MAVS V. HEAT

One referee in recent years was charged with betting on games...and making millions of dollars for the mob with his picks because he was so successful. He picked games based on referee biases and the officiating agendas set by the NBA. The FBI corroborated his story.

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The above is not exactly true. Probably something your read in an espn blog

D Wade and Lebron are players who rely on driving to the hole and getting fouled. When you go to the hoop way more than your rival, youre going to shoot more free throws. Simple as that. Theyre big and can absorb fouls and still get shots off. If your going to get the calls, you may as well keep doing it.

Mavs in 6. They have depth, defense, and Dirk.

Alan

do you actually watch? wrote:

One referee in recent years was charged with betting on games...and making millions of dollars for the mob with his picks because he was so successful. He picked games based on referee biases and the officiating agendas set by the NBA. The FBI corroborated his story.

The referees bias the game significantly by calling a different set of rules for certain players, or entire teams in extreme cases (Lakers-Kings).

Did you not watch the ECF? Just another series among many with blatant one-sided, star favored officiating. LBJ, Wade and Bosh shot more free throws than the entire Bulls team in the ECF. The Bulls had 70 more FG attempt than those 3 players in the series and more shots in the paint than the entire Miami team. To me, that shows a staggering difference in the rate at which shooting fouls were called.

Are you attempting to refer to Tim Donaghy?

I guess your prediction of the Heat doing poorly this year didn't pan out, eh Alan?

Heat in 5.

Miami D late in the game and LeBron will be too much.

LeBron will not be stopped until he reaches his goal.

Zabadab Judah wrote:

One referee in recent years was charged with betting on games...and making millions of dollars for the mob with his picks because he was so successful. He picked games based on referee biases and the officiating agendas set by the NBA. The FBI corroborated his story.

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The above is not exactly true. Probably something your read in an espn blog

D Wade and Lebron are players who rely on driving to the hole and getting fouled. When you go to the hoop way more than your rival, youre going to shoot more free throws. Simple as that. Theyre big and can absorb fouls and still get shots off. If your going to get the calls, you may as well keep doing it.

No, the above is true according to 60 minutes and the FBI.

I don't think the location of the shots helps your point. The Bulls shot more times within 10 feet than the entire Heat team. The Bulls team shot 130 times within 3 feet of the rim in the series compared to 81 times for the Heat's 3 main players. Of the 70 more FG the Bulls attempted than those 3 players, 49 were within 3 feet of the rim.

Lets Go Heat! wrote:

The Bulls youth and inexperience showed and they couldn't put the game away. Lebron, Wade, and Haslem have been deep in the playoffs before and their experience will be key for the finals.

Look, you can make excuses about bad calls all day long, but if the Bulls can't hold a lead late in a game and lose 4 in a row, that they are not championship material this year. Derrick Rose can't do it all himself, he needs a better supporting cast. The Heat exposed the Bulls and did a great job containing Rose.

this is a couple of pages ago, but you were talking about the '06 series and that's what i responded to. this response of yours is irrelevant to what i said.

Wait, the NBA season started already?

Yes. Jordan was a great talent who was made eve better by the refs. The calls the went his way during his career were almost criminal.

FIXED! wrote:

Titan wrote:

Stop it!..., there is no fixing of NBA games from the NBA. One guy in recent years was charged with betting on games. The NBA as a whole does not fix the games, there are too many variables to control. Stars get calls because they are stars, not because the NBA is fixing games.

MJs famous last second shot to beat the Cavs was a fix?

Against Utah, Jordan's last shot which wins the Championship - He pushes off but does not get called for the foul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdPQ3QxDZ1s

I still haven't overcome that game. I felt very bad after the refs messed up the Kings.

Everytime Vladi Divac touched shaq, the refs blew the whistle for a foul ....and a free throw.

The Lakers should have been killed in game six. Game seven should never have happened.

That was a disgrace by the NBA.

Every now and then we must have this debate with my bro. who is a Lakers fan. HE thinks otherwise.

That said, this series is Mavs' to lose. They'll however lose to the heats. The heats always find a way to win.

The weird thing with Shaq is the refs almost let him back into his defender until he was under the basket. If the defender braced himself and didn't move he was called for a foul.

When Shaq became older and wasn't the superstar they called him on it.

You see, this is a dumb statement.

I can do this too...

The Celtics were an old team with an injuried Rondo and the Bulls were a one man show! Yep boy let me tell you, the heat had such a tough tough road. All Hail the freaking Heat.

btw, didnt the heat play the 76ers in the 1st round?

It doesnt take much defense to slow one arm rondo and and Rose. Collaspe the lane and hope for kick outs. Chicago missed so many open shots. Please do think that the mavs have no chance.

Meanwhile, lets look at the mavs...

1st round Portland: Mavs were supposed to lose this series because Portland is a tough team and too physical and the Portland arena is the toughest place to play. Beat them in 6

2nd Round: My Lakers, The 2 time freaking defending Champions. Did they have internal problems? Yes. But when they beat the Hornets everyone was saying that the Lakers were going to streamroll the mavs. Mavs Swept my freaking team

3rd round: OKC is to athletic for the old mavs? Who guards KD? Kidd?? He is too old!!! Well in case you havent seen Kidd can defend somewhat. beat the team in 5

I havent even gotten to dirk. Put Lebron on dirk. Dirk will just shoot over the guy... how do you guard a one legged fadeaway shot?

Listen, anyone predicting a heat in 4 or 5 is dumb. Will the heat win? Maybe. But the Dallas Mavericks can win this thing.