Bavetta, Foster, Ed F. Rush
Of the three playoff games the Lakers have lost, Ed F. Rush has been "officiating" in 2 of them and Bavetta in the other.
Looks like the league is going to do everything possible to gift the Celtics Game 1, no surprise as they want it to go as many games as possible and it is clear with a neutral playing field the Celtics are overmatched against a dominant LA squad.
No excuses if you lose tomorrow, looks like LA is going to have to overcome more NBA fix attempts just like Games 4 and 5 vs San Antonio.
"like game 4 in San Antonio."
Good luck tonight. I'm not even touching that one.
-sw
You shouldn't because honestly you would be overmatched on this topic with me.
Game 4 that everyone complained about the Barry call was a ridiculously slanted game IN FAVOR of San Antonio by the officials, it was an obvious attempted fix job.
FT attempts were 26-12 at the end of the 3rd qtr. Duncan got away with a five step travel for a dunk.
But the worst was the last minute. Before Barry caught the ball, traveled and then was contacted by Fisher... the last minute featured three other blown calls all in favor of San Antonio.
The first was the goaltend call against Odom on Parker's layup. Odom blocked the ball before it hit glass, it was not goaltending and incorrectly awarded as such. That isn't even debatable, the video evidence doesn't lie. Who made that call? Joey Crawford.
The second blown call in the last minute came when Manu shot a long jumper with his foot on the line. It was obvious his foot was on the line, it was a clear two point basket yet oddly awarded three. Another blown call and another stolen point from the Lakers.
The third blown call came with 5 seconds left when Fisher shot the ball, it hit the rim and went off Robert Horry out of bounds. Yet the refs claimed it didn't hit the rim (again, the overhead shot CLEARLY shows it did) and the clock was not reset. It should have been Lakers ball with San Antonio forced to foul already down 2. Of course, that wouldn't make for as dramatic of an ending.
Then on the final play, Barry catches the ball, moves both feet clearly without dribbling before ever being touched by Fisher. You know what that is called? That's right, traveling. To have all those calls go against LA and then give Barry that call to shoot FTs at the end of a game that SA never led would have been as bad as the 2004 fix job in the NBA Finals.
The Lakers are 12-1 this postseason when Ed F Rush is somewhere else. They are 0-2 when he "officiates" one of their games. You really think it was an accident or mere happenstance he got this assignment?
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