An Early Guess Who Might Call Game 1

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Oh what did Donaghy say?

[FromWayDowntown]

I suspect that my mystique will end when it comes time to figure out the Game 2 officials.

[G-Nob]

I suspect that my mystique will end when it comes time to figure out the Game 2 officials.

Keep up the reasoning. I am a huge fan of stats and probables.

[baseline bum]

Yes, much like the 35-12 FT attempt differential fix job in Game 1 of the 2003 series that unjustly swung the series in your team's favor.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=230505024

How about the 45-26 FT disparity that unfairly evened the series in game 4?

http://www.nba.com/games/20030511/SASLAL/boxscore.html

[FromWayDowntown]

How about the 45-26 FT disparity that unfairly evened the series in game 4?

http://www.nba.com/games/20030511/SASLAL/boxscore.html

Are you kidding?!?!?! Those 45 free throws were hard earned by the Lakers!! The Lakers get lots of free throws in games only because they overcome the will of the game officials to ensure that the Lakers don't ever succeed. There's a massive conspiracy afoot and it's aimed at assuring that the Lakers don't ever get any benefit; luckily for the whole world, the Lakers are so good that they overcome that conspiracy and win les anyway. , Chuck Norris cowers at the sight of the purple & gold.

[travis2]

[TampaDude]

I'm still wondering when Laker Lanny will actually admit that the Spurs are truly capable of simply outplaying his Lakers in a playoff game.

I'm sure that the Spurs wouldn't have taken Game 6 in 2003 without the manipulation skills of Bavetta and Joey Crawford inuring to their benefit.

What about Game 7 of the 2005 Finals against Detroit?

Officials: Bavetta, Joe Crawford, Eddie F. Rush

We still won that game 81-74 despite one of the worst possible officiating lineups for the Spurs.

[grjr]

Hey FWD, do you have any thoughts about why Jack "Tim Lover" Nies got shut out of the playoffs this year?

[50 cent]

What about Game 7 of the 2005 Finals against Detroit?

Officials: Bavetta, Joe Crawford, Eddie F. Rush

We still won that game 81-74 despite one of the worst possible officiating lineups for the Spurs.

Subs ute Bavetta for Nies and that would have been the worst officiating lineup for the Spurs.

[Holt's Cat]

Delaney is a Circle of 7 Fixer Ref and probably the worst ref in the league today.

Jim Clark was atrocious in favor of Utah in Game 1 of that series, he was just abysmal.

Danny Crawford is hit or miss, he misses a lot of calls and does way too much talking with the players instead of concentrating on the game.

Overall, a very suspect crew and pretty much a best case scenario for the *purs.

[birdy219]

Yes, much like the 35-12 FT attempt differential fix job in Game 1 of the 2003 series that unjustly swung the series in your team's favor.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=230505024

I find it hilarious that a Laker fan would EVER say that the refs were against them. Kobe just set the history of the NBA record of 80 free throws in a series. Even more than Jordan. I bet that the Spurs entire team didn't attempt 80 free throws in the 7 game series that they finished. Anyway,