Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Officiating
The officiating has been questioned by the Dallas Mavericks, specifically in game 5. There are mixed opinions and here are some by the NBA "experts" from TNT and ESPN...
- Stephen A. Smith, ESPN: "That was a bogus foul call on Dwyane Wade. The Finals have been tarnished by officiating. And the Stackhouse suspension? Damn near criminal."
- Greg Anthony, ESPN: "Officiating was solid. There was contact on Wade."
- Charles Barkley, TNT: "Wade has been more of a factor than the officials."
- Reggie Miller, TNT: "Officials are covering for themselves and Wade is getting 'Jordan-like' calls."
Here is Mark Cuban's tirade shortly following game 5.
A quote from Darrell Armstrong: "The way this is going, soon we will be required to play defense with our hands behind our back."
Bill Simmons has a lengthy article on the refs in his page 2 column. If you have 15 minutes to spare, I highly recommend it.
A WWF style prediction for tonight's game 6.
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UPDATE
Mark Cuban fined $250,000 for his comments after game 5.
- Stephen A. Smith, ESPN: "That was a bogus foul call on Dwyane Wade. The Finals have been tarnished by officiating. And the Stackhouse suspension? Damn near criminal."
- Greg Anthony, ESPN: "Officiating was solid. There was contact on Wade."
- Charles Barkley, TNT: "Wade has been more of a factor than the officials."
- Reggie Miller, TNT: "Officials are covering for themselves and Wade is getting 'Jordan-like' calls."
Here is Mark Cuban's tirade shortly following game 5.
A quote from Darrell Armstrong: "The way this is going, soon we will be required to play defense with our hands behind our back."
Bill Simmons has a lengthy article on the refs in his page 2 column. If you have 15 minutes to spare, I highly recommend it.
A WWF style prediction for tonight's game 6.
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UPDATE
Mark Cuban fined $250,000 for his comments after game 5.
6 Comments:
The Mavericks (with the exception of Dirk) are a bunch of babies just like their owner.
I think Dallas has a right to complain about some of the calls but REGARDLESS, the Mavs could have won that game...all they needed was one stop at the end of regulation, and they couldn't get it. You had your moment to complain, but that time is over now. It it time to play the game.
That WWF thing is hilarious...absolutely priceless. ESPN needs to let this writer start writing for page 3, the entertainment page.
Bill Simmons is sometimes annoying but his article is great and any Mavericks fan will like it a lot. I think he has some valid points and the fact that he predicted in advance how the series would end up if Miami played in it is genius on his part and pathetic on the NBA's part. Here is what I am referring to:
Second, everyone knew the officiating would be a problem heading into this series because of Cuban's past problems with the league. In my Finals preview, I wrote that "No team depends on the refs quite like the Heat. When the refs are calling all the bumps on Shaq and protecting Wade on every drive, they're unstoppable. When they're calling everything fairly, they're eminently beatable. If they're not getting any calls, they're just about hopeless. I could see the refs swinging two games in Miami's favor during this series, possibly three. In fact, I'm already depressed about it and the series hasn't even started yet." Well, we had our two games -- Game 3 (the last five minutes were just obscene) and Game 5 (again, a top-five debacle). And the series isn't over yet.
Green,
I just started bloggin. Let me know watcha think.
-mc
p.s. Sorry bout the Mavs
mc,
Good start...we will talk shop later.
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