competent refs (other than that out of bounds call at the end). It's a damn shame they can't all be like that so it wouldn't fucking matter who was reffing and the players could just play at home or on the road.

[Los Spurs]

Actually Salvatore is an anti-spurs that's what these bitches are always crying about!

:lol And look who's talking about being a cry baby :lol

Your bitter ass is still here posting shit even after your team went fishing a long time ago. Therefore that makes you Cry Baby #1

[LakerLanny]

I love it that Stern favors the Spurs being in the Finals against the Eastern rep.

How can you blame him, every Commissioner would favor the Spurs with their low ratings potential over the Lakers.


As usual, the league is going to try and manufacture drama by trying to extend this series to the max number of games through the use of corrupt officials.

There is no reason at all we couldn't have an anonymous crew like Bill Spooner, Gary Zielinski and Rodney Mott. Except for the fact that then the game would likely be officiated in an unbiased manner instead of manipulated.

Make the way officials are assigned random and transparent. Once that happens, I will never complain about officiating assignments again.

[rAm]

Hehe......I actually wouldn't mind seeing Game 1's crew out again. That was one of the better refereed games I've seen in some time.

Seriously? if your team had lost you would have been bitching about all the calls in the first half.

[Zero Point Four]

I'm going to believe that Lanny brought this subject to our attention because of the Spurs fans' whining after the last game. I'm going to believe that this is an attempt to preempt the all-too-certain complaining about refs after the Lakers win again tonight.

Because you know there will be.

After winning three legitimate championships this decade, there are still Spurs fans who believe there is a conspiracy to cheat them.

They cheat themselves from believing in honest competition.

[lefty]

Hehe......I actually wouldn't mind seeing Game 1's crew out again. That was one of the better refereed games I've seen in some time.

I agree, they were good :tu

[baseline bum]

Salvatore is going to fix games against LA in Staples? The same Salvatore who giftwrapped game 4 of the 2003 WCSF to LA by giving Shaq and Kobe 45 free throws?

[MadDog73]

I'm going to believe that Lanny brought this subject to our attention because of the Spurs fans' whining after the last game. I'm going to believe that this is an attempt to preempt the all-too-certain complaining about refs after the Lakers win again tonight.

Because you know there will be.

After winning three legitimate championships this decade, there are still Spurs fans who believe there is a conspiracy to cheat them.

They cheat themselves from believing in honest competition.

Some fans always do...

Best team always wins a 7 game series.

[DDS4]

Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer and Tony Brothers

Two Circle of 7 Fixers on one crew.

This will be a huge obstacle for the Lakers to overcome, there is no doubt with these assignments what the league's objective is and it isn't for the Lakers to crush the Spurs spirit in Game 2.

They bent over backwards for you with a bad crew in Game 1 and now this? Why not just send David Robinson, Sean Elliott and George Gervin to "officiate" the game instead?

What a sick joke, Fuck You David Stern.

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html


Oh the hypocrisy.

[spurastic]

As usual, the league is going to try and manufacture drama by trying to extend this series to the max number of games through the use of corrupt officials.

There is no reason at all we couldn't have an anonymous crew like Bill Spooner, Gary Zielinski and Rodney Mott. Except for the fact that then the game would likely be officiated in an unbiased manner instead of manipulated.

Make the way officials are assigned random and transparent. Once that happens, I will never complain about officiating assignments again.


So basically you're saying........If the Lakers win, it's a referree "unbiased manner" and if the Spurs win, it's "manipulated". You are so damn smart. You have it. That's must be it. No way the Championship Team could beat the Fakers without corrupted officials. :rollin :flag:

[Jimcs50]

As usual, the league is going to try and manufacture drama by trying to extend this series to the max number of games through the use of corrupt officials.

There is no reason at all we couldn't have an anonymous crew like Bill Spooner, Gary Zielinski and Rodney Mott. Except for the fact that then the game would likely be officiated in an unbiased manner instead of manipulated.

Make the way officials are assigned random and transparent. Once that happens, I will never complain about officiating assignments again.

I feel so much better about tonight then. So, the Spurs are guaranteed to win then??? Please say it is so, Lanny.

:toast

[Strike]

More excuses from these losers!

