Nuggets-Lakers Is A Great Series

[Cs09Champs]

wow...that was quite a pivotal call on what looked like gasol tripping while backing someone down.

gonna have to see the replay on that one, didnt get a good look at it in real time.

but wait, there is no bias at all is there?

right, because it couldn't possibly just be a bad call, it MUST be bias and the league must have a hidden agenda.

NBA officiating is awful, welcome to the association. This game has been poorly officiated for both sides all night.

That said, the pivotal point of this game isn't going to be a that foul, its sitting melo for 4 minutes for some moronic reason known only to george karl's pea sized brain.

Yeah but you can't say that fouling out Nene on a pretty bad call is not going to affect the game

[liam]

Melo is getting the same shabby treatment they gave Pierce in the playoffs this year. If Melo could get those calls they give LeBron he'd have 50.

[liam]

wow...that was quite a pivotal call on what looked like gasol tripping while backing someone down.

gonna have to see the replay on that one, didnt get a good look at it in real time.

but wait, there is no bias at all is there?

right, because it couldn't possibly just be a bad call, it MUST be bias and the league must have a hidden agenda.

NBA officiating is awful, welcome to the association. This game has been poorly officiated for both sides all night.

That said, the pivotal point of this game isn't going to be a that foul, its sitting melo for 4 minutes for some moronic reason known only to george karl's pea sized brain.

Yeah but you can't say that fouling out Nene on a pretty bad call is not going to affect the game

Two bad calls in a row fouled him out.

[housecall]

Terrible, terrible call to foul out Nene.  It's calls like that that lead to charges of bias.

Almost identical to the call on Petruis last night on LBJ late in the game.

[angryguy77]

wow...that was quite a pivotal call on what looked like gasol tripping while backing someone down.

gonna have to see the replay on that one, didnt get a good look at it in real time.

but wait, there is no bias at all is there?

right, because it couldn't possibly just be a bad call, it MUST be bias and the league must have a hidden agenda.

NBA officiating is awful, welcome to the association. This game has been poorly officiated for both sides all night.

That said, the pivotal point of this game isn't going to be a that foul, its sitting melo for 4 minutes for some moronic reason known only to george karl's pea sized brain.

Did I say there is an agenda? I highly doubt the lakers d is that good to be playing this tight w/o fouling. Its been for the most part one way contact under the basket all night. You need to stop thinking that every person on this blog that questions the officiating in the league is some krazy loon that thinks aliens killed jfk. The league has a problem and it does NOTHING about the quality of reffing. No corrective action on this issue is plain wrong.
Melo shoudnt have sat if there wasnt a reason for it. I highly doubt that Karl did it for nothing

[Cs09Champs]

Looks like the Lakers will win this one. Too bad cause the Nuggets are a better team  

[crownsy]

wow...that was quite a pivotal call on what looked like gasol tripping while backing someone down.

gonna have to see the replay on that one, didnt get a good look at it in real time.

but wait, there is no bias at all is there?

right, because it couldn't possibly just be a bad call, it MUST be bias and the league must have a hidden agenda.

NBA officiating is awful, welcome to the association. This game has been poorly officiated for both sides all night.

That said, the pivotal point of this game isn't going to be a that foul, its sitting melo for 4 minutes for some moronic reason known only to george karl's pea sized brain.

Yeah but you can't say that fouling out Nene on a pretty bad call is not going to affect the game

Two bad calls in a row fouled him out.

Yep, nba officating continues to be awful in the playoffs.

denver has to be disappointed in its defense down the stretch. they played the lakers tough for 3 and a half quarters, but they have given up some seriously dumb dunks and layups in the last 4 minutes.

[liam]

Touch foul on Martin but he gets no call. They already have a post game show planned with reactions from the LA fans. Why would you have reactions for a loss. FIX again.

[fairweatherfan]

Refs aren't biased against anything but doing their jobs competently.  Last 2 fouls against Nene were both horrible calls, and I think the crowd early swayed the refs against calling paint contact against the Lakers.

Nuggets are the better team in this series but they continue to shoot themselves in the foot with mental mistakes by the players and coach.

[liam]

If LO isn't using his back as an excess why is everyother word about his bad back. God I hate the Lakers. Why is david stern ruining my league with this BS refing???

[crownsy]

wow...that was quite a pivotal call on what looked like gasol tripping while backing someone down.

gonna have to see the replay on that one, didnt get a good look at it in real time.

but wait, there is no bias at all is there?

right, because it couldn't possibly just be a bad call, it MUST be bias and the league must have a hidden agenda.

NBA officiating is awful, welcome to the association. This game has been poorly officiated for both sides all night.

That said, the pivotal point of this game isn't going to be a that foul, its sitting melo for 4 minutes for some moronic reason known only to george karl's pea sized brain.

Did I say there is an agenda? I highly doubt the lakers d is that good to be playing this tight w/o fouling. Its been for the most part one way contact under the basket all night. You need to stop thinking that every person on this blog that questions the officiating in the league is some krazy loon that thinks aliens killed jfk. The league has a problem and it does NOTHING about the quality of reffing. No corrective action on this issue is plain wrong.
Melo shoudnt have sat if there wasnt a reason for it. I highly doubt that Karl did it for nothing

when you declare there is a  bias, it implies that someone is being deliberately unfair and has an agenda, yes. people aren't biasd for no reason.

ergo, you must have a reason, what is it if not the league wanting its key players to meet up in the finals, which is in fact a conspiracy theory?

I've never denied that NBA officiating is god awful, look up some posts of mine on it. Ive advocated the mass firing of the 10-12 worst offenders and the hiring of  more competent officials, be it from international or college ranks.

 if your going to say that the league officiating crews are biased for one side, don't then run off the point when pressed because you can't defend the logic behind the risk to the NBA of a massive league wide conspiracy to put two players in the championship series.

The refs, according to you, are biased in favor of the lakers and cavs from your posts. What is the basis for this deliberate attempt to call the game for the lakers tonight if you are not saying its a conspiracy?

(P.s: I think your confusing "bias" for "**** poor officiating " which the nba has  been guilty of for quite some time, and i agree with you is a huge problem. however, to have bias, you have to be deliberately out to screw one team over for some reason.)

[Roy Hobbs]

The refs didn't help, but the Nuggets choked this one away.  Yes, that includes George Karl, but ultimately, it's on the players.  You can't finish the game shooting 4-for-23 (or whatever it was) and expect to win.

[crownsy]

The refs didn't help, but the Nuggets choked this one away.  Yes, that includes George Karl, but ultimately, it's on the players.  You can't finish the game shooting 4-for-23 (or whatever it was) and expect to win.

I agree, but i still hope a reporter has the stones to ask why melo rode the pine for 4 of the most pivotal minutes of the series while kobe was running wild all over denver's hopes.

that would be an interesting train of thought to hear out.

[KungPoweChicken]

I would have liked to see more of Anthony and less of JR Smith jacking up his usual shots. I wasn't impressed with Karl's coaching decisions.

[LarBrd33]

Nuggets never stood a chance in this series.  You fellas who were thinking yesterday that this series was "75% chance the Nuggets win" obviously missed the Rockets/Lakers series.  Kobe likes it when it goes to 7.  It gives him a chance to be a hero.

Rooting against King James just angered the basketball gods enough to hand Phil Jackson his 10th title.  Hope yall are happy with gold and purple taking over the world again.