Pisses Me Off

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I'm watching game 2 in the Dallas/OKC game and the refs aren't allowing one single flop by Dallas. Dallas is flopping all over and getting no love from the refs. Even some legit fouls aren't being called as I think the refs are sending a message.

Now against Portland it was no contact-flop-foul, no contact-flop-foul, no contact-flop-foul... I'm not saying we would have won the series had the refs not called all the flops, but it certainly gave Dallas a huge edge.

So NOW the refs wise up.

 

[julius]

So NOW the refs wise up.

wise up? More like "read the script"

 

[KingSpeed]

Why would any script involve the Lakers being swept in round 2? Enough with the conspiracy theories and please post in the Around the NBA thread.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

wise up? More like "read the script"

Thank you for the correction. My bad.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Why would any script involve the Lakers being swept in round 2? Enough with the conspiracy theories and please post in the Around the NBA thread.

The way I see that is the calls get better as the playoffs go along.

 

[julius]

Why would any script involve the Lakers being swept in round 2? Enough with the conspiracy theories and please post in the Around the NBA thread.

do you not see the love fest that Durant gets? They've moved on from the Lakers.

 

[KingSpeed]

do you not see the love fest that Durant gets? They've moved on from the Lakers.

Why would the league want OKC in the Finals over the Lakers? Makes no sense.

 

[PapaG]

do you not see the love fest that Durant gets? They've moved on from the Lakers.

I saw Dirk get 24 FTs in Game One. That was absurd.

 

[KingSpeed]

I saw Dirk get 24 FTs in Game One. That was absurd.

That's what happens when you foul Dirk over and over again.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Why would any script involve the Lakers being swept in round 2? Enough with the conspiracy theories and please post in the Around the NBA thread.

Take the LA market out of playoffs and you have lower TV ratings. Lower ratings this year help the owners in their negotiations against the players for a new CBA.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I think two things:

First, as we get deeper into the playoffs the quality of ref goes up. Simple as that. Teams that cheat have a huge advantage early in the playoffs.

Second, as the playoffs go along and refs see teams over and over in series they get to see the cheating tendencies and that gets passed along to the refs.

It just gripes me we had to watch the flop show for 6 games. I suppose it's time for me to get over it, eh?

 

[STOMP]

In the 2010-11 regular season LA averaged 5.5 FTA per game... Dirk averaged 6.1

In their 1st round matchup, LA averaged 4.0 FTA per game... Dirk averaged 10.5

it's not like Dallas wasn't hacking the shit out of Aldridge, the refs just swallowed their whistles on one end and were hair trigger on the other

STOMP

 

[Rhal]

In the 2010-11 regular season LA averaged 5.5 FTA per game... Dirk averaged 6.1

In their 1st round matchup, LA averaged 4.0 FTA per game... Dirk averaged 10.5

it's not like Dallas wasn't hacking the shit out of Aldridge, the refs just swallowed their whistles on one end and were hair trigger on the other

STOMP

This is very true and as much as I get really upset at how the series was called Dallas was just the better team overall.

 

[Masbee]

I'm watching game 2 in the Dallas/OKC game and the refs aren't allowing one single flop by Dallas. Dallas is flopping all over and getting no love from the refs. Even some legit fouls aren't being called as I think the refs are sending a message.

Now against Portland it was no contact-flop-foul, no contact-flop-foul, no contact-flop-foul... I'm not saying we would have won the series had the refs not called all the flops, but it certainly gave Dallas a huge edge.

So NOW the refs wise up.

I concur. Game One in Dallas was a gift to the Mavs by the refs. How might the series had gone if the Blazers had won that game? Dallas seems on a mission this year, and they likely still win in 7 games, but you never know. After the bad reffing took away our split opportunity, I knew the series was already over. It fucking sucks.

 

[Masbee]

Why would any script involve the Lakers being swept in round 2? Enough with the conspiracy theories and please post in the Around the NBA thread.

Stern can't make a team play. The Lakers simply gave up. It was pathetic. Nothing Stern can do to make a Laker make a damn shot.

As for why OKC is in the Conference Finals and why they are so favored by the refs: Easy guesses:

1) so far, OKC is NOT hurting the TV ratings. There goes the theory that ratings are locked into LA/NY. During the long season yes, but for the playoffs sometimes fans will watch other teams with interest.

2) Stern is extermely interested in making the Thunder a successful franchise in a tiny market for a variety of reasons.

3) OKC making it so far will help a little bit during the new CBA negotiations where one of the key and monster battles is not between the owners and players, but between the large local TV market teams and the small market teams.

4) It is all part of a long-term plan to groom Durant into a monster international SuperStar. He has the talent and drive for it and the NBA are behind him 100% on this. SuperStars stage is the Finals. They would like to see him there sooner rather than later. And this season with the old Lakers and Spurs crashing and burning this is time to have a dark horse run like LeBron and the Cavs did in 07.

 

[Run BJM]

Why would any script involve the Lakers being swept in round 2? Enough with the conspiracy theories and please post in the Around the NBA thread.

Justification for the imminent Dwight for Steve Blake and a 2013 2nd round pick trade. :MARIS61:

 

[maxiep]

The Script: LeBron vs. Durant. Book it.

