So you're basically talking out of your @!% then? If you didn't see it and don't doubt that the officiating was terrible in the Magic's favor, why are you harping on this ONE call as evidence that we get the benefit of the doubt all the time and should have an asterisk next to our championship? This one call is more important than the gazillion that went against us last game, just because you were watching at that time?
I knew this was coming.
I watched, perhaps, part of the 3rd til the finish.
Now that that's established, order can begin to be restored.
Don't substitute a screwy interpretation for what I actually said. It's important to actually look at what I said, which was that I KNOW the refs arebad so that when I read that the Lakers were "getting screwed" most of the game, I'm not surprised if they were.
I also never said that this one call automatically triggers a " *championship " designation. I think this one call is representative of a larger,consistent trend that's been on display over the years.
I believe that the Lakers generally get more controversial calls than not, whether it's regular season or playoffs. I believe the Lakers will get thatbenefit of the doubt more than not because they are a high-profile team with the biggest bball star in the world.
Certainly this doesn't mean every controversial call goes the Lakers' way. But plenty of them do. And when games get down to the nitty gritty -I'm talking tight game situations or late game situations - do the Lakers' opponents get the tough call instead of the Lakers? We know they usuallydon't. We know how the refs conveniently stand down. We've seen it for the Spurs, we've seen it for LeBron, we've seen it for certain teamsin certain games or series. And the Lakers are one of those teams, I believe.
Yes, the "rest of the calls in the game" keep being brought up but I never based my argument on the rest of the game because those bad callsdidn't result in a Fisher tying 3 that altered the rest of the game. My overarching point is precisely that some bad calls don't alter much at all butsome bad calls do alter things... a lot... even what turns out to be the final outcome of a game and, by extension, a series win-loss column. All of this iswhy the officiating, and perhaps the NBA front office itself, needs a complete overhaul. The seasons come and go, and this b.s. keeps on a-happenin'.
Sure, the Magic could've still won game 4 after the Kobe elbow. I'm saying the events of the game played out differently than they might have had therefs done their job on that call and actually called it. That same elbow would've been called in a February regular season game. Based on all the timeI've seen the Lakers play over the years, the last 10 especially, they benefit from calls more than they suffer from calls. In game 4, with the Kobeelbow, they got quite a tidy benefit from the Kobe no-call, in my opinion. Who wants to see a dishonest game?
Burns1923 you speak very eloquently but your HATE against the LAKERS is obvious....
If u were such a fan of the nba as a whole as you claim and you know that theres always a ton of missed/bad calls...
THEN WHY WOULD 1 CALL AGAINST 1 PARTICULAR TEAM CAUSE AN ASTERISK ON A WHOLE CHAMPIONSHIP...???
First, thank you.
Second, I just wish people could moderate the use of the word "hate" for once. It's an extremely loaded word that probably applies only a good20 times out of every 100 times someone uses it these days.
Pointing out a scale-tipping no-call on Kobe that should've been called is not hate. The offering of legitimate criticism or contrary viewpoints is notinherently hate as so many, especially on this board, unquestionably believe.
I'll quote myself to yet again address the asterisk comment:
"I also never said that this one call automatically triggers a " *championship " designation. I think this one call is representative of alarger, consistent trend that's been on display over the years."
Look, the Lakers are 1 win away from the title. Game 4 is done and in the past. I felt that something was especially awry with what I believe was the no-callon Kobe's elbow. I made my points. Whoever agrees or disagrees does so, and life goes on.
I think it's one of those words... at least for this wor, this time, for me... it's like, I thought I new what it meant at firt, then second-guessed myself and thought 'Wait... what is 'pedantic', actually?'
