Celtics draw dream ref assignments for Game 1

[NicaraguanFan]

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.

Bavetta was the guy who called a foul on Pierce when he was trying to shot a 3 pointer and Paul WAS fouled.....   Nice try Lakers fan...


NF.

[MattG12]

Well, at least we know going in that if the Celts win, it's because of biased officials wearing David Stern, "I heart the Celtics" t-shirts under their ref shirts. If the Lakers win it's superior players and superior coaches.

Go refs!

Wow ... talk about being out of touch with what's going on! This is a riot, lol! The officials favoring the Celtics ... now I truly have heard everything! Jeez!!

By the way ... I have this bridge I'm trying to sell ...

29 out of 30 NBA fans agree that the officials favor the Celtics. Are you watching different games than they are? :-)

That 30th fan was a Celtic's fan.

[RockinRyA]

w8 isnt bavetta the one in the terribly officiated game 6 of the cleveland series?

[connerhenry43]

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.

Bavetta was the guy who called a foul on Pierce when he was trying to shot a 3 pointer and Paul WAS fouled.....   Nice try Lakers fan...


NF.

if you are talking about game 6 with detroit, i believe that was salvadore, not bovetta.

how does rush merit a finals appearance? he is brutal.

and bovetta in the finals is bad for both teams and civilization as we know. the man will be convinced that millions and millions of people are tuning in to watch him ref.

i was nervous enough about tonight, this trio does not put my mind at ease. I do not think it will help or hurt the c's, but this is a bad group of refs.

[Bahku]

Well, at least we know going in that if the Celts win, it's because of biased officials wearing David Stern, "I heart the Celtics" t-shirts under their ref shirts. If the Lakers win it's superior players and superior coaches.

Go refs!

Wow ... talk about being out of touch with what's going on! This is a riot, lol! The officials favoring the Celtics ... now I truly have heard everything! Jeez!!

By the way ... I have this bridge I'm trying to sell ...

29 out of 30 NBA fans agree that the officials favor the Celtics. Are you watching different games than they are? :-)

That 30th fan was a Celtic's fan.

Yeah, really ... the other 29 were Lakers fans. Like I said .... I've got this bridge I'm trying to sell ...

[dorschrm]

This is an absolute dream combination I agree.

Bavetta is the definition of a home court official.

As for LakerLarry or whoever you are...go back to your Lakers blog, because nobody here loves you.

BEAT LA....BEAT LA...BEAT LA....No chance any work will be done today at the office.

[bostonsportsfan]

i have no reason to believe that this crew hates the lakers lakers fan is probably telling the truth but i also know they hate the celtics. I dont trust this crew. This is the type of game where both teams are going to get rotten calls and both coaches and players will be complaining all night

[Bahku]

i have no reason to believe that this crew hates the lakers lakers fan is probably telling the truth but i also know they hate the celtics. I dont trust this crew. This is the type of game where both teams are going to get rotten calls and both coaches and players will be complaining all night

Yup ... pretty bad crew, but it could be worse! (Salvatore, Mauer & Palmer, for example)

[hpantazo]

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.

Wow, I laker's fans really have their heads way up their rear ends! The team that has benefitted the most by far from officiating in the history of the nba has the audacity to say that they have to oveercome the officials! Come on!

[wdleehi]

Why is there a single Laker fan already making an excuse for the Lakers long before the game?




Is he that scared?

[Kuberski33]

At least it isn't Bennett Salvatore.  That guy is either crooked or terribly inept.   

I vote for crooked and I'm 100% serious.  That entire 3rd quarter should be reviewed -- by the FBI, not just the league.

You can't tell me that wasn't a deliberate attempt to manipulate the course of the game.

[Champzilla]

Why are we letting laker fans start threads, nothing good comes from it.

[ma11l]

I love when refs try to fix games against the Lakers by not calling blatant foul calls on them in the last seconds of the game.

[Cman]

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.

Nice try.

But I do look forward to your breakdown of the refs before each game. 

[LakerLanny]

i have no reason to believe that this crew hates the lakers lakers fan is probably telling the truth but i also know they hate the celtics. I dont trust this crew. This is the type of game where both teams are going to get rotten calls and both coaches and players will be complaining all night

Boston is 3-1 in the playoffs with Ed F. Rush and now he does a 5th Celtics game already in the playoffs?  Unheard of.

Boston is 2-1 in the playoffs with Bavetta and 1-1 with Foster.

Meanwhile, of the Lakers three playoff losses, two featured Ed F. Rush (and I can bet what the F stands for) including an infamous Game 4 in Utah that went into OT despite Utah having a 45-25 FT attempt advantage.

The other playoff loss saw Dick Bavetta on the court.

These officiating assignments were no accident and the statistical trend would be clearly in the Celtics favor with this crew, obviously.