Finally, after two straight months (ridiculous) the NBA Playoffs have come to a close! I can go on with my life. There were some great games this year and I enjoyed watching the playoffs up until this series. The referees were just SO bad it makes it hard to take the results of the games seriously. You already know this, but take for example Game 5. Dwayne Wade commits an over-the-back, shoves off of an offensive player and then gets a call from a referee from half-court with a foul that didn't take place to decide the game with 1.9 seconds left. That makes sense. Isn't their a common sense rule that referees put away their whistle at the end of the game? That's the way I've always seen it. You don't end the game on a whistle, that's just wrong.
Tonight Dallas played poorly, no question about it. But what about that last foul that was called on Nowitzki when Dwayne Wade drove down and threw a forearm at Dirk's chest almost knocking him over? That was another classic call. These referees are just horrible. I honestly don't understand it. And these are supposed to be the best!
I'm honestly believe the refs are paid to keep the games close, always try to draw the series out (because that makes the most money for everyone!), and usually has the home team winning. They have decided so many games this playoff series, it's ridiculous. I'm not sure I really want to watch the NBA playoffs after this year even though the games were entertaining, it just doesn't seem fair. After several games this year I honestly thought I was watching professional wrestling.
Anytime a player shoots as many free throws as the other team you know it's not being officiated fairly. The NBA seriously needs to reevaluate their referees and make some changes in the off-season. I think the NBA will continue to lose fans if this continues.
Thank God for college basketball. More exciting atmosphere, better games, more passion, and players not yet corrupted by money. It's hard to beat!
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i agree completely. what sucks though is that there really was a lot of really good games. close games. a lot of them. more than i can rememeber there ever being before. and that is dang exciting. i don't even mind that it takes two months. i mean, at least its competitive and means something. you can't say that about most of the regular season (which is why i barely watch it).
but yes...the refs absolutely suck. they blow a whole lot more than their whistles, thats for sure. get it. get it. he he.
here here! Go Spartans!!
it was definitely fun to watch the close games but it just seemed like the refs did whatever they could to keep them close at whatever cost, even with horrible calls and then once it got to Game 7, anything goes. They would actually let the team decide it. When there is that much money involved in getting it to Game 7, it seems like nothing is free from corruption. It's like they said to the refs, "alright guys, you know the drill. This has got to get to Game 7, so do whatever you can to ensure that these games are entertainingly close and that both teams have the opportunity to win 3 games a piece."
who are the Spartans again?
They, um, were the guys in green who choked against those guys in orange this fall.
them. go them.
oh ok, i remember them now.
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