nba store sells okc 'beat the heat' t-shirts

[celtsfan84]

RIGGED.  Any point in even watching the game tonight?  If the Heat beat us they beat us.  If we outplay them the officials will beat us.

Conspiracy theories are fun and all, and make a convenient excuse when a fan's favorite team loses.  However, this one makes precious little sense.

There are always shirts and memorabilia ready for either team regardless of which one wins.  Someone on the NBA.com site accidentally hit Publish on the wrong section.

Did you all know that the Thunder beat the Lakers in a 2 point game and in a 3 point game?  Shouldn't the NBA, since they fax the games, have helped the Lakers win?  Los Angeles and their market is five times bigger than the OKC market.  Regardless of how popular Durant and Westbrook are, the Lakers are a far bigger draw ratings and dollars wise.  And yet the Lakers are out, victims of close losses.

The two biggest lotteries under the new system were won by Cleveland (LeBron) and San Antonio (Duncan).  If the league wanted to fix the lottery for the sake of money, why did they give these two superstars to teams that don't make them money?  Please look at San Antonio's finals ratings and Cleveland's finals ratings the year that they went.

The NBA fixing things for money makes such little sense when you realize the "fixes" are costing them money.

Kobe vs. LeBron is the money matchup the league is hoping for.  It has never happened.

[kp4000]

I don't know how much worse the League and ESPN can treat us... it's this and all the early stuff that they "jumped the gun" with, such as the night that ESPN posted a photo saying the Heat were up 3-2 on the Celtics when the Celtics had just won the game that night... It's infuriating to see stuff like this when there is a still game to be played. If the league is rigged, then we need a new commissioner who won't allow for all of this nonsense to go on just for some money in his pocket. Stern has had his time, and it's time for us as a league to move forward.

Don't be surprised, because ESPN and NBA have a partnership as far as television rights. If your name is Lebron James, Wade, or Miami Heat, Kobe, Lakers, then ESPN, will prop u as high as possible. It's been like this for 10 yrs now. ESPN, is a completely different network. I just think people should try what I do. Which is don't watch ESPN.

As far as the NBA, we now know what they stand for. Which isn't much. But win or lose tonight the Heat will never have what the veteran Celtics, Spurs, Pistons, Lakers or Mavs have, heart and pride! 
     

[snowball]

Stern and his Appointed Successor