NBA Championship: Lakers Vs. Magic

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Teams don't "choke" in a seven game series. they win or they lose. Anything beyond that is a lame excuse. Big plays are part of every game whether they happen in the first quarter or the fourth. Over a seven game series they even out and the better team wins.

Teams "choke" when they are in a series that they are outmatched physically and are outmatched by the officials? Any series against the Lakers now implies the officials are against you which is very sad. Kobe choked multiple times this postseason and almost cost them games. But then the team they choked against choked even more afterwards.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Teams "choke" when they are in a series that they are outmatched physically and are outmatched by the officials? Any series against the Lakers now implies the officials are against you which is very sad. Kobe choked multiple times this postseason and almost cost them games. But then the team they choked against choked even more afterwards.

sigh. The lakers were called for 28 fouls and shot 20 free throws. Orlando was called for 21 fouls and shot 37 free throws.

If the officials were against orlando, it must have been one of those weird conspiracies where they agreed to put them at the line almost twice as much as the other team.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

sigh. The lakers were called for 28 fouls and shot 20 free throws. Orlando was called for 21 fouls and shot 37 free throws.

If the officials were against orlando, it must have been one of those weird conspiracies where they agreed to put them at the line almost twice as much as the other team.

That's such a bad statistic and you know it. If one team is pulling up and shooting jumpers and the other is pounding the ball into Howard then you expect the team with the guy pounding inside to get some calls. That said, I'm not going to call out the officials in Game 4 since I only got back for the end of it. I did watch all of Game 3 though and that was one of the worst officiated games of all time.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

That's such a bad statistic and you know it. If one team is pulling up and shooting jumpers and the other is pounding the ball into Howard then you expect the team with the guy pounding inside to get some calls. That said, I'm not going to call out the officials in Game 4 since I only got back for the end of it. I did watch all of Game 3 though and that was one of the worst officiated games of all time.

The lakers shot 20 free throws the hole game. Thats including OT! and you are calling conspiracy.

I admit kobe gets calls like nobody outside of Lebron but he isnt getting so much love in the playoffs.

The officiating might be bad but it is bad both ways.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

The lakers shot 20 free throws the hole game. Thats including OT! and you are calling conspiracy.

I admit kobe gets calls like nobody outside of Lebron but he isnt getting so much love in the playoffs.

The officiating might be bad but it is bad both ways.

I admit I didn't watch most of it but did the first half occur underground? Did you watch Game 3 Fu, there was no doubt in that game about 10+ calls.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I admit I didn't watch most of it but did the first half occur underground? Did you watch Game 3 Fu, there was no doubt in that game about 10+ calls.

I watched it. The lakers were called for 25 fouls in that game while the magic got called for 21.

I just don't see how it has been called unfairly. Nothing stands out as blatantly bad. Game 2 Kobe got a couple of calls i think should have not been called but over all its been even.

In two games in orlando its 53-42 lakers in fouls against.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I watched it. The lakers were called for 25 fouls in that game while the magic got called for 21.

I just don't see how it has been called unfairly. Nothing stands out as blatantly bad. Game 2 Kobe got a couple of calls i think should have not been called but over all its been even.

In two games in orlando its 53-42 lakers in fouls against.

Even though Bill Simmons is a Celtics fan I don't know that he is completely unbiased in this series. But for the record here is his account which pretty much meshes exactly with my thoughts at the bar on Sunday:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...8&sportCat=nba