if you think adding up fouls equates an evenly called game then you're fooling yourself.
it's about the type of calls that are made and not made and how they effect the tone and style of the game. this has the most dramatic effect on a game in the first quarter.
it's not really worth getting into...
i'll just say this... i still don't believe the NBA is rigging games, because it's impossible to rig a game... as poorly as that game was reffed yesterday, if ray allen hits a few threes the celtics win, anyways. that being said, i certainly do believe that the NBA puts certain refs with certain styles on certain games with the hops that their style will help extend a series.
this could all be paranoid based on the things that have come out in recent years, combined with my complete hatred of referees in general... but it's too obvious for me to not notice.
the refs in games 1 and 3 have favored the laker style of play. the refs in game 2 favored the celtics. nobody will be surprised if the refs favor the celtics in game 4 and 5; and i'd bet all the pizza on the east coast that if boston is in LA up 3 games to 2, game 6 will have a ref with a tight whistle.
all the NBA has to do to squash these rumors is release the names of the referees who will be doing each game of the series before the series begins.
it's about the type of calls that are made and not made and how they effect the tone and style of the game. this has the most dramatic effect on a game in the first quarter.
it's not really worth getting into...
i'll just say this... i still don't believe the NBA is rigging games, because it's impossible to rig a game... as poorly as that game was reffed yesterday, if ray allen hits a few threes the celtics win, anyways. that being said, i certainly do believe that the NBA puts certain refs with certain styles on certain games with the hops that their style will help extend a series.
this could all be paranoid based on the things that have come out in recent years, combined with my complete hatred of referees in general... but it's too obvious for me to not notice.
the refs in games 1 and 3 have favored the laker style of play. the refs in game 2 favored the celtics. nobody will be surprised if the refs favor the celtics in game 4 and 5; and i'd bet all the pizza on the east coast that if boston is in LA up 3 games to 2, game 6 will have a ref with a tight whistle.
all the NBA has to do to squash these rumors is release the names of the referees who will be doing each game of the series before the series begins.