No believe?

[T Park]

Damn, Timvp made a post.

Coulda sworn I would've seen the "believe" post by now.


I mean, if all things this game should give hope to believe, right?

[timvp]

The problem is with Crawford and Nies still in the ref rotation, Duncan will have some tough sledding in the playoffs.

[1Parker1]

I believe that more NBA refs have converted to Cuban-ism this season.

[exstatic]

I think Tim has made sure that Crawford won't ref any Spurs playoff games. Wonder if Neis is in the rotation for our last two games?

[timvp]

I never blame the refs, but it'll be human nature for Nies and Crawford to shade games away from the Spurs in the playoffs. They obviously both have a problem with the Spurs' best player, so unless the NBA keeps them out of the ref rotation for the playoffs, the Spurs are going to have more than 4 teams to overcome to win a championship.

Especially seeing as Crawford is traditionally a big game ref -- meaning if there's a game seven, there's a good chance Crawford is out there.

[T Park]

No believe? oh no....

[aaronstampler]

I believe we're the best team and we'll win if we get a fair whistle. I have no idea if we will or not, especially against Phoenix and Miami. At least we don't have to play Kobe.

But we had problems in Games 3 and 4 last year with these refs. Was it Bevetta and Salvatore?

[timvp]

One thing that I will acknowledge is that Duncan has brought some of this ref hatred onto himself. His incessant whining from game 1 to game 100 of each season would get on anyone's nerves.

But still, what we saw today was outrageous ... even for Joey Crawford.