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Originally Posted by realtalk92
What about those two fouls in the last .5 seconds that were not called on Ray Allen and Bosh?
Are you honestly arguing that Refs do not make controversial calls?
This is a issue that affects all sports not just the NBA.
A bad call can GREATLY impact the outcome of a game.
It happens ALL the time.
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1. What about Tim Duncan being illegally substituted? A 6'11" 250 lbs. man should be pretty easy to notice. ALSO, it's pretty ridiculous to think Tim Duncan being illegally substituted was unintentional, so the Spurs effectively cheated. Also, I'm 99.999999999999999% sure the game wouldn't have gone into overtime if Tim Duncan had been in the game at the final seconds of regulation. You don't need to be an expert to see that. (You can go to youtube and watch those last few seconds, and the play-by-play announcers immediately hone in on why the f Tim Duncan was not in the game. Also, Leonard missed that crucial last free throw.
You see what I mean? The Spurs blew the game themselves. Steve Kerr said as much, "The Spurs straight up blew it..."
And no,
I'm not arguing the refs don't make controversial calls, I AM against the idea that the refs decide the outcome of a game. 99.9% of the time, the play of the teams wholly decide which one wins and loses. Game 6 of the Western Conference finals back in 2002 (see below) being a possible example of games where the refs were woefully mistaken and may have had enough impact to alter the outcome of that series.
2. The LA-Kings series back in 2002: As far as I can see, game 6 was the only game where there were allegations of corruption. After that, the Kings gave away game 7, so losing the series was their own fault (2-20 on threes (10%!) in game 7 being case-and-point.) Game 6 WAS pretty iffy. Though the Mavs-Heat '06 series I do not believe suffered that same fate. The refs just know to look for contact with Wade because all he does is drive, and people foul him intentionally all the time as a result.
I'm sure in a few years people might say Westrbook or Rose get favorable calls cause the refs get used to looking for it. (if those two were ever healthy, especially Rose).
3. David Stern: Did you see the draft last year!? That was hysterical how much people were booing him! The only thing I have against him is the whole condensed schedule back in 2011-2012, which I think greatly deteriorated players across all the teams.