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    Chillin' like a villain... TampaDude's Avatar
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    Well said. Thank god the public has the attention span of a gnat.
    There...fixed it for ya...

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    Spurs win Friday after Manu sidesteps a Bell headbutt and Raja spears a ref
    Pistons wrap it up tonight and the Cavs wrap theirs' up tomorrow
    Then the NBA/ABC/TNT/ESPN marketing departments go into major coniptions because there is a final 4 of:
    Detroit
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    Guess who the "Golden Boy" of the next round is gonna be

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    Sorry Suns, the Spurs are ending this on Friday. What they went through in Phoenix in Game 5 will be motivation enough not to go back.

    Refs won't matter. Refs don't want to be the center of the game in the playoffs.

    Spurs will take care of business, what they can control, and that will be enough.


    I just can't see the Suns winning this game. It just isn't going to happen.

    We're going to see some old time, vintage Spurs defense. (like those quotes, "playing against the Spurs, there's going to be a period of five to ten minutes where you just are not going to score.")

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    The NBA front office doesn't have to say a damn thing to the refs. You think the refs, some of whom have been in the league 20+ years, don't instinctively know that the league wants this series to go back to Phoenix? Not sure who is officiating Game 6, but if you see Bavetta there, you might as well start ordering your Game 7 tickets.
    An unspoken 20+ year conspiracy!

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    An unspoken 20+ year conspiracy!

    He doesn't understand human nature very well, I think.


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    But he's impartial!

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    The NBA front office doesn't have to say a damn thing to the refs. You think the refs, some of whom have been in the league 20+ years, don't instinctively know that the league wants this series to go back to Phoenix? Not sure who is officiating Game 6, but if you see Bavetta there, you might as well start ordering your Game 7 tickets.
    Exactly! Not saying the Spurs won't win the series because of it but the officiating crew for Game 6 might give an indication on how the game will go.

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    Exactly! Not saying the Spurs won't win the series because of it but the officiating crew for Game 6 might give an indication on how the game will go.
    Yeah, the 7-game Mav/Warrior series proved what fixed sports entertainment is all about!

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    But he's impartial!
    I can see that.

    He's given many incontrovertible facts to defend his theory.

    So, obviously, you're right: he is impartial and I just missed it.

    Oh, snap.

    (Makes me think of an old time movie [1994]where one of the characters asked the other, "When do you become so paranoid?" and the other character answered, "When everybody started trying to kill me!")
    Last edited by Mavs<Spurs; 05-17-2007 at 05:22 PM.

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    Yeah, the 7-game Mav/Warrior series proved what fixed sports entertainment is all about!
    Whatever if Bavetta shows up tomorrow expect Game 7.

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    Whatever if Bavetta shows up tomorrow expect Game 7.

    Do, we have a vbookie bet/poll going on?

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    Do, we have a vbookie bet/poll going on?
    No they should do one.

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    Not whatever.

    Explain yourself.

    Describe the fix in detail.

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    Not whatever.

    Explain yourself.

    Describe the fix in detail.
    with supporting evidence to back up your theory.

    Hey, if you're right, we all need to know.

    Share the wealth.

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    Spurs win Friday after Manu sidesteps a Bell headbutt and Raja spears a ref
    Pistons wrap it up tonight and the Cavs wrap theirs' up tomorrow
    Then the NBA/ABC/TNT/ESPN marketing departments go into major coniptions because there is a final 4 of:
    Detroit
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    Guess who the "Golden Boy" of the next round is gonna be
    I expect LeBron to get lots and lots of calls against Detroit in the East Finals and in the Finals.

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    I expect LeBron to get lots and lots of calls against Detroit in the East Finals and in the Finals.

    Imo, Cavs have no chance at beating the Pistons.

    Please, let's forget about the refs.

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    You think it's fixed? Tell us how it's done and why and since when.
    I wouldn't call the league fixed per se, but it is "guided" in the direction of having the teams with the largest tv markets do well and in extending series to the maximum number of games with the ultimate goal being to make every NBA owner richer. That is the why.

    How is it done? At all levels imo from lottery manipulation to revive sleeping giant franchises to officiating so one sided it can only be construed as the league favoring one team over another. Imo, this has been going on ever since Stern became commissioner.

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    Imo, Cavs have no chance at beating the Pistons.

    Please, let's forget about the refs.
    They nearly did last year and the more the Pistons let the Bulls hang around will be to thier detriment.

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    Spurs website says the same thing that I posted at the beginning of this thread:

    The Spurs victory in Game 5 should not be downplayed because Amare Stoudemire was serving a one game suspension. There are very few teams in the NBA that would have been able to beat the Suns in such an environment.



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    I wouldn't call the league fixed per se, but it is "guided" in the direction of having the teams with the largest tv markets do well
    Yeah, the championship steak the Knicks have going this century while the Spurs have been shut out the past seven years is clear evidence of this.
    and in extending series to the maximum number of games with the ultimate goal being to make every NBA owner richer. That is the why.
    Mavs/Warriors went to 7!
    How is it done?
    Through posting other people's articles and videos.

    Put it in your own words.

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    They nearly did last year and the more the Pistons let the Bulls hang around will be to thier detriment.

    This part of your post is true.

    But, for the first three games of this series, Pistons played awesome defense and dominated Chicago. Cavs offense was pathetic yesterday.

    A one man team can't beat the Detroit Pistons.

    That series will probably go only 4 or 5 games.

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    I expect the Spurs to take care of business in Game 6 and send this sad sack lot of floppers and whiners back to Phoenix to begin doing what millionaire ballplayers do in the offseason.

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    Imo, Cavs have no chance at beating the Pistons.

    Please, let's forget about the refs.
    Simple math for you,

    LeBron taking over the series and leading his team past Detroit into the Finals with his "heroics" = $$$$$$$$

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    Hey, why did Tim Duncan end up in San Antonio?

    BIG MARKET DRAFT MANIPULATION!

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    Because San Antonio is such a bigger market than Boston.

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