After watching these last 2 games..

[Mr Bones]

Pietrus is a scrub, there's no reason for a scrub to be receiving calls against the face of the league..

It's beliefs like this that are a big part of the problem. Everyone has his own pet theory on how and when fouls should be called differently. Some say a certain call is legit in the first minute of the 4th quarter, but not during the last minute. Some say a certain call is legit in the regular season, but not in the playoffs. Some say a call is ok against a bench player, but not against a star. Sorry, but I think a foul is a foul is a foul, and the expectation of getting or not getting a foul call based on anything other than the specific play is a recipe for bad officiating.

[HarlemHo 37]

Miami should have a significant FT disparity in every game, they have 2 of the best free throw drawers in the NBA, while the Celtics don't even have one player that draws fouls on a consistent basis..

Lebron's last 3 fouls were atrocious calls..every subjective call went Boston's way..

Again, the difference is that the majority of NBA fans hate the Heat, they act like the 3 Kings Gary Neal'd their mothers, making their bias evident..I have yet to see anybody provide any proof for Miami receiving favorable officiating, at any point this season, while I've provided many instances of Miami getting screwed..

Get off your high horse Harlem. Refs don't look at regular season numbers to determine who should get foul calls and who shouldn't. You wouldn't be complaining if Miami was getting all the calls and Boston wasn't. If you're going to call it tight, like has been the case in this year's playoffs, then you call the ticky tack fouls for both sides.

And don't act like Stern doesn't want the Heat in the finals. If your exercise in frustration proves anything, it's officials aren't in cahoots with Stern to rig the nba playoffs. I noticed you mentioned all the atrocious calls against Miami but didn't touch the 6 or 7 bad calls against Boston.

And Harlem, this thread wouldn't even exist if Lebron could hit a friggin free throw.