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NBA Refutes Tim Donaghy's Claim That Referees Bet on Blazers Rockets Game 1

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Mr. Dominant, Apr 26, 2014.

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  1. khanhdum

    khanhdum Member

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    It seems to be very obvious the league told the refs to not call the fouls that Harden usually gets. They pretty much held their whistle on him on any contact albeit very blatantly called fouls.
     
    #81 khanhdum, Apr 28, 2014
  2. noone

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    Officiating an nba game is a tough job and mistake happen. There's not a chance in hell the league is favoring portland in this series. Portland is too small and too unemployeed.
     
    #82 noone, Apr 28, 2014
  3. SPBR

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    Lakers called in a favor. No FA is gonna leave the Lakers and thrive. Let that be a lesson to all who think about spurning the major market teams. Melo better think twice before leaving NY.
     
    #83 SPBR, Apr 28, 2014
  4. Mr. Dominant

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    I don't even want to be a part of this **** anymkre, that's how sad and sick I am from how this officiating has gone. :(
     
    #84 Mr. Dominant, Apr 28, 2014
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    It does look somewhat suspicious.
     
    #85 Sweet Lou 4 2, Apr 28, 2014
  6. Andrew Wiggins

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    This makes it easier for me to believe. An unemployed city is broke, right? Therefore they don't have money to spend on luxuries such as tickets for NBA games even though they can't watch them on TV. I am guessing they don't want to pay for league pass either since the Blazers aren't all that great either.

    Well, that's about to change after this playoff series.

    The Trailblazers were 27th in attendance last season:
    http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2013/sort/awayAvg

    Only the Cats, Raps, and Wiz were lower than them. Hey look, all of those teams are in the playoffs this year!
     
    #86 Andrew Wiggins, Apr 28, 2014
  7. Mr. Dominant

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    Harden doesn't get his normal calls he got during the reg season a la how we kinda got so far this season. So what was the point of all that if it wasn't gonna be allowed in the playoffs? So ****ed up. I am SO furious and upset and ugh just speechless I want to cry.
     
    #87 Mr. Dominant, Apr 28, 2014
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    look what happened to the rockets during the 80s after hakeem got em :cool:
     
    #88 zipcrash, Apr 28, 2014
  9. SooneRockStro

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    The phantom Howard tech was huge in the end. Feels like Portland has gotten very lucky break in this series. It's amazing to me how close we were to a 4 game sweep of the Blazers, yet we're down 3-1. I have no faith the refs will allow us to win 3 in a row. Any wins after last night are gravy.
     
    #89 SooneRockStro, Apr 28, 2014
  10. Mr. Dominant

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    Well said.
     
    #90 Mr. Dominant, Apr 28, 2014
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    I've seen WWF events that were less rigged than this series...and people trying to justify it by saying 'it's being called both ways' are either blind, not watching the games or part of the conspiracy.

    The fact that the NBA apologised for the late game blunder that cost us Game 1 proved that we were shafted...Coach Nick on his Basketball breakdown highlighted the atrocious Scott Foster calls in that game.

    Game 2 wasn't officiated that bad...

    Game 3 was bad, but not as bad as Game 1, we were lucky to win that game.

    Game 4 Obvious fixed game. It starts with the Howard Tech and goes from there. The Double Technical on Mo & TJ was laughable.

    I have loved this game since the mid 80's, & can say that this is one of the top 3 worst officiated series ever...up there with the fixed Lakers vs Kings & the Cuban Rockets vs Dallas series.

    I expect an apology from the NBA for game 4, but won't hold my breath...to admit that we were screwed over twice in one series would raise to many questions.
     
    #91 IzakDavid13, Apr 28, 2014
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