Ok, so obviously, according to the Orlando dude who's now banned, I'm the biggest sissy/girl of all because I made the original whiny post. And I mean no disrespect to any women on this board ( I grew up with many sisters, most of whom knocked me out at various stages of my youth and I used to get my ass handed to me on a regular basis by an all-state female player at our school during pick up games ...and I was not a bad player. She was meaner, tougher and better than me.)
Also, I grew up playing on black top where you'd dive for the ball in heated games.
I love good, rough smashmouth basketball, both watching it and playing it. I look forward to going against a guy 50-60 pounds heavier and 6 inches taller than me and "getting into with him". That'a good time.
I think the refs are doing a generally good job in this series.
You win some you lose some calls.
Yes, the Celtics were outplayed last night, I 100% agree with them. I thought they were pathetic to not be able to close out this game when you are at hoema nd one game away form what you play for for your entire life; the NBA finals.
What I don't understand and actually find mind boggling is that some people make no issue of the ultra obivous calls that RE NOT being called.
Both teams get screwed. Yes, that is correct. Both teams don't get "some calls". Yes, this is true.
1. When a player pushed another player into and over the bench while making no play on the ball. That is different than Baby not getting a call on Jameer. It's a completely different and blatant play. iT SHOULD BE A FLGRANT OR AT A MINUMUM, A TECH. MINIMUM.
2. Taunting is apparetnly a very big no no in the NBA, you see guys getting called for it alot. You can't stand over someone. Clapping and screaming at someone after you got into a tustle that's being broken up is 99.9 percent of the time a flagrant. The rules say you can't do it. CALL IT. THAT'S ALL.
3. Matt Barnes, put his hands "into" KG's checst four times as KG was knocking them away and walking backwards off the court. Barnes kept after him and did it four times. You understand Barnes Trying to separate the two ( good samartian that he is), but once KG is walking back, that's it, you stop. It was clearly antagonistic and taunting. That should be a technical.
4. And Pierce was dribbling the ball it wasn't a complete loose ball. He had far more control over it than Neslon did. Even on a complete loose ball you can't just come in and body check someone.
These are not conspiracy theories. It's an acknowledgement that you get some calls and you loose some calls, but it'a a simple request to call the game, call the obvious ones.
That's it.