Posted on June 15th, 2009 by refpolice
Disney CEO Robert Iger: David, what the f***? You promised me 6 games!
NBA Commissioner David Stern: Oh not this again. I told you rigging NBA series isn’t as easy as it used to be. Plus, if you watched game 4 you’d notice we did just about everything we could, if the Magic could make a [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2009 by refpolice
The Orlando Magic didn’t help themselves tonight in Game 4 of the NBA Finals (they missed like 15 free throws, including 2 by Dwight Howard with 0:10 to play and a three point lead), but they didn’t catch any break from the officials. I counted 2 muggings on Howard in OT that went uncalled and [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2009 by refpolice
Tonight’s game NBA Finals Game 2 featured real NBA drama down the stretch, but with about 3 minutes to go with the Magic either up by 2 or with the game tied, the officials began calling a different game. After letting them play for most of the 3rd & 4th quarter and both teams in [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2009 by refpolice
When you have a foul to give and you’re up by two, the last thing you do is let a good shooter get off a three point shot. The fans, the owners, the coaches and the players know this. More importantly, the officials know this. In fact, the league has come up with rules designed [...]
Posted on May 5th, 2009 by refpolice
Leave it to David Stern to throw the first “You Have to be Kidding me!” wet blanket on an otherwise great start to NBA playoffs. Kenyon Martin’s foul on Nowitski is available everywhere to see, and the more you watch it, the more you have you wonder what goes into the NBA play review process [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2009 by refpolice
Ah Spring, that special time of year when the air smells of blooming flowers, the days get longer and warmer, and the NBA referees get back to their business of wrecking playoff games. Last night in Boston, they did so first by bouncing Ray Allen with two ticky-tack calls in the final two minutes of [...]