Why in the world would anyone start a thread with "I would like to thank the officials" after game 2? The only appropriate filler would have to be "for handing the Lakers the game on a silver platter." This was worse than game 6 between the Kings and Lakers in 2002.
This game tonight was epic for so many reasons. The Celtics took all the crap anyone could ever throw at them and still won. Tommy was absolutely right (as always) - we beat not only the Lakers and their crowd tonight, but also the blatant agenda from the league. This entire series is in complete favor of the Lakers. In LA, the Lakers had four days between the end of the conference finals and game 1 of the finals (and yes, the Celtics got five, but that's not the point. Both teams should never have been off for that long), and then two days between games 1 and 2 - whereas the Celtics only get one day of rest between games 2 and 3 and games 3 and 4. What a joke. The schedule was obviously set up so that the Lakers would get all the rest they needed to beat us in games 1 and 2, with criminal assistance from the officials of course, and then beat a tired Celtics team in games 3 and 4. It's unbelievable to me that no one has point this out. The schedule for this entire season has been ridiculous - the Celtics were always playing 4 games in 7 days.
But what really amuses me is how Phil Jackson has the nerve to complain about the refs after last night. On what planet does he spend most of his time? At one point, the free throw discrepancy was 39 to 16 in atttempts for the Lakers, with Bynum at one point taking as many foul shots as our entire team. Now, a casual observer will look at the boxscore and say, "Well, the fouls were even" - and I'm telling you, anyone who saw that dispicable game should recognize what was going on. By the end of the game, the refs had managed to cover up their bias in terms of fouls and even tried to narrow the free throw margin in the final minutes of the contest - but even they could not hide the fact that they gave this game to the Lakers. Without Ray Allen, this would have been a blowout win for Los Angeles (and conversely, if the free throws had ever evened up, this would have been a blowout win for Boston). I was waiting for the officials to call a foul for contesting a shot or even being on the court by the end of the contest. I'm also sure that at one point, one of the refs had to say something like, "Look, Phil, we're doing everything we can, but Boston is just too good."
The sad part of all of this is that not only did this game make the refs from game 1 look somewhat decent (and they were bad too, but not this terrible), it also served as a reminder that league still has Salvatore, Bill Kennedy, Bavetta, and Eddie F. Rush in reserve to screw the Celtics in game 3.
BTW, those were the correct calls on Kobe - and he should have fouled out on that fast break.
Yeah, I'm ticked - this game has the fingerprints of David Stern all over it.
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