Stern's thinking: Extend both Series but I want a Boston-LA Final

[ManchesterCelticsFan]

Dwight has done wayyy worse than Perk without foul calls. He elbows guys, hacks them in the head, gives guys concusions!!! Way to extend the series, Stern/Refs! If Stern is smart, he can order the refs to get the majority of the calls to go Boston's way in Game 6 (or 7) and rescend the T's on Perkins. Otherwise, you can have another low ratings Orlando-LA Final....

[get_banners]

no doubt the refs helped extend it tonight. but the problem is, by letting orlando play so physical (while we got touch fouls called against us), we've lost BBD (almost certainly for the series), daniels (no big loss, but still), and maybe even sheed (he left injured). we simply may no longer have the bodies to win game 6. plus, pierce, ray, and especially rondo, have been getting hammered pretty consistently. rondo is definitely not healthy.

[Mr October]

Game 5 was disgusting. And I fully expect the officials to suddenly start calling things on Dwight more tightly. Stern got what he wanted in revenue. Time to play fair again...

Screw the NBA. I actually skipped most of game 5, smelling a hatchet job right from the get go. Ticky tack fouls and techs on Boston, and Dwight gets free pass all game long.

[celticinorlando]

the nba now has games on friday and saturday...which is what they wanted