NBA: The NBA Is Rigged

[Stabula]

Adam Silver told the Rockets Chris Paul wasn't allowed to play tonight

[Fabbs]

This was pretty damned bad. But sadly not that much worse than normal, tbh. (Watch it before NBA does a phony copyright violation).

Can one of you Techsters preserves this before the NBA does just that?

[Spurtacular]

Can one of you Techsters preserves this before the NBA does just that?

Better chance it won't get taken down if Rockets still advance.

[spursistan]

LOL ..It is liKe David Stern never left..

This arguably the most blatant fix since Game 6 of 2012 WCF..It is honestly on level with 2002 Kings-LA series..

[daslicer]

LOL ..It is liKe David Stern never left..

This arguably the most blatant fix since Game 6 of 2012 WCF..It is honestly on level with 2002 Kings-LA series..

Yup agreed. Rox are getting hacked every time they drive in the paint and there is no foul call. All I can do is laugh.

[spursistan]

Most neutral fanbases on twitter with pretty much the same takes..The league is bring this upon its head with this type of shadiness..

[spursistan]

[spursistan]

[spursistan]

^ How do you not call this? ..

[Stabula]

There's a reason you get fined for being critical of the
Jews whistle men

[spurraider21]

a rigged league wouldn't send the spurs to 6 finals

[HarlemHeat37]

a rigged league wouldn't send the spurs to 6 finals

Or continue to allow Spurs/Pistons type Finals after the 2003 ratings embarrassment

[Galileo]

a rigged league wouldn't send the spurs to 6 finals

Spurs were the last of the conspiracy-breakers.

[Spurtacular]

Harden fouled on two threes in a row in the first half and didn't get the call. F*ck this; this is Lakers-Kings 02 all over again.

[Spurtacular]

LOL ..It is liKe David Stern never left..

This arguably the most blatant fix since Game 6 of 2012 WCF..It is honestly on level with 2002 Kings-LA series..

Maybe same tier. I'd stop short of saying same level.

[spursistan]

[RsxPiimp]

[DMC]

NBA has always been obviously rigged. It’s almost always a case of the finals they want is the finals they get. I think the nba lost a lot of money during some boring finals and decided to always make sure their horse is in the finals.

And teams are complicit

[DMC]

a rigged league wouldn't send the spurs to 6 finals

Teams have to play along. Refs only need to miss a possession call, ignore a foul or call the game in a way (even a consistent way) that benefits one team over another. If one team is more physical, they either ignore contact or they are overly concerned with it. A possession change on an out of bounds that never gets reviewed in the middle of the game, that happens multiple times a game. Quite often they get it obviously wrong.

Tonight, if they cheated, the Rockets were complicit. How do you miss 27 consecutive 3pt shots? Even with your eyes closed you should hit one.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Teams have to play along. Refs only need to miss a possession call, ignore a foul or call the game in a way (even a consistent way) that benefits one team over another. If one team is more physical, they either ignore contact or they are overly concerned with it. A possession change on an out of bounds that never gets reviewed in the middle of the game, that happens multiple times a game. Quite often they get it obviously wrong.

Tonight, if they cheated, the Rockets were complicit. How do you miss 27 consecutive 3pt shots? Even with your eyes closed you should hit one.

This sounds ing re ed. The league is GUIDED, not outright rigged, so a team can overcome the bull reffing if they play lights out. Often the Spurs teams couldnt overcome the reffing, but we were damn good in the years we did (Ex. 2014, we beat the Thunderrefs). We failed to overcome reffing in 2012.

[Bill_Brasky]

Third quarter was a joke. The one where Harden got fouled on the 3, the 3 went in, and the ref ing called it on the floor was what did it for me.

[Spurtacular]

Anyone else see Zaza get up off the bench and scream in the Rocket's ear and pretend to be another defender as he was taking the 3? I'm thinking circa late 3rd quarter or early 4th quarter.

And the refs didn't T him up, obviously.

TOTALLY DE ABLE

[Spurtacular]

It's just hitting me that one of these gy teams hast to ring now.

[Stabula]

Third quarter was a joke. The one where Harden got fouled on the 3, the 3 went in, and the ref ing called it on the floor was what did it for me.

One of the most blatant purposefully botched calls I've ever seen in any sport.

[Stabula]

This sounds ing re ed. The league is GUIDED, not outright rigged, so a team can overcome the bull reffing if they play lights out. Often the Spurs teams couldnt overcome the reffing, but we were damn good in the years we did (Ex. 2014, we beat the Thunderrefs). We failed to overcome reffing in 2012.

League wanted Spurs to go to the Finals in 2014 as a redemption story especially considering how epic the 2013 Finals were. Makes for good basketball storylines.