Where are the Suns, fuck-tard?

[Strike]

After winning three legitimate championships this decade, there are still Spurs fans who believe there is a conspiracy to cheat them.

Actually, it's 4 legitimate championships since 1999. Get your facts straight, assclown. Just because Phil Jackson says something doesn't make it so.

[LakerLanny]

I feel so much better about tonight then. So, the Spurs are guaranteed to win then??? Please say it is so, Lanny.

:toast


If you look at the officiating stats for this crew in regard to the home team, you have to assume that the *purs will be given every break tonight.

Review my thread at LG for more stats and details on this crew. The thread is titled: Game 2 Officiating Assignments - NBA Jumps The Shark

[FromWayDowntown]

What's laughable is the thought of an incompetent official like Gary Zielinski calling a conference finals game.

What's even more laughable is the thought of the league doing anything that might harm the Lakers' chances to reach the Finals.

[cornbread]

Remember that time that Stern said his dream Finals matchup would be Spurs vs. Spurs?

[FromWayDowntown]

This is the same LakerLanny who once claimed that the 2003 Spurs won the NBA title with an unprecedented free throw attempts disparity, only to have it proven to him that several Lakers champions for years before had larger FTA disparities in the playoffs.

Consider the source.

[MoSpur]

This thread is hilarious.

[LakerLanny]

What's laughable is the thought of an incompetent official like Gary Zielinski calling a conference finals game.
.

Gary Zielinski is certainly no worse than Bennett Salvatore or the absolutely corrupt Ken Mauer

I would rather have Violet Palmer, at least she misses calls both ways....Mauer doesn't, it is always an obvious bias against the Lakers with him that is so blatant it is simply ridiculous.

[Sasha]

congrats on reaching 1,000 on an opposing teams board, the troll is strong in this one.


What is the point of your signature?

[Staff Sgt. Dignam]

Spurs are 2-0 with Sal in these playoffs. Look like they get the split.

[florige]

Hehe......I actually wouldn't mind seeing Game 1's crew out again. That was one of the better refereed games I've seen in some time.


Yeah it was.

[SPARKY]

What's laughable is the thought of an incompetent official like Gary Zielinski calling a conference finals game.

What's even more laughable is the thought of the league doing anything that might harm the Lakers' chances to reach the Finals.

:tu

You have to be a special kind of insecure Laker fan to believe the league is out to make life difficult for the Lakers.

[T Park]

Salvatore? In LA?

Ah fuck :depressed

[FromWayDowntown]

If you look at the officiating stats for this crew in regard to the home team, you have to assume that the *purs will be given every break tonight.

Review my thread at LG for more stats and details on this crew. The thread is titled: Game 2 Officiating Assignments - NBA Jumps The Shark

Unless, of course, you consider the way that games that Salvatore and Mauer have called during the 2008 Playoffs have come out.

Salvatore has worked 10 games to date with the home team having won 8 of those 10. Mauer has also worked 10 games in these playoffs with the home team having won 9 of 10.

Those kinds of stats would certainly seem to indicate that Game 2 will be called unconscionably in favor of the Spurs.

Make the way officials are assigned random and transparent. Once that happens, I will never complain about officiating assignments again.

You know, I've bothered to actually study the assignment of officials by the NBA for playoff games over the last several years and I can tell you that if you study it closely, it does become a fairly transparent and very orderly process. In that sense, you're absolutely full of crap.

Several days before it happened, I formulated a short list (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2504360&postcount=26) of 11 that included all 3 of the Game 7 officials for the Spurs/Hornets series.

I also made accurate predictions (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94988) about who would be the lead officials in Games 5 and 6 of that series.

And I posted a thread (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96117) on Tuesday morning accurately predicting that Dan Crawford would call Game 1 of this series.

And I posted a thread (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96424) yesterday predicting that the lead official for Game 2 would either be Ed Rush or Bennett Salvatore.

It makes me laugh that you claim to be such a close follower of NBA officiating, but offer so little in the way of useful knowledge about the things that you complain of.

[JWest596]

Yet Lanny, should your conspiracy theory have validity (It doesn't), then a Laker championship would be worth little if the league is so corrupt.

