Watch the 2002 Lakers/Sacramento game 6, and then come back
and see if your tune isn't different.
Watch the Lakers shoot 40 free throws, 27 in the 4th quarter alone.
Watch Kobe cock and slam his elbow into Mike Bibby's face at the
2:00 mark RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE REF - No call. But watch all
the phantom calls that the Lakers got in the 4th quarter.
Ex-Ref Tim Donaghy said this game was fixed, and I (and
Ralph Nader) agree with him.
http://www.leagueoffans.org/sternletter.html
I will never consider Kobe's ring to be legit that year. In my book,
he only has 3 rings not 4.
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NHL officials are the best and most consistent of the four pro leagues.
MLB umps are allowed to ump even after they lose their ability to get themselves in the proper position to be able to visually see the play clearly: thus they continue to miss calls especially when slides are involved in critical situations.
Because the clock is running much of the time in a NFL game when their is no action occuring, the officials do not impact a game to the degree NBA officials can.
NBA officials have a whistle in their mouth that can be blown almost continuously if they choose too. They can dictate the entire tempo, strategy, and most likely outcome of a game if they want too and they do some of the time!
Why don't you watch Game 3 and tell me how the Kings shot 20 FTs then the Lakers did in LA. Tell me how Mike Bibby took more FTs then Shaq and Kobe did combined in LA. Tell me how Bobby Jackson and Doug Christie took more FTs then the entire Laker team did in LA. And if the refs fixed the series...why did the Kings take more FTs?
