[Seattle Slew]

I won my play, but I can't watch this shit anymore. How can they call a foul on that Wade drive to the basket? He was barely touched. 26 free throws? What a frecking joke this league is. They are robbing the Mavericks blind.

[Illusion]

Dallas will get all of the calls when they return to home. That's just the way the NBA is.

[bigboydan]

it's just the way this series has gone. i'm sure the mavs will probly get the calls in game 6 as ILL said. this one will go 7

[onlooker]

Miami in six.

[goldengoat]

dallas is getting screwed hard

no way that was a foul

dallas had way more fouls on them

granted they hack a shaq but miami was at the line all day

add this to the B.S, suspension of stackhouse

something smells like sh.it about these nba finals

stern's punk @ss doesn't want cuban to win

stop babying D wade and sending him to the line everytime someone looks at him

[Illusion]

Why are you guys so upset. Dallas still covered tonight.

[Seattle Slew]

I have a series play on Dallas (very small) and this was my first play in the finals. Despite the win, I just cannot stand it when refs decide a game.

I thought overall they weren't terrible tonight, but way too many fouls called to help Wade. What, he misses 8 of his first 10 shots, so they put him on the line all night so he scores over 20 for sure?

Dallas is getting robbed in this series. You can't call a foul in that spot with 1.9 left. I'm telling you watch the replay. He was barely touched and compare it to the fshot he made with 2.9 left in regulation where he got bumped twice. You could have defended a call there.

And dumbass Hubie Brown defends the call in OT, saying "he got hit on the leg" by (I think, Josh Howard). Then they call the foul on Nowitski, who didn't touch Wade!!

How about that Hubie? Oh, nothing to say after Breen pointed that out.

Why are you guys so upset. Dallas still covered tonight.

[Dark Horse]

The refs have decided plenty of playoff games this season. What else is new?
Is NBA fixed? Probably. To a large extent.

Does it matter? No. Dallas will win next two.

[Seattle Slew]

I'm not so sure. Miami got just about nothing from players other than Wade tonight and they still won. If Shaq has a big game, or Jason Williams gets hot from 3-point range, they could win this. I do think their best shot is Game 6.

Does it matter? No. Dallas will win next two.

[goldengoat]

dirk should attack the basket every time he touches it in game 6 and if they don't call touch fouls like most of the ones D wade is getting then the fix is in and stern will probably be laughing at cuban

[Curse Fire]

Im agreed with yall guys slew and goat about the
refs fvcking us big time in this one. There going
out of there way to keep the Mavs from winning
cause of Cubans big mouth. But the refs blown
calls in in every game they do so why should they
be no different right now. Stern probaly told them
to stick it to the Mavs again in Game 6 just to
keep Cuban from making any money on a game 7.

[scottyy11]

i am really not a big fan of the 2-3-2 game format it gives the dog home court edge after 5 games

the nhl has it right 2-2-1-1-1

[bigboydan]

i like the nhl format much better.

[Seattle Slew]

I never thought the NBA would stick to that format for 20 years. It first came in in 1985. I also think it sucks. But with the NBA, what else would you expect.

[Dark Horse]

Let's say the refs decide 2 points. That is just 1% of a game with a 200 pt total. But it is 50% of a 4 pt spread.

Compare this to football. If the refs decided 1% of a 40 pt game, that would be 0.40 points. For that to be 50% of the spread, the game would have to have a 1 pt winner (with 20%to spare).

Obviously, refs have a lot more influence in the NBA than in the NFL. This makes it easier to rig games, but it does not mean that games are indeed rigged. If anything, the temptation is considerable.