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[oldmangrouch]

You guys are being hypocritical, the Rockets fans are being the logical ones:

Yao never got into foul trouble against Portland.
Therefore, Yao commits few or no fouls.
Yao got into foul trouble in LA.
Therefore, the foul calls must be an artifact of bias officiating.

Duh, it's obvious.

Nobody on the Blazers gave Battier a knee in the face and an elbow to the back of the head when he was on the floor. If they had, the least that would have happened was the Blazer responsible getting kicked out of the game, and a suspension would have been a real possibility.

I don't blame the Rocket fans for questioning whether they are getting a fair shake.

 

[huevonkiller]

Nobody on the Blazers gave Battier a knee in the face and an elbow to the back of the head when he was on the floor. If they had, the least that would have happened was the Blazer responsible getting kicked out of the game, and a suspension would have been a real possibility.

I don't blame the Rocket fans for questioning whether they are getting a fair shake.

I thought it was a technical foul, but not even close to ejection with the type of contact and getting tangled up.

That incident wasn't even a flagrant 2 foul with that snuggling type of touch, he wasn't Dwight Howard. In fact Artest hit Kobe harder in the head in Game 2 and I did not see a cause for ejection there either.

 

[Webster's Dictionary]

The bottom line is that officiating has taken more of a center stage this year than I ever remember it having before, and it's killing the game for the casual fan. The sooner the NBA realizes that all these stupid gimmicks and super star preferential treatment and "fixing" of games (yes, I do believe that refs have intentionally influenced games, not so far in this year, [no not Portland games], but Sacramento vs. LA game 6 you can't convince me that was a fairly officiated game) and gets an independent reffing organization, the better.

Also, the NBA needs to put all these games on network TV. I don't have extended cable and I find myself totally removed from the playoffs now that the Blazers are out. There will be a game on ABC and I won't even know it because I haven't watched any of the other games. The NBA is really turning off the casual fan IMO, and that honestly includes me after the Blazers are out.

 

[Mamba]

I didn't catch much of the Portland/Houston series. Did Yao foul your bigs all the time? He is constantly bumping and fouling Gasol, but in game 1, gut no calls against him.

 

[Wheels]

I didn't catch much of the Portland/Houston series. Did Yao foul your bigs all the time? He is constantly bumping and fouling Gasol, but in game 1, gut no calls against him.

A lot of Hooking and stuff.. somehow that ended up being a foul on our guys though.