LOL, I have actually watched about 80% of the playoff games the Lakers have been in this year, so I can make my own analysis: The NBA has *not* favored the Lakers anymore than other teams in the playoffs. So what do you have to say to that? You said it should be "obvious" to everyone that the Lakers are being given everything by the NBA. Well apparently lots of people don't think that's the case, it's not just me. You conspiracy theorists are always good for laughs.
41-26 doesnt really tell the truth At one point it was something around 16-35 or 18-38. I'd say 8-10 FTs had to come in the final 2-3 minutes or so with intentional fouls. 26-41 makes it look more "evened out".
Good point, I forgot about the intentional fouls at the end. Not to mention the entire Celtics frontline being in foul trouble by halftime. C's too good for Stern's army, I guess.
Did you watch today's game? LMFAO. Very funny. Conspiracy theorist because I find some things that have happened to be very "suspect"? You're a sheep. I find it funny that you must think you're so great and you must be right because you called someone a "conspiracy theorist". The Lakers needed 0 help from the refs this year until now. I have not accused the NBA of much this year, but I'm not stupid enough to ignore what I see. I don't just go to the box score and look at the 29 Personal Fouls for each time and say, "that proves that it was a fair game". They took Ray Allen out of Game 1, and they tried to take the Celtic bigs out of game 2. I don't think that they favor the Lakers this year at all, but they haven't had to up until this point. They gave them a prime Gasol in 2008 -- fact. The problem with the NBA, particularly this year, is that home court advantage is too obvious. They allow the home team to get away with much more than they do the opposing team. If you watched most of the games in this years playoffs, you should notice that the refs tried to give the Jazz a game in Utah. I hate the Jazz and Lakers, but at this point, I was feeling bad for the Lakers. They allowed the Thunder to play pretty much however they want in OKC. And now, in LA, the refs are giving the Lakers the benefit of the doubt. If this favorism continues over to BOS, which it should for at least 2 of the three games, then there is nothing to complain about except that the refs love homecourt.
Hopefully the C's will get a healthy dose of HCA after the blatant Faker favoritism in the 1st two games. BTW, where is goodbug? LOL!!!
I know what treason is. I was trying to do what that poster did when he overly exaggerated what Ray Allen did. Yeah, we're all conspiracy theorists and the NBA is perfect. Are you paid by Stern by any chance? You do know that there are millions of fans that have been "shaken" by the Tim Donaghy scandal. Before he came out, I bet you were telling everyone about how perfect and unbias the NBA was, weren't you? Tell me what happened in today's game, though, since the NBA is so pure and you find everyone who questions anything so "entertaining".
Home court advantage has existed forever in *all* sports. It's not something that just appeared in 2010 in the NBA. What are you surprised at? If you have a problem with home court advantage, then that's just part of sports... not sure why you would bring it up now when it has always been around. When the Rockets take advantage of it, I'm sure no fan complains. My point is that everything revolves around human nature and human bias. If someone hates a certain team or certain player, then they are going to look for specific examples to fuel their anger. When something happens to help their own team, they look the other way. IMO, things even out in the long run and I don't worry about it. I don't take sports that seriously to get angry when two teams are playing that I have no affiliation with. Why do you or clippy care about what happens to either the Lakers or the Celtics? (I assume both of you are strictly Rockets fans)
What happened is the Lakers got a bunch of calls their way. So what? I'm sure you realize it's one game out of hundreds of thousands of NBA games. I don't have to tell you that there are plenty of other games in the Lakers' history where they were on the bad side of refereeing. It happens. I wasn't "shaken" at all by the Donaghy thing, it seemed perfectly clear to me that he had individual personal problems. I mean there wasn't any declaration or investigation that said he was directly ordered to fix those games/calls by NBA execs, was there? I mean I don't think even Donaghy said that? I guess what it comes down to is that I just don't care that much, like I said in my previous reply. Especially when it's not in a Rockets game... why are you and clippy taking it so personally with Lakers/Celtics? I have no doubt that Stern would prefer big-market sexy teams to be in the Finals every year, that is common sense. If you were the commissioner, you would too if you want your league to do well. But I do NOT think that every game is directly fixed and predetermined. Maybe I'm wrong, *shrug*. The thing that I find the funniest is when the Lakers lose, the conspiracy theorists say that was done on purpose too in order to give the illusion of a better series. Ummmm.... right. If someone actually thinks that, then I really don't have anything to say to them because they are just too far out to talk with. When it comes down to it, I say just chill out. If your beliefs really bother you that much and pisses you off to that degree, then you have the full right to not watch the NBA anymore. Vote with your wallet.
Somewhere far away, I'm yawning. Don't bother to read anymore. You don't seem to understand my initial post and tend to assume I am accusing the league of fixing every game so that you seem to have the least bit of credibility. This year's playoffs is completely different from previous years. They are blatantly making it obvious that they'd like the homecourt team to take a game or two. Just watch the final minutes of the Jazz/Lakers games in Utah. Last year's playoffs were much better. Example: Rockets/Blazers series. They let the teams play, and the Rockets won by about 30 in game 1 on the road. You'll only see what you want. You seem to like assumptions. You're not a very smart fan, that's pretty much a fact. The league has had its share of "suspicious" happenings, and it's no wonder there are millions that now watch the NBA using more than just their eyes. Going back to bed. Nice talking to you, though.
