Not the game, but the quarter. Y'all may not realize how much I love basketball. In all seriousness, I don't want to believe in a fix. I would actually feel a lot better if the Lakers steamrolled the Kings like they did last year, instead of the way it ended up. I've written articles about it, and had to answer numerous questions from friends of mine who aren't as into the game as I am. For the sake of knowing for sure, I've watched that quarter multiple times. And on a second look, it's even worse. I've never seen a worse quarter of officiating in my entire life. Next play: As the Kings win the tip off, Bibby goes into Webber for the post up. (Some call this a Horry flop, But I see it differently) Webber is so fast in lowering his shoulder, he fools many but not the most important ones in the courtTHE REFS. LEFT ARM LEFT SHOULDER. HE LOWERED it. PUSHED off. good call This is the one I find ridiculous. If what Webber did with his left shoulder is an offensive foul, Shaq would foul out in the first quarter of every game he played. Who cares about the rulebook... if you don't call it the same on both ends, it's still terribly biased.
It doesn't work that way with shaq. He's special. There are 6 to 7 "Webbers" in the NBA. There's only one "Shaq" Enjoy his prowness and the way he can control the game now, or you really will regret it. Seriously. I don't see how it can get worse for you to make it twice or three times . Maybe that hatred of yours towards LA, blocks reality and the truth it brings front forth and just gives you a look into hell. I used to be biased like that. But now people think I'm a laker fan, so go figure. I still dont like Kobe or shaq
Oh, so the rules are different for Shaq? I didn't see that one in the rule book. I don't think I'll regret not enjoying a 7'1 fat guy elbowing and knocking over defenders one hundred pounds lighter than him on his way to a dunk. I don't, and won't, enjoy that style of play. It's not basketball. Also, I might be tempted to believe you on the blinded by hate comment, except I know Laker fans who have watched the fourth quarter of game 6 and agree that it was a terribly officiated and fixed quarter. Of course, they think Game 5 was fixed the other way, but the argument that Game 6 was "equally reffed in all aspects" is about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Not even diehard Laker fans will make that claim.
No ****....UNMKT4 has more free time on his hands than me which I find to be comical. I find it very intriguing that UNMKT4 doesn't have the last 19 or so seconds because the game "got taped over". Nice way to get off the hook about the Kobe elbow, huh?
okay if we are calling this game like the rule book states, then the Kings win by at least 10, or did everyone here ignore the freethrows of shaq, you know where he is in the lane before the ball hits the rim, sometimes I thought he was in the lane before the ball left his hands. if we are going to say every call was good, or the officals were right, we have to look at the BIG picture. there was a lot missed that quarter, and series, most of it was done by the lakers
Naw. I'm not too blame. I didn't mysteriously record over that 19 second mark. I record nbatv from 2 pm to 8 pm. which was supposed to cover game 6 an game 7. I got all of game 6 until that 19 second mark, where they <B>THEY</B> Mysteriously cut to a new show about the 70's and 80's all star slam dunk events, which in turn lasted 30 minutes, which followed game 7. It's There bad, not my bad
If they're not strong enough to prevent him from backing his way to the hoop... And you neglect to mention his turn arounds, pump fakes, baby hooks and nice touch around and off the glass which require NO contact with the defender at all.
I have to disagree here, his bulldozing sets up his other moves if he is not allowed to bulldoze his defender he is taken out of his game and does not have the best post game. Look at the first 3 1/2 games vs the Kings, he was getting called for offensive fouls and was not nearly as effective, it made him tenative and unable to get his post game going, as soon as they allowed shaq to push people around he "got healthy" and began "dominating" again, conincidence, I think not.
You can make the same exact case, with Allen Iverson's pushing off, Kobe Bryant's pushing off, Kobe's extreme quickness, Allen's extreme quickness, Ray Allen's 3 point shooting, Reggie Miller's Miracle Three's. ETC............................... Just because it's SHAQ and his stature inside, we make a big deal out of it. If there was one more "SHAQ" in this league that could guard him and punish players like this, we wouldn't be complaining. People would call that whining, as is the "Ray Allen case" for example. Ray has Reggie to compete. We don't whine about that. Because One can guard to other and still provide excitment. Shaq has nobody and doesn't provide much spark. As he told the media after his team 3 peated," Thank you guys. Thanks for pushing me, telling me I couldn't get the job done, telling me I couldn't do anything. Even at the age of 7, people didn't believe I was 7. I proved what I can do and now that's a crime? Basically ,fans dont want to see a player dominant like this. If you can't enjoy shaq and the thought that one can't stop him/compete with him/guard him/ go head to head with him, go watch Baseball.
But since SHaq is the nly player capable of doing this type of damage to other Center's , we can't agree. Kobe as well as 15 to 20 other players do the same exact off arm pushing, but nobody consider's this along side what Shaq is doing. Doesnt make sense to me............
