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As an unbiased viewer, I thought the refs favored Dallas in the game, but Portland's fans in the arena overreacted to a lot of the non-calls, as usual..
The Blazers' announcers always compound the issue..
it seems you're wrong here again supposedly. The refs are paid to prod the intensity of the game as hard as they can, so they just have to help the team by squelching the other when the game is about to come off balance, nothing about favour or whatsoever.
As an unbiased viewer, I thought the refs favored Dallas in the game, but Portland's fans in the arena overreacted to a lot of the non-calls, as usual..
The Blazers' announcers always compound the issue..
spurs fans always have a bias when it comes to Dallas.
I always treat the Mavs fairly here..
I made a thread discussing Dirk's love life in a sensitive way..pretty considerate and fair IMO..
As an unbiased non-observer (I didn't see any of the game, not even highlights), I'd say the refs were completely fair and consistent throughout the game and Blazer fans are being es.
As an unbiased-observer, I think the Blazers are a bunch of whiners.
Dirks travel was ing hilarious.
+1
LMAO at andre miller thinking he deserves some kind of star treatment.
Horribly reffed game. They let A LOT of crap go early ...(many mentioned here) BUT what about Damp (or hatwood) smacking Rudy in theface for no call?
My son asked me who I wanted to win ...and I said Dallas at first ...but as the calls seemed to "Somewhat" favor Mavs i started to root for the BLazers.
I agree planty of missed calls BOTH ways and the fans whined A LOT ...
But those refs are lucky the fans did not get a hold of them "the vile and venom" that I could feel sitting at my home in "Frisco, TX" was very tangible listineing in 7.1 surround ...
In person? Must of been incredible and scary
Friday Night crowd in Portland. What do you expect. Every little call the crowd didn't like, they exaggerated it by getting so into it. Dallas crowds rarely gets that much into the game. Thus, the refs aren't usually hated as much over there. Or not noticed as much when they are reffing bad.
I haven't seen blazers fans this upset during a game for years.. I can't remember the last time a fan got ejected either lol I actually watched the first half replay last night and damn there were some ty calls then.
I dont disagree BLazers have some passionate and crazy fans ...
But if i was reffing THAT game you had to be a bit nervous ...
Props to Terry and Najera for taking advantage of situation Caron too ...they had "devilish grins" on their mugs ...
Also that is why the numbnuts who claim no one wants to play OKC or Portland are foolish ...young teams always fall in the trap laid by the Mavs and the refs last night. (vet teams too like the Lakers in the LAST spur game but not as often)
Refs cant call eVERYTHING ...you must stay focused and play through crap calls ...
My first choice round one if I want an easy win is :
OKC or Portland Round 1
UTah or Phoenix Round 2
Denver in WCF (they
My perosnal choice for a battle and cuz I can drive out to the games would be SA, OKC and Dallas in WCF ...
The Blazer fans seemed almost this upset last time we played them, and I thought the calls favored the Blazers during THAT game.
But last night, they did have some calls to be upset about. But there were bad calls both ways (more towards the blazers, i'll admit")
Yea it was a definite playoff atmosphere.. if these two team meet it would be crazy.. dallas has always been a tough team for us.. I think it would be a very exciting series, Especially after watching last nights game.
My exact thoughts
I really hope this team used this as a woke up call on how to not react.. too much emotion ed us imo. Brandon roy even said it last night that its better it happened tonight then in a week. Roy was acting like a panzy last night I can understand his frustration but he needs to keep it together as our leader, he had some un roy-like late game turnover and he was spending more time complaining then actually playing.
I actually agree with this article
PORTLAND – Earlier this week, the NBA had to own up to a missed call at the end of the Utah-Oklahoma City game, but that seems like small potatoes now. The league might have to apologize for all 48 minutes of Dallas’s 83-77 win over Portland.
Let me explain: I never like to mention officiating in a story because I feel like it cheapens the winning team’s accomplishment. Besides, part of winning basketball is knowing how to react to the officiating and staying composed when the calls go against you.
Tonight, however, I’m making an exception. I have to. It’s unavoidable; I’d be burying the main story if I didn’t. First, though, let me emphasize that Dallas won on merit: They completely stifled Brandon Roy, got 40 points from Dirk Nowitzki, and were a half-step quicker to most of the loose balls. They also reacted better to the officials than Portland to earn a huge road win in the battle for Western Conference seeding.
Nonetheless, the other story tonight is what everybody in the arena, regardless of which side they were cheering, will remember about this one: Put simply, this was as badly officiated a game as I’ve ever seen.
The calls were equally horrifying both ways, so the Blazers can’t use it as an excuse. It didn’t favor one team; it just turned the entire game into a mush of clutching, grabbing ugliness. In a related story, the winning team shot 33.8%. This wasn’t “letting them play” as much it was preventing them from playing.