But of course, You'll have overcome the corrupt conspiracy, the bought officials and beat Stern by the sheer force of Laker magnificence blah blah blah. Yours would of course be legitimate, everybody else's is circumspect. Yeah right.

Laker fans are so silly.

[50 cent]

This has to be a troll. Surely there is no way any Lakers fan could feel they get anything close to slighted when it comes to officiating.

Pathetic.

[FromWayDowntown]

This has to be a troll. Surely there is no way any Lakers fan could feel they get anything close to slighted when it comes to officiating.

Pathetic.

Nah, this has been Lanny's misguided schtick for years. He's a pied piper to some Lakers fans, though; he's convinced at least a small segment of that base that the officials are the only thing standing between the Lakers and a 15-peat (or something like that). [I'm glad to see that the vast majority of Laker fans who responded to Lanny's contentions today in their forum vehemently disagreed with him]

He goes to some lengths to concoct outrageous arguments that have no foundation in fact; when challenged, he resorts solely to his observations, which he will invariably claim are more objective than anyone else's and are somehow rooted in a deeper knowledge of the game than anyone else could possibly have.

If Spurs fans criticize officiating, they're whining; if Lanny criticizes officials, he's simply pointing obvious facts evidencing the league's longstanding conspriacy to keep the Lakers' organization down.

In the end, though it doesn't stop him from making those outrageous and unsubstantiated claims, no matter how illogical they are, Lanny's full of crap when it comes to this subject.

[ElNono]

Nah, this has been Lanny's misguided schtick for years. He's a pied piper to some Lakers fans, though; he's convinced at least a small segment of that base that the officials are the only thing standing between the Lakers and a 15-peat (or something like that). [I'm glad to see that the vast majority of Laker fans who responded to Lanny's contentions today in their forum vehemently disagreed with him]

If Spurs fans criticize officiating, they're whining; if Lanny criticizes officials, he's simply pointing obvious facts evidencing the league's longstanding conspriacy to keep the Lakers' organization down.

He goes to some lengths to concoct outrageous arguments that have no foundation in fact; when challenged, he resorts solely to his observations, which he will invariably claim are more objective than anyone else's and are somehow rooted in a deeper knowledge of the game than anyone else could possibly have.

In the end, though it doesn't stop him from making those outrageous and unsubstantiated claims, no matter how illogical they are, Lanny's full of crap when it comes to this subject.

So, in a nutshell, he's like John Hollinger's brother?

[FromWayDowntown]

So, in a nutshell, he's like John Hollinger's brother?

He would be Hollinger if Hollinger decided to never again rely on a shred of information other than his own, biased views and steadfast paranoia.

[ehz33satx]

an anonymous crew like Bill Spooner, Gary Zielinski and Rodney Mott.


Who?

[nfg3]

Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer and Tony Brothers

Two Circle of 7 Fixers on one crew.

This will be a huge obstacle for the Lakers to overcome, there is no doubt with these assignments what the league's objective is and it isn't for the Lakers to crush the Spurs spirit in Game 2.

They bent over backwards for you with a bad crew in Game 1 and now this? Why not just send David Robinson, Sean Elliott and George Gervin to "officiate" the game instead?

What a sick joke, Fuck You David Stern.

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html

Now you know how we feel when we see Joey Crawford. :depressed

[Solid D]

The Spurs are the 4th best team remaining. Bennett Salvatore is probably the least favorite NBA official on this board if that tells you anything. The Lakers had the best record in the West and have home court advantage, plus the best perimeter player in the world. The NBA rules favor perimeter players. Why shouldn't the Lakers win tonight? :wakeup

[Princess Pimp]

we all are... every time he posts before a game we win! :toast

:ownedJust like in Game 1 right?

[LakerLanny]

This courtesty AngryPuppy at LG:

Before this thread gets hijacked any further, let's get off the soapbox and actually take a quick look at the ref crew:


Tony Brothers
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ San Antonio: 9-1
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ Lakers: 3-7

Ranked #61 out of 62 referees, in terms of favoring the home team. In other words, home team won't get the breaks. In fact, he may be adversarial.


