I watched some of that game also and was amazed at some of the horrible officiating. It was pretty bad all around but a lot of it was in the favor of the Heat. I remember one offensive foul however that went against Shaq late in the game where even the announcers were confused because they hadn't been calling it all game and then suddenly they did.
I really hope that kind of home cooking isn't in store for us if we play Miami but I'm pretty sure we'll get the same treatment.
The Spurs have done a very good job of putting the calls behind them at many points in these playoffs. However you stack it up, these playoffs have been officated in the worst way: Inconsistently. I would be ok with them calling it the same on both ends, every game, even if it included ticky tack fouls. But the variation from game to game has been very large.
If we play Miami prepare for the worst officiating, especially when guarding Shaq. I got to admit he is hard to officiate but still I think it is obvious what the call is when he just plows people over and lowers his shoulder. And why do they even have the 3 sec. rule, it seems Shaq is exempt from this rule.
if larry leaves
who can handle rasheed?
phil? (he handled shaq and kobe so well)
or does detroit trade him?
Rasheed was saying to the press that Miami had extra help. That it was blatant and that he's gonna be interested to see what the media says, about how much they know about basketball and how blatantly obvious it was out there. "Oh, we gonna win game 6". They're gonna send some good people out there" Then, he went on to say "they" want this to go 7.
Last edited by Solid D; 06-03-2005 at 10:16 AM.
``We're going to win Game 6,'' Wallace said. ``They want there to be a Game 7, there's no other series. If y'all can't see that, y'all crazy.''
Ducks called it...Rasheed was mouthing off before hand making his bold predictions & Miami shut him down fair & square...He went back to being Trasheed Wallace after the game...
I can’t stand Duh-Troit...Miami looks very beat up & may not survive game-7...But that is a big break for the Spurs...
Yes Phil.if larry leaves
who can handle rasheed?
phil?
Ducks, you left out an important quote. Rasheed said "They're gonna send some good people out there."
That is an obvious allusion to the League sending officials to ensure a Detroit win in Game 6.
Last edited by Solid D; 06-03-2005 at 10:16 AM.
Pop was really hot to get both Rasheed and Spree. Pop is good but I think God must also be watching out for the Spurs.
The officiating has sucked and it's terribly hard not to call the bias. We all try our best not to bring up conspiracy and I don't know that it's conspiracy as much as it may be the officials "wanting" certain teams to win. But there's no doubt that the NBA would love to have PHX/MIA and they didn't get it and their worst nightmare was a DET/SA borefest with low ratings, which looked quite possible. It definitely makes you wonder...
The lack of accountability and continued BS we see year in and year out really affects the credibility of the league. The good news though is the Spurs have figured it out: Just be so damn good that you can win 5 on 8 and laugh at the officials when you beat them too.
The calls in the late 2nd quarter were ridiculous! I understand why Sheed feels that way...and he's probably right.
I can certainly understand where 'Sheed was comign from.
Wade has developed a bad habit of driving into the lane, going up, then trying to find an open man.
Last night the refs continually felt obligated to bail him out for poor decisions. Total joke. There was one play where he tried to do a 180 to make a pass, and I think it was Rip got called for the bump, total joke of a call.
Wade looks to be the new Kobe from the league's hands off officiating policy.
solid d that is all that article said he might have said more though
``We're going to win Game 6,'' Wallace said. ``They want there to be a Game 7, there's no other series. If y'all can't see that, y'all crazy.''
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gi...060214&prov=ap
I wish the officials would leave the evening up part out. A foul should be a foul, even if it's on a star player. Just because one team has 15 fouls at the half and the other has 8 doesn't mean the one with 8 has to have more fouls. If one team is up by 20 don't start giving the other one fantom calls. Don't call fouls because someone was complaining about it earlier. On that note, don't start giving makeup calls. That starts even more problems. (ie) Then you've called something that really wasn't a foul or violation and the other team may expect it. And then there's also the makeup call for the make up call.
They're always trying to control the game by "evening" it out whenever possible instead of just calling the game straight up.
Watching 'Sheed meltdown has always been particularly enjoyable for me (even if some calls were questionable against Detroit). I do really like Rasheed. Maybe it is because he has the capability to play so well one game and then implode the next. He is at least always entertaining.
"Both teams played hard" still makes me laugh.
Can you blame sheed for driving over wade at the end of the game? When he's gettin bull calls you might as well take out one of the ref's favored players. The reffing has been so obviously one sided in at least half the playoff games I've watched.
If this was a more legit league in terms of not favoring a team, the nba would be my favorite league to watch. Here's some of the that the nba has pulled other then the craptacular officiating:
1. In the middle of the season lengthening the 1st round from 5 to 7 games when the lakers were old and injured. My guess was so that the lakers had a better shot at winning the first round. Most leagues that make that kind of a major rule change discuss and decide in the offseason.
2. Putting nba lottery draft behind doors instead of in front of everybody. How the is this a real "lottery" if you can't even see it first hand. This was done probably to favor the big market teams.
The nba has become 1 step away from the WWF.
Weak Duncan21.
If the lotto favored big market teams, your boy Tim Duncan would be wearing Celtic green right now.
The lottery was legit then. They changed it 4 or 5 years ago.
I didn't see the game. but i agree i love that quote from awhile back
"both teams plyed hard" OMFG that is such a great quote i lvoe itwallace should get that thing (TM) or something
Then why didn't New York win it this year? or the Lakers?
BTW i think the lotto is rigged?
HOW on the earth do the spurs end up getting David robinson that saves the franchise
and then another lucky draft of tim duncan when they needed it
and then when duncan is about to retire in 20XX we end up drafting mosda da BOO the best big man again?!!!!
plus cleland just ends up with the hometown best player?
i think it is rigged just look at how in the wordl do the spurs when they neeed it end up with david robinson and tim that there means the draft is rigged
I just perused a Laker board where they were discussing last night's game and the irony/hypocrisy was deafening. Look at these excerpts from one of the threads.
This league has gotten so corrupt it is nauseating. If anyone can tell me with a straight face that the Referees weren't told to literally insure that the Heat won, I'll give you my hat. What crap!Just replace "Heat" with "Lakers" and "Dwayne Wade" with "Kobe" and you have a generic post that could have been on any non-Laker board during the recent Laker le runs.I must say that this is the first time this year that I've watched any playoff action. I kid you not, I saw Elden Campbell called for an offensive foul and literally touched no one. I saw Dwayne Wade spin at the free throw line and get a foul call, totally out of control. I was sickened by what I saw. Clearly I want the Pig to lose, but this was as egregious as anything I have ever seen in the NBA. Just sickening!
Funny stuff.
Last edited by TwoHandJam; 06-03-2005 at 03:51 PM.
I have to say that I agree there were bad calls last night. But in game 5 of Suns spurs we got some bad calls, however the refs missed some obvious calls that would have favored the suns as well.
Given how difficult it is to project the lottery talent, rigging the lotto would be a waste of time.
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