Comments on: NBA Refs and the playoffs

By: wow

wow — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:45:14 +0000

By: Les

Les — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:33:01 +0000

Let me start out by saying im not a mavs fan.. but i know what i saw that series. You mavs fans got screwed over of a trophy.
Hey.. why argue about what you think you saw in the game between the Mavs and the Heat. Lets look to video evidence!!

Mavs down by one trying to get a stop.. THey call a block foul on dirk when wade clearly throws a elbow into dirks chest..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y8nI1PPYOk&mode=related&search=

THere are many others..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lX_qMS9bRY&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuukM40T974&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZKGlHfukc4&mode=related&search=

By: Raith

Raith — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:03 +0000

Funny how after being up 2-0, Mav fans were talking sweep. Then they lost.

Then they said Mavs in 5. Then they lost.

Then they said Mavs in 6. Then they lost.

Now they say Mavs in 7.

I say and have said Heat in 6.

*at least the Spurs/Rockets would have put up a better series.

By: Ken C

Ken C — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:00 +0000

Dallas – Up 2 – Plans for NBA CHAMPIONS Party on June 20 in the streets of Dallas and heads for Miami.

Miami – Up 1 – Plans the big welcome Home MIAMI HEAT NBA CHAMPIONS Party in streets of Miami!

Before you get giddy, remember you are one missed foul call (Wade on Terry Game 3 – what a shocker) and one bogus foul call (Nowinski on Wade Game 5 – Wade did miss and Dirk was in the vacinity) from having already been eliminated in which case I would be attending the Parade that the “Soon to be replaced, bonehead Dallas City Council” was planning.

So – DON’T EVER PLAN A PARTY BEFORE THE VICTORY – Man Law

By: Jared M.

Jared M. — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:00 +0000

There are numerous Shaq replays that show his shots at the Mavs heads. Stackhouse, Dirk and Devin come to mind. Subjective or objective, it’s obvious. However, the media spins these as “Shaq is so powerful! He’s unstoppable!” If a no name player did the exact same thing people would consider it a cheap shot and expect that player to be suspended. It’s rediculous and it’s the star treatment.

As for my comment. It’s not hatred, it’s the truth. The NBA is a marketing machine and the black demographic is their bread and butter. Also, the NBA is constantly searching for the next Jordan – Kobe, Vince C., Lebron, and now Wade. Hate it as you may, it’s the truth.

By: James

James — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:00 +0000

Well,well,well…. imagine that Mark Cuban upset about a couple of calls that didnt go his way… Mark focus on the fact that Miami has outplayed your team…Thats right you lost 3 straight, not just one or even, but 3 games in a row. If your team is as good as you say then it should never come down to last second calls. The Mavs should have put away the Heat long before the closing seconds, maybe instead of blaming everyone else, you should blame your players and coaches lack of heart. 3 in a row…. Staring down the commish. and refs isnt gonna get you a win or any kind of respect… So, here is a suggestion. Shut the Fuck up and let the players play and the refs ref. You are a spectator and that is all you are ever going to be. So, wear your jersey and wave your flag. Save all your screaming and staring for your players and coaching staff, it seems that they are the ones that it will effect the most. Stern and the refs dont give a shit about your stares and yelling, they just laugh at you…Personaly i could care less about your wealth and status, it doesnt mean shit to a veteran, you need to earn that status you so desperately want. You havent earned mine or anybody elses respect. Honestly the second you sell that team you are memory nobody will remember, so be a real man and shut up!

By: Michael Hough

Michael Hough — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:00 +0000

This is for all of you Johnny come lately Miami Heat fans. The same ones who didn’t know there was a team in town until the Detroit flew in for game 3 of the ECF (that’s Eastern Conference Finals for all you “Her”icane fans). The only way the Heat were able to beat the Mavericks in game 5 was by having D Wade shoot 25 free throws to make up for all the bricks he put up prior to the charity attempts. D Wade simply looked like a lost soul out there and would have wound up with 22 points and mess of turnovers had the hapless NBA referees not bailed him out time and time again. The shot that tied the game should never have counted. He simply lowered his shoulder and knocked A Griffin into the 3rd row to clear out his space. Hell when Josh Howard pulled up for a jumper earlier and brushed Shaq he was whistled immediately for a charge. The entire game 5 scenario was set up by the league office to help Miami win. The BULLSHIT Stackhouse suspension was supposed to ensure that, but Dallas decided not to go out quietly with a loss. So with Dallas ahead by 8 points coming out of the break and looking like they were going to take control of the game without Stack in the line up, that’s when the officiating crew got involved sending the Heat to the charity stripe 20 times and denying the Mavs even 1 shot at the free throw stripe. How many times have you seen the “big, tough, physical style of Eastern Conference Defense” that Miami plays not send a team to the free throw line in an entire quarter. Bet you could pull all the tape from the last 3 years and not find it more than once or twice and certainly not in the playoffs. Let’s take a look at the free throw story. Miami has taken 170 free throws so far. That is 48 more than the Mavs. D Wade himself has put up 76 or about 3 attempts for the Mavs every 5. Dirk Nowitzki on the other hand, who is one of the most prolific foul shooters in the playoffs and was so for the entire season has only attempted 47 shots (29 fewer than Wade). Sunday he had only 5 attempts. Come on, give me a break, he doesn’t just fall to the floor to make it look good. Simply put, the League has made it clear that if the Mavs are going to walk away with the O’Brien Trophy they are going to have to steal it. And that is what I hope they do in games 6 and 7. Then I hope Mark Cuban, after accepting the trophy and Stern extends his right hand out for a shake, will tell him to stick that hand up where the sun don’t shine. Stern and the entire league office as well as the director of the officials should then resign and allow someone into the office that will add some consistency to the officiating and not try to use it as a means to install the next NBA champions.
As for all you Miami fans…should you pull off game 6 or 7 you will never get out of the shadow of this years controversy and the trophy will be like a lame duck sitting in a case somewhere. Your championship banners will have an asterisk at the bottom which reads *this championship was won due to the team effort of every Heat player, its coaches, and a little (oops a lot) of help from David Stern. Should you win game 6 or 7 you will never be able to claim to have the heart of a real champion, for it will not be earned by the grit of the Heat players, but by the treachery of the league office.
NUFF SAID

By: James

James — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:03:00 +0000

By: Vinnie Vin

Vinnie Vin — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:59 +0000

Living in Stamford Ct. the home of Salvatore Bennett– seeing the nice ambiance of Bennett’s steak house -the wonderful family atmosphere — and meeting his pretty neice and daughter at church no less conflicts with the thoughts I have watching him basically throwing the games to Miami. If I didn’t know better I would think he was being paid to fix the games.(ok I am joking) I know the league itself treats Shaq like Princess Daddy but the inconsistencies in these playoffs are really sickening.
Hopefully Dallas will just overcome the very bad calls by the officiating and the better team will win.
I like Dallas and Miami(although I want Dallas to win) so referees let them play– oh and Mr. Bennett “What the Hell?”
Vinnie Vin

By: renea

renea — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:59 +0000

@Roy,SP,Oscar and all you other socalled Heat Fans and Mav Haters,YES there will be a game 7!!!and btw The Heat DIDNOT win game 5,it was given to them to make the series interesting and so all of us fans in Dallas can sit back and watch Miami get beat at the AAC in Dallas..like i stated before we will see whos crying Thursday nite!!

LMAO!!!!!!!!

GO MAVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!