Who thinks Duke is paying the refs to let them win games?
153789
I think the refs are just very biased. I don't think they deserve to be ranked as high as they are. They are over ranked but you have to go with what the polls say. I wish there was a way to change it!!!!!!!!!
1170612
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! At last, someone else acknowledges that the refs are human! And it makes me SOO MAD that people are more willing to blame the referees, than blame the Mavericks!!! Not to mention that the Heat had SOME say in what went down...! It wasn't the referees who made the shots, free throws, stole the ball, rebounded, or assisted. It was the PLAYERS! Besides, if referees were perfect, and everything always went how it was supposed to, nobody would watch! Plain and simple! The Heat played like they were the better team, and Dallas didn't! The referees were not to blame. Good points, good question! =)
551710
Every team gets bad call sometime, it just seems spurs are getting a few more than Dallas, but does Johnson have a deal with the ref no but maybe mark Cuban.  I think the winner of this Siries will take it but Detroit has a Chance if Rashead will kept his mouth shut
658108
I don't know about a complete rigging of a game, but ref's do have the luxury of calling some flops and not calling others, calling some excessive contact and not calling others, etc, etc.  The Pacers, especially J. O'Neal, haven't had much luck with the refs lately.  And those crucial moments may indeed cause the game to end in an unfair result.\n\nWhen those "fouls" are reviewed on SportsCenter, ESPN, general news...they appear weaker than my great-grandmothers hip bone!
1096311
Wow!!! What a very informing question. Informing in the way that you made so much sense in your theory. I agree that the NBA cannot fix games in the sense of having a team just quit, but sabotaging a certain team with the crappy officiating now I can believe that. Coming from Utah and being a Jazz fan I can see this in every game since the refs totally hate Jerry Sloan. Not that you care or anything but Karl Malone said something interesting during an interview during all the hype of his statue and number retirement her In SLC i will quote the best I can he said,: I was out doing something other than basketball related things and ran into a NBA referee that refer ed many of the Jazz's games he told straight up that he was sorry that he coast the Jazz and Me a championship due to his bad  call in the finals" this was concerning the push off Jordan did on Bryon Russell. So this comment gives your theory a good leg to stand on.
1035375
I find the decision to suspend Jerry Stackhouse incredibly stupid.\nIt was a good old hard foul! Whenever Shaq or Haslem fouls one of the Dallas players hard, do they get suspended? NO!\n\nI think David Stern is doing everything he possibly can to stop Mark Cuban from getting his hands on the NBA Championship. It's stupid.\n\nBut the Mavs are gonna show David Stern, Shaq, and all those Heat fans what they're made of tonight.\n\nGO MAVS!!
1162784
I think that there is some underground organization that controls the outcome of the games.  Money has to be involved.  That is my take on the whole referee thing.
191767
Apparently, they are good enough to protect home court vs Duke. They could make the NCAA Tourney now, if they do well in their conference tourney.\n\nTheir students aren't so civilized though.
1175386
neither. the refs just handed miami the trophy. the nba is so rigged. its like now you cant even play defense without getting a damn foul called on you. this is ridiculous. The NBA is just trying to make money by making the heat win the championship just because there are so many heat fans. thats it, I'm boycotting the nba.\n\nDwayne wade for MVT!!! (Most Valuable Traveller)
80438
Unfair isn't the right word. They were horrible and a disgrace to officiating everywhere. Anyone who had half a mind would know that.
209561
It's not that I think that bad calls are intentional, but when they are made, especially at crucial points in the game, they stand out.  Cases in point- the travelling call on B.C. and the non-goaltending call that went against Washington.  In both cases, the next possession altered the outcomes of those games.  At this point, it will be very difficult for the NCAA to pick a crew that has been consistent and eagle-eyed to ref the Final Four and Championship games.
1039167
No, but there were some bad calls also some bad non-calls. When Miami called a time out Dwyane Wade slammed the ball down the the ground and the ball bounced high in the air to show his frustration in front of the referee he should have been "T" ed up. Another play was when Gary Payton was talking to one of the referees while the ball was in played and was passed to him, he turned it over and JOsh Howard or someone was on a fast break and coming down the court was Alonzo Mourning and he blocked the shot and fell to the ground and started acting very erratic and taunted the Mavs. On another play 'Lonzo' again blocked a shot and he threw down another Mavs player and the refs didn't call that. These are just several of the non-calls i saw last night. Bad calls or not. I really wanted the Mavs to win but Miami deserves it because there is no way you can be leading the series 2-0 and lose 4 games in a row. That is not a championship team. Go Lakers next season.
1024313
of course this game is rigged!  the NBA is soft.  they had to adjust the rules so that we can sit back and watch millionaires crowd the bench, take terrible shots, cry like infants, watch ticket prices rise, be forced to buy cable to watch the games, and a myriad of other issues!  i am pulling for the Heat, but even if i turn a blind eye, those calls just are not made in the Finals.  it is all about the benjamins.  the longer the season lasts the more money is made for entities who could care less if we, the fans, thought the games were fixed.  take boxing as your example.  those are my opinions.  2fingers
1092005
the game today was kinda wack with the ref stuff. but i think that if they could sub out refs, that would undermine the ref's authority. also, another problem would come in about who has the right and descretion of removing a ref...and therefore would it be right to remove that person making the decision and so on. \n\nthe ref from today's game though probably wont be making another appearance in these games. this guy was actually suspended 5 years ago for bad calls.
1055415
I hear you.\n\nIt's the referees' call in games, not the players (except for timeouts). So stop complaining.\n\nDon't even mention a conspiracy theory because you Mavs fans know it's absurd, retarded, and obviously coming out of mind of someone who needs to start using their brains for what they're for.
1016667
I think they have been ripped off ever since they entered the finals! when they played at Miami they really got ripped off because in two games, which they could've won, they got cheated by the refs cause in game five Josh did not call a time out he was looking and trying make sure that that was what avery was singnaling him to do and then he got a stupid tech cause they were out of TO's, and in game 3 Dirk would not have had to be at that free throw line if the refs had made the right calls. all in all this should have been dallas' series if they had gotten game 3 and 5 it would have been over with but as you can see they were cheated out of there chance but there is allways next year and without a doubt i believe that the mavs can come back and get what they deserve! GO MAVS!
1059305
You're right.  The refs definitely blow.