Ken Mauer
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ San Antonio: 10-0
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ Lakers: 7-3

Ranked #57 out of 62 referees, in terms of favoring the home team. In fact, he may be adversarial.


Bennett Salvatore
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ San Antonio: 6-4
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ Lakers: 8-2

Ranked #17 out of 62 referees, in terms of favoring the home team. In other words, there's a moderate bias favoring the the home team.


This is a very bad ref assignment, from a Laker perspective.

[Princess Pimp]

This courtesty AngryPuppy at LG:

Before this thread gets hijacked any further, let's get off the soapbox and actually take a quick look at the ref crew:


Tony Brothers
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ San Antonio: 9-1
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ Lakers: 3-7

Ranked #61 out of 62 referees, in terms of favoring the home team. In other words, home team won't get the breaks. In fact, he may be adversarial.


Ken Mauer
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ San Antonio: 10-0
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ Lakers: 7-3

Ranked #57 out of 62 referees, in terms of favoring the home team. In fact, he may be adversarial.


Bennett Salvatore
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ San Antonio: 6-4
Last 10 games ref'ed w/ Lakers: 8-2

Ranked #17 out of 62 referees, in terms of favoring the home team. In other words, there's a moderate bias favoring the the home team.


This is a very bad ref assignment, from a Laker perspective.


Quit your whining bitch.

With Salvatore the Lakers will win easily, look for Timmy Pumpkin and Bruce Lee Bowen to get in foul trouble early in the game.

I bet you 100 bucks

Idiot!

[tempest186]

Princess Pimp vs LakerLanny only on a Spurs Board near you.

[LakerLanny]

Quit your whining bitch.

With Salvatore the Lakers will win easily, look for Timmy Pumpkin and Bruce Lee Bowen to get in foul trouble early in the game.

I bet you 100 bucks

Idiot!

I question your honesty and motivation. Would you really pay off a losing bet? My guess is no and I am a pretty good judge of character. You have welcher written all over you.

How about this instead? I bet you $100 the *purs shoot more FTs than the Lakers in the first half tonight.

If you are up for it, we need to paypal the money in advance to a neutral 3rd party so you don't welch.

[Princess Pimp]

The Spurs shot more free throws in Game 1 and still lost.

So No, the bet is about who is winning the game not the free throw advantage,

[SPARKY]

LakerPussy already putting together the excuses.

[LakerLanny]

The Spurs shot more free throws in Game 1 and still lost.

So No, the bet is about who is winning the game not the free throw advantage,


Forget it, I am talking about refs trying to fix the games

[baseline bum]

This has to be a troll. Surely there is no way any Lakers fan could feel they get anything close to slighted when it comes to officiating.

Pathetic.

Sorry... LakerLanny has been a shitstain on Spurs boards since 01 or so.

[Lakers08Champs]

It's not even fair play 5 against 8, all the calls in game 1 were favored to the spurs. these refs are jokes!!!!!!!! :flipoff:grim:

[Anti.Hero]

Hehe......I actually wouldn't mind seeing Game 1's crew out again. That was one of the better refereed games I've seen in some time.

LOL

[tmtcsc]

Hehe......I actually wouldn't mind seeing Game 1's crew out again. That was one of the better refereed games I've seen in some time.

I agree. They missed the call when Tim got fouled but other than that I thought it was very fair and they let them play. No flopping aloud or tolerated.

[ballhog]

As usual, the league is going to try and manufacture drama by trying to extend this series to the max number of games through the use of corrupt officials.

There is no reason at all we couldn't have an anonymous crew like Bill Spooner, Gary Zielinski and Rodney Mott. Except for the fact that then the game would likely be officiated in an unbiased manner instead of manipulated.

Make the way officials are assigned random and transparent. Once that happens, I will never complain about officiating assignments again.

Trolling, trolling, trolling.....

[FromWayDowntown]

Tony Brothers is clearly in on the fix. . . . Nice, non-controversial no-call to end the half; particularly after the touch fouls that he gave early to get Fisher and Odom to the line.

[Princess Pimp]

Forget it, I am talking about refs trying to fix the games

Whatever dude!

You see I told you the Lakers would win.

[Princess Pimp]

Look for Joey Crawford and Steve Javie (the road ref) for Game 3