Anyone hear Dan Patrick's interview with Tim Donaghy this morning?

This is old news but I doubt the refs had anything to do with the rockets losing that series.

 

I hate to think about this series. We were not expected to win, let alone go up 2-0 heading back home. One of my favorite Rocket teams of all time. From Yao, T-Mac, all the way to Jon Barry and even The Germanator, Ryan Bowen. It was just two "stars" and a bunch of outcast. I love the Rockets! We could lose 82 games in a row and I'd still be here.

 

I heard it too. The Yao incident was the only specific example Tim brought up which I thought was significant.

It will get your Rocket blood boiling again just listening to it.

Here's the link for anyone interested:

Dan Patrick - Tim Donaghy interview

 

Jason Terry probably had more to do with us losing game three and Four at least then a couple illegal screen calls. We simply didnt have the peremiter defense that we have now with Battier and Ariza on the wings. man i would love to smack that stupid looking smirk off of his face and that stupid "jet" thing he does when he makes a shot. What an ASS.

 

eh? do you not recall the michael finley play? or all the bs calls on yao? or the no calls mcgrady got driving to the basket?

 

Huh? The ref was saying that it happened?

 

I highly doubt the Michael Finley non-call was intentional. It was just too blatantly stupid.

 

I have no doubt that the refs manipulate the Kings/Lakers series. I remember time after time, the refs keep letting Bryant go to the foul line even though there is hardly any contact being generated. At the time, the Lakers were behind and in dangerous of losing....but the refs always give him the benefit of the call EVEN THOUGH they're playing at Arco.

 

He's trying to sell books. He also made the claim back when he originally got busted, when he basically tried to throw the NBA under the bus to save his own skin. He made claims like this about every series that's been controversial in recent years. I don't know if I buy it, given that he's had incentive to lie about it and given what he himself did when he was a ref.

 

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I haven't read his book, so I don't know what his claims are, but I definitely do think the refs alters the game sometimes. Just watch the Lakers-Suns series. Kobe gets away with so many carries, Odom with illegal inbound plays, and tons of noncalls on Nash. Sometimes the call does go the Suns' way, but overall, I was given the impression that the refs were favoring the Lakers.

I wouldn't say the game was decided because of it though. Gasol was unstoppable in the paint and Artest shot surprisingly well. The Suns also turned the ball over way too many times.

This doesn't make what the refs are doing right either. Favoring one team is simply cheating.

If a ref couldn't control his anger and threw a ball at a fan, imagine what happens when a player piss him off.

 

It is interesting the wonder about, though Donaghy has less than zero credibility.

 

I don't trust what a crook says even though I love the Rockets and hate the mavs.

 

Look NBA refs are just horrible. I never believed what Donaghy said and if yao was setting illegal picks why wasn't it called in the first place.


So what im basically trying to say is that NBA refs make bullshi*t calls but they call it on both teams.

 

Ya its old news but I like when its brought back up. I mean... its pretty damn SHOCKING! Nobody has made as big of a deal as they should have (outside of this forum). So go ahead, scream it form the mountain tops. I demand retribution.

 

Refs had nothing to do with us being chokers.

 

Are you one of those types that does not like to question the establishment? Just curious.

 

Let's be fair - you can't pin game 7 on the refs, we drove the last nail into our own coffin. There were some earlier games though, where it was questionable.

 

Rockets choked in games 3 and 4, game 5 though