maddogchen
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So what you're saying is that nobody on the Spurs should have won the Finals MVP last year since no one stood out and they all shared the ball pretty much perfectly in their 70% shooting performance?
So what you're saying is that nobody on the Spurs should have won the Finals MVP last year since no one stood out and they all shared the ball pretty much perfectly in their 70% shooting performance?
If he doesn't get it this year the award means nothing at all imho,
I just had a vision about game six tonight:
I recall that when the Lakers were in serious danger of losing game 6 of the 2002 WCF and thus losing the series AT HOME, the NB..I mean, refs, made sure that there was a game 7 -- ticky-tack calls, a lot of no calls, and overall terrible officiating.
Can anyone forsee the NBA wanting a game 7?
Thoughts?
I just had a vision about game six tonight:
I recall that when the Lakers were in serious danger of losing game 6 of the 2002 WCF and thus losing the series AT HOME, the NB..I mean, refs, made sure that there was a game 7 -- ticky-tack calls, a lot of no calls, and overall terrible officiating.
Can anyone forsee the NBA wanting a game 7?
Thoughts?
The 2002 Kings-Lakers series has been considered controversial for years. Writing for ESPN at the time, Bill Simmons called it "from an officiating standpoint, the most one-sided game of the past decade."
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Disgraced former referee Tim Donaghy (who did not officiate the game) later claimed knowledge that the league fixed Game 6 in favor of the Lakers. After the allegations, which came in 2008, Michael Wilbon wrote for the Washington Post: "Three terrific veteran officials -- Bob Delaney, Dick Bavetta and Ted Bernhardt -- called what I still consider the single worst-officiated game in the 28 years I've been covering professional basketball. It was egregiously, embarrassingly bad for the league and for the Kings. It's the only time, I think, I've ever written an entire column about refereeing for the purpose of being critical."
Or how about 2006 and the Dwade free throw fest with Miami vs. Dallas.
I'm not a conspiracy guy...but there's some shady stuff that happens in NBA games. *MAYBE* it's a different era with Stern gone. Who knows.
I'm not that guy either, and I forgot about that Wade game, but that wasn't as obvious as that Lakers series.
I'm sure that Silver remembers that Lakers series, and people will be closely watching refs etc tonight.
Probably best to let the players decide the game and only call obvious fouls.
I just had a vision about game six tonight:
I recall that when the Lakers were in serious danger of losing game 6 of the 2002 WCF and thus losing the series AT HOME, the NB..I mean, refs, made sure that there was a game 7 -- ticky-tack calls, a lot of no calls, and overall terrible officiating.
Can anyone forsee the NBA wanting a game 7?
Thoughts?
If its just about game 7 then I guess I can live with the lies and dishonesty. But I am afraid that at this point NBA can see a gold mine in making Cinderella story a reality...
Doubling him hard has been disastrous. I'm starting to think it's better to let him burn you than to let him get everyone else involved.This has been Curry's best game of the series. He's been punishing them out of the double team