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The officiating was very pro-Philly.
The refs are too quick with the whistle against Shaq and Kobe. These guys are 1st team all-league. They deserve the benefit of the doubt that superstars get.
Kobe got whacked about 8 times going to the rack....no call. The one where he missed the dunk, Mutombo got him....and there were others. Shaq makes offensive moves that every other center in the league makes. But Shaq is so strong that, in doing so, he flicks Mutombo like a booger.
Anyway, Philly is close but it is chiefly because LA has played poorly, and the refs may have taken a payment.
The refs are too quick with the whistle against Shaq and Kobe. These guys are 1st team all-league. They deserve the benefit of the doubt that superstars get.
Kobe got whacked about 8 times going to the rack....no call. The one where he missed the dunk, Mutombo got him....and there were others. Shaq makes offensive moves that every other center in the league makes. But Shaq is so strong that, in doing so, he flicks Mutombo like a booger.
Anyway, Philly is close but it is chiefly because LA has played poorly, and the refs may have taken a payment.
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MATT
BOY, DID YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOY, DID YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah its sad the refs have to call tick tak shit on the lakers, and try to give it to philly, the bucks were complaining the refs used tactics in that series to favor philly, its bullshit, the charging on shaq was okay, but kobe and him got hacked all over and they dont call shit, if they would have called the fouls then it would have been a 12 point game.
CN1,
The NBA is a business. I am pretty sure that David Stern and his cronies in NBA headquarters tilt the playoffs to ensure that the most marketable teams get to the finals.
Milwaukee wasn't getting there no matter what. Milwaukee is a tiny market with no real superstars. (Ray Allen does not have the appeal of Iverson). Would anyone have watched a Bucks-Spurs finals? Only hardcore fans.
So, yes, I am claiming the games are, to an extent, fixed. The NBA wanted its MVP (Iverson) against its most-recgonzed face (Shaq). Also, there is the appeal of the 6-0, 165 pounder against the giant of Shaq. Also, Phily and especially LA are large TV markets. More advertising dollars.
Now that the Finals are here and the marquee players are playing, the amount of advertising dollars made skyrockets if it goes 6 or 7. Most people won't even bother with watching game 4 if it's 3-0. Again, only the hardcore fans will, not the casual. But a close series attracts viewers; a game 6 or game 7 means more TV time = more advertising dollars.
The NBA is not about the best basketball on the planet. it is about advertising dollars. The TV money is what allows player salaries to get so high - the salary cap is a percentage of the TV revenues.
Sounds farfetched? Well, Jordan's Bulls were the top team in the league whenever he was there, without a doubt. Yet they NEVER swept a Finals. More games equalled more of MJ on the tube.
The league wants 6 or 7 games. Hence the officiating.
The NBA is a business. I am pretty sure that David Stern and his cronies in NBA headquarters tilt the playoffs to ensure that the most marketable teams get to the finals.
Milwaukee wasn't getting there no matter what. Milwaukee is a tiny market with no real superstars. (Ray Allen does not have the appeal of Iverson). Would anyone have watched a Bucks-Spurs finals? Only hardcore fans.
So, yes, I am claiming the games are, to an extent, fixed. The NBA wanted its MVP (Iverson) against its most-recgonzed face (Shaq). Also, there is the appeal of the 6-0, 165 pounder against the giant of Shaq. Also, Phily and especially LA are large TV markets. More advertising dollars.
Now that the Finals are here and the marquee players are playing, the amount of advertising dollars made skyrockets if it goes 6 or 7. Most people won't even bother with watching game 4 if it's 3-0. Again, only the hardcore fans will, not the casual. But a close series attracts viewers; a game 6 or game 7 means more TV time = more advertising dollars.
The NBA is not about the best basketball on the planet. it is about advertising dollars. The TV money is what allows player salaries to get so high - the salary cap is a percentage of the TV revenues.
Sounds farfetched? Well, Jordan's Bulls were the top team in the league whenever he was there, without a doubt. Yet they NEVER swept a Finals. More games equalled more of MJ on the tube.
The league wants 6 or 7 games. Hence the officiating.
Good one. 
But just because it's entertainment, don;t go believing it isn't fixed.
But just because it's entertainment, don;t go believing it isn't fixed.
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ON THIS THREAD, MATT SPEAKS FOR ME!!!
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