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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
Cmon now. You haven't been reading my stuff over the years, don't make stuff up, that's not my position.
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You say "worst officiated" but maybe it was "best" officiated from the standpoint of the NBA's coffers.
People forget that the NBA is an entertainment organization, there is no "state law" that says have to call a game honestly, all they care about is providing the most "entertainment" possible....and by handing OKC the game last night, they put themselves in a great position to have a game 7 back in OKC. If they had called the game fairly and the CLippers had won, there's less of a chance there would have been 7 games as LAC would have been favored to win game 6.
So, they just put themselves in a more favorable position to have 7 games in stead of 6....
seems like that's more "entertaining" than the idea this series might only go 6.
Totally. The refs did everything in their power to get the Clippers beat. The last 30 seconds were a travesty. Ball obviously out of bounds off OKC player, given to OKC, Phantom foul on CP3 to "bail out" a shot that wasnt even close.
This game will be talked about for a really long time and not in a good way for the NBA.
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I don't know how you guys can believe this conspiracy stuff and still follow the sport.
Same reason people watch the WWF.
Also, why is it just assumed that the results in the NBA aren't scripted? What's the difference if they are? Its an entertainment organization, their job is to provide the best entertainment they can, why would they just let the results fall randomly when they can control the results thru the refs?
I think another factor is that the players realize that the NBA wants these serieses to go 6 or 7 games, so they know that even if they leave blood n guts on the floor, the NBA will still have their way.
The NBA feels that fans are idiots and they don't know what's going on....these 5 games between SA and OKC, two of the powers in the west, are just a joke, the product takes a huge hit when teams lie down and make no real attempt to win.
Unless something drastic changes, the Spurs will win in 7, at home, by 20 or more after getting blown out in game 6. When fans see these type of games, what are they supposed to think? It LOOKS fishy and it looks bad and it looks like "something is up".
Originally Posted by Stillriledup
Series would be more competitive if LAC was there.
How can as series be more competitive than 3-2? The Clippers would be home by now.
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How can as series be more competitive than 3-2? The Clippers would be home by now.
Because the Clippers wouldn't have rolled over in the road games.
As far as "competitive" goes, its not a competitive series at all, the losing team hasn't competed yet.
Nobody who loses gets remembered...unless you're the Buffalo Bills.
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You seem more offended than Gus that someone dare suggest these games are fixed. We saw Donaghy fix games, he said other refs fix games, you see "superstar calls" which is essentially game fixing, its an entertainment league, they don't have olympic style drug testing like "true sport" this is an entertainment league, its still a really good product, its fun to watch, but why is it important that the results are "pure"? We all watched WWF as kids, we knew the matches were setups, but we didnt care, we loved it and watched anyway, why does NBA have to be pure sport in order for us to enjoy it?
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nice writeup L!
There is a lot of "talk" about this series, i wonder if they'll have a close game here to say to the conspiracy theorists "See, we're an honest sport".
Maybe SA will "ambush" OKC and actually try tonight.
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Originally Posted by lansdale
Notorious Spur-killer Joey Crawford is the lead official for this game. What to look for? I would put the O/U on either Danny Green or Kawhi Leonard getting 2 fouls in the first quarter at -200. Lebron gets at least 12 free-throws -200. Heat/Spur free-throw ratio 33:18.
I would imagine the "league" is "all out" to get a Heat win.
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Unless something drastic changes, the Spurs will win in 7, at home, by 20 or more after getting blown out in game 6. When fans see these type of games, what are they supposed to think? It LOOKS fishy and it looks bad and it looks like "something is up".
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
Series would be more competitive if LAC was there.
How can as series be more competitive than 3-2? The Clippers would be home by now.
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Because the Clippers wouldn't have rolled over in the road games.
As far as "competitive" goes, its not a competitive series at all, the losing team hasn't competed yet.
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I think another factor is that the players realize that the NBA wants these serieses to go 6 or 7 games, so they know that even if they leave blood n guts on the floor, the NBA will still have their way.
The NBA feels that fans are idiots and they don't know what's going on....these 5 games between SA and OKC, two of the powers in the west, are just a joke, the product takes a huge hit when teams lie down and make no real attempt to win.
Unless something drastic changes, the Spurs will win in 7, at home, by 20 or more after getting blown out in game 6. When fans see these type of games, what are they supposed to think? It LOOKS fishy and it looks bad and it looks like "something is up".
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