As for blown calls, take your pick. My personal favorite was a triple-dribble in the open court by Roy that 20,693 of the 20,696 people in the Rose Garden Arena saw clearly. Unfortunately, the three that didn’t were officials Ken Mauer, David Guthrie and Sean Wright.
You could nominate ten to fifteen other egregious misses and have just as strong a case. A brief highlight reel would include Erick Dampier hitting Rudy Fernandez right across the face on a drive with no whistle; a foul called on Nicolas Batum for allowing Jason Terry to take a Pamplona-esque running charge at him off the ball; Dirk Nowitzki being assaulted by three Blazers on a crucial late possession that led to a steal and a three-point play for Portland; Brendan Haywood either jamming or dislocating a finger on a hack by Fernandez that went uncalled; and Dampier blatantly hacking Andre Miller on a drive about 18 inches from Mauer’s eyes, the replay of which nearly caused a riot. (Portland's crowd, incidentally, did not handle this with much class; several fans threw things and had to be escorted out).
Mauer was the culprit for most of the misses; normally among the league’s best zebras, he was unrelentingly awful. This isn’t revisionist history either – by early in the second quarter I had Tweeted that he’d uncharacteristically blown several calls, and it turned out he was just getting warmed up. Both Andre Miller and Blazers coach Nate McMillan picked up technical fouls yelling at him in the fourth quarter; those calls were merely questionable as opposed to overtly awful, but by that time Portland was overcome by frustration.
Which takes us to the second part of the story, the part that ultimately matters: Dallas won. The more experienced Mavs reacted better to all the blown calls, put their heads down and kept plowing away.
As McMillan put it afterward, “Get to the next play.” Portland didn’t always do it tonight and it cost them, perhaps dooming them to a No. 8 seed and a first-round pairing against the Lakers.
The Blazers can point to plenty of other reasons they lost besides the refs. They shot 10-of-49 on shots outside the paint; for a team built around offense and shooting, that won’t get it done. They missed seven free throws, committed 15 turnovers and, as I mentioned, gave away four free throw attempts on technical fouls; the Mavs stayed composed enough to not pick up a single tech, even though the bizarre officiating gave Dallas just as many excuses to vent its anger.
“We got upset about some calls,” said Roy, “but we just didn’t make shots. I think we reacted – maybe we overreacted. But I don’t think the technicals were the reason we lost. Offensively, we didn’t execute well.”
They’ll need to execute much better – and focus much better – if they’re going to get very far in the postseason. With upcoming battles against the Lakers and Thunder, they’ll need to regain their composure quickly. They might take a look at how the winning side reacted to the same environment tonight, and take a few pointers from it.
The refs were physically hit by things fans threw twice in this game... Once in the fourth, and then as they left the arena. As they left, I believe they got drink on their uniform too, but I'm not sure...
Just for reference, one of the guys that got ejected for throwing things onto the court (a tie thrown into the paint) was actually a media member... so not everyone was just pissed Portland was losing...
that article! I read that same article every time a team gets screwed by the refs. Oh your team should have kept their composure and not lost their cool! Bull . The game was reffed in a biased manner and that is a fact. Refs need to call fouls as they occur and be consistent for both teams. They also need to call game 81 of the season the same way they call game 41. That is all I ask. For some reason they decided to call this game different than all 80 games of the season that came previously. Unbeavable!
The last time I saw the fans react this bad in Portland was in the early 90's. A friend of mine near courtside was kicked out of the Memorial Coliseum back then.
As for blown calls, take your pick. My personal favorite was a triple-dribble in the open court by Roy that 20,693 of the 20,696 people in the Rose Garden Arena saw clearly. Unfortunately, the three that didn’t were officials Ken Mauer, David Guthrie and Sean Wright.
You could nominate ten to fifteen other egregious misses and have just as strong a case. A brief highlight reel would include Erick Dampier hitting Rudy Fernandez right across the face on a drive with no whistle; a foul called on Nicolas Batum for allowing Jason Terry to take a Pamplona-esque running charge at him off the ball; Dirk Nowitzki being assaulted by three Blazers on a crucial late possession that led to a steal and a three-point play for Portland; Brendan Haywood either jamming or dislocating a finger on a hack by Fernandez that went uncalled; and Dampier blatantly hacking Andre Miller on a drive about 18 inches from Mauer’s eyes, the replay of which nearly caused a riot. (Portland's crowd, incidentally, did not handle this with much class; several fans threw things and had to be escorted out).
I really get a kick out of how much hutzpah you have over winning this one. The Blazers gave this game away by being stupid, and you're HAPPY that it was close until the last minute?
I hope we pull Mavs in the first round. Not because I think it would be easy, but because I think it would be entertaining, no matter who won.
I didn't say there were NO bad calls against the Mavs, but it was clear that the majority of questionable calls went in their favor. You can't argue that.
Hahaha...
I just saw a Blazer fan respond with nothing but this to the officiating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMh6O7HuI08
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