 

[Rhal]

The Script: LeBron vs. Durant. Book it.

It would bring back all the "Who would you rather start a club around LeBron/Durant" Debate that raged all over ESPN this summer.

I like the script: HoF Mavricks vs 2 HoF Pretenders. Let the 90FT per game finals commence!

 

[Boob-No-More]

It would bring back all the "Who would you rather start a club around LeBron/Durant" Debate that raged all over ESPN this summer.

I like the script: HoF Mavricks vs 2 HoF Pretenders. Let the 90FT per game finals commence!

Oh god, I hope not. Remember when they used replacement officials during preseason a couple years ago and the games regularly had 90 - 100 total FTs? I sat through a couple of those games and have to say it was some of the most boring basketball I've ever seen. The games lasted forever and it was about as much fun as watching paint dry. The fact that it was preseason made it even worse as a lot of those FTs were shot (and missed) by marginal players getting PT in the preseason to see if they were good enough to make the 15-man roster. Many weren't and watching some no name schmoe brick FT after FT was downright painful.

Say what you want about NBA refs, but I as VERY glad to see them come back.

BNM

 

[Rhal]

Oh god, I hope not. Remember when they used replacement officials during preseason a couple years ago and the games regularly had 90 - 100 total FTs? I sat through a couple of those games and have to say it was some of the most boring basketball I've ever seen. The games lasted forever and it was about as much fun as watching paint dry. The fact that it was preseason made it even worse as a lot of those FTs were shot (and missed) by marginal players getting PT in the preseason to see if they were good enough to make the 15-man roster. Many weren't and watching some no name schmoe brick FT after FT was downright painful.

Say what you want about NBA refs, but I as VERY glad to see them come back.

BNM

As much as I hate NBA refs you gotta respect them a bit, that job is hard and you gotta be watching 5 things at once. They do seem biased and every single NBA team has fans that hate the refs and think they can do no right. Hard to go out with no or little bias every night to a crowd that will Boo you quiet a few times for making the correct call that they didn't like or messing one up because you had an angle of the play that seemed like a foul but wasn't.

 

[STOMP]

This is very true and as much as I get really upset at how the series was called Dallas was just the better team overall.

so, you don't think it dramatically changes the dynamics of the series if LA is getting the sort of calls that Dirk did??? If they're treating LA like Dirk, instead of dominating the boards and contesting shots, Chandler fouls out in 15 minutes every game like game 3. Miller and LA didn't forget how to run an alleyoop, LaMarcus was just in a bearhug. If LA isn't being allowed to be mugged every time he touches the ball, Portland's offense doesn't lose their #1 option.

Oh god, I hope not. Remember when they used replacement officials during preseason a couple years ago and the games regularly had 90 - 100 total FTs? I sat through a couple of those games and have to say it was some of the most boring basketball I've ever seen. The games lasted forever and it was about as much fun as watching paint dry. The fact that it was preseason made it even worse as a lot of those FTs were shot (and missed) by marginal players getting PT in the preseason to see if they were good enough to make the 15-man roster. Many weren't and watching some no name schmoe brick FT after FT was downright painful.

Say what you want about NBA refs, but I as VERY glad to see them come back.

the NBA refs are very good at their job, no doubt. Unfortunately part of their job under Stern is nightly manipulation of games and outcomes. I appreciate the high level of play from the players, but I don't put that much stock in the results. No other sport has the "star system" of officiating games where some anointed players (teams) get a ton of extra leeway and never ever foul out. When the home team gets down double digits in the first half, what longtime fan doesn't expect a barrage of calls going against the visitor? Etc...

The other major sports officials don't receive anything close to the grief/distrust from the general public as NBA officials for a reason, and it's not because they aren't competent.

STOMP

 

[jlprk]

Why would any script involve the Lakers being swept in round 2? Enough with the conspiracy theories and please post in the Around the NBA thread.

It's obvious why Stern loves the Thunder more than the Lakers. It has already been prove that Stern and Bennett are lovers. I don't need to show that picture again. Instead, here's a new one.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

It's obvious why Stern loves the Thunder more than the Lakers. It has already been prove that Stern and Bennett are lovers. I don't need to show that picture again. Instead, here's a new one.

It's interesting how everything NBA comes back to Stern. Stern this and Stern that... He sure has a tremendous amount of authority over the NBA- even as the Commissioner.

 

[jlprk]

I'm not saying that everything is controlled by Stern. I don't think he's gotten into croquet yet. While we in the know have proof that every owner is Stern's sex slave, we cannot show it at this time. China is now passing the U.S. but has nothing on Stern. I do not mean to imply opposition to Stern; to the contrary, he is the world's hope.

 

[Masbee]

Ah yes. Wasn't that game 3 fantastic?

Despite playing like crap; despite the visitors going through stretches where they were dominant;

OKC gets to the line: 36 times.

Dallas: 18 times, and 6 of those were end of the game stop the clock fouls.

36 to 12, when the team with 12 Free Throw attempts was the BETTER team, that was more agressive, and was kicking the shit out of the home team.

I know, they are a jump shooting team. Oh wait, both teams had identical points in the paint.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

lol, okc had that handed to them on a siler platter, to think they could have shot 3-17 from 3 and been tied is a joke