They definitely called a lot more fouls in these games than they did in the Pistons series. Ray Allen and Rip Hamilton were beating each other up in those games. I wonder if the league didn't review the footage and tell the officials to call more fouls.i'll be the first to admit that the lakers are playing some sh!ty defense...but this is possibly the worst referring i've ever seen in an nba game much less and nba finals game...the refs ruined this game
Apparently Powe thought he would, and did. It was an awesome performance for him, but he needs to practice more free throws.Screw you guys, who the f would've thought Leon Powe would blow out the Lakers?
how often do you see players take 3 or more steps and not get called for a travel....i saw it happen probably 10 times last night...it just seemed like the lakers were getting called for fouls while doing the same exact thing that the celtics were doing...and the celtics weren't getting called on...there was also some clean blocks that the lakers were gettting and they were calling fouls...and the refs need to stop with the late calls, three times there was a "foul" and the refs waited until the next drive started before they called it, or they were calling shooting fouls when the celtics were fouled and then jumped to shoot when it was way after the foulThey definitely called a lot more fouls in these games than they did in the Pistons series. Ray Allen and Rip Hamilton were beating each other up in those games. I wonder if the league didn't review the footage and tell the officials to call more fouls.
I'll be honest though, I really don't understand what the announcers were talking about when they were saying that some fouls shouldn't be a foul because it's the playoffs. I don't understand this mentality. I can see maybe the severity of a foul being different during the year because you want to protect the players for the entire season and penalize them($$) for over agressive play, but not calling fouls during playoffs? Doesn't it go both ways. Aren't the fouls part of the game and game management? How can you not call them? There were definitely some calls that looked like make up calls last night on both sides.
how often do you see players take 3 or more steps and not get called for a travel....i saw it happen probably 10 times last night...it just seemed like the lakers were getting called for fouls while doing the same exact thing that the celtics were doing...and the celtics weren't getting called on...there was also some clean blocks that the lakers were gettting and they were calling fouls...and the refs need to stop with the late calls, three times there was a "foul" and the refs waited until the next drive started before they called it, or they were calling shooting fouls when the celtics were fouled and then jumped to shoot when it was way after the foul
i'm just saying, if they're going to start calling every little foul, call them EVERY time, not just half the time
the balance will probably swing the other way when the series gets to LA.how often do you see players take 3 or more steps and not get called for a travel....i saw it happen probably 10 times last night...it just seemed like the lakers were getting called for fouls while doing the same exact thing that the celtics were doing...and the celtics weren't getting called on...there was also some clean blocks that the lakers were gettting and they were calling fouls...and the refs need to stop with the late calls, three times there was a "foul" and the refs waited until the next drive started before they called it, or they were calling shooting fouls when the celtics were fouled and then jumped to shoot when it was way after the foul
like when the slav/serb/whatever eastern european country deflected the pass, ran down the court, went in for an uncontested dunk and took 3 steps on the way?how often do you see players take 3 or more steps and not get called for a travel
that comment i made wasn't bias towards any team, i was just saying in general people bend the rules, and the refs don't call it...so if the refs are going to call ever little foul then they need to call all the 3 step walkslike when the slav/serb/whatever eastern european country deflected the pass, ran down the court, went in for an uncontested dunk and took 3 steps on the way?
It was a Sunday stroll from the line, that's all.like when the slav/serb/whatever eastern european country deflected the pass, ran down the court, went in for an uncontested dunk and took 3 steps on the way?
how did they not call tim duncans 5 steps then dunk in the playoff gamesIt was a Sunday stroll from the line, that's all.
How the hell they didn't call that was beyond me.
I hear you, that's one of the things that drive me nuts about the NBA. You have these monsters that can pretty much throw the ball down into the hoop gettting away from fouls you would call on a 10 year old who has to throw the ball as hard as he can just to reach the rim.how often do you see players take 3 or more steps and not get called for a travel....i saw it happen probably 10 times last night
Yeah Westy, I think you've hit on a crucial point here. This has been one of the big keys to the Lakers not having shown up for this series yet until the fourth quarter of last game. Even Magic Johnson thinks they've been playing soft. I just checked on line and Kobe had about 24 pts. mid-way in the 3rd period and no other starter had more than 4! That's not a championship team.The lakers score with jump shots, Celtics were driving to the basket. Lakers have to be physical to defend that kind of game and will get more fouls called because of it.
they're commentators...thats what they do, they pick the best player of the game and they talk about them...besides, when they were in boston, they should have checked for polyps on paul pierce, they were so far up his assMan can those commentator have there tongue any farther up Kobe's Ass ? Jezz they sound like they are the head of his fan club.
1982. (I was 11)so how many weeks have you guys been Celtics fans...2...3
19 years actually, born and raised in the metro-boston area.so how many weeks have you guys been Celtics fans...2...3
All my life. After the Buffalo Braves folded. I was a Celtics fan.so how many weeks have you guys been Celtics fans...2...3
thats funny, because thats about the time i started being a lakers fanAnd in contrast, I was born and raised a Lakers fan, but that ended when Phil Jackson took over. I can't stand that dude.
I didn't get to watch the game. Was Kobe throwing temper tantrums again?I hate them both. But damn, you have to be impressed with Boston's second half. Pierce made Kobe look silly.
I heard he tried to rape the ball.I didn't get to watch the game. Was Kobe throwing temper tantrums again?
How is it a choke when they lose to the better team? Choke is what the Patriots o-line did in the Super Bowl. Too bad too cause we could have had all 3 of the biggest championships in Boston.Biggest. Choke. EVAR!
If blowing the biggest lead in NBA Finals history, at home, isn't a 'choke' I don't know what is.How is it a choke when they lose to the better team? Choke is what the Patriots o-line did in the Super Bowl. Too bad too cause we could have had all 3 of the biggest championships in Boston.
It wasn't the biggest blown lead in NBA finals history, and the Patriots choked like Pam Anderson on that boat.If blowing the biggest lead in NBA Finals history, at home, isn't a 'choke' I don't know what is.
Playing like ****, which is what the Pats did in the super bowl, is not choking. That's called getting beaten.
"The comeback from 24 points down was the biggest in the finals since the Elias Sports Bureau became the leagues official statistician in 1970-71."It wasn't the biggest blown lead in NBA finals history