WHY  DOES THE nba officials call non fouls on the PISTONS FOR A hotshot player!!?
484048
The NBA has always given the benefit of the doubt to the star players regardless of what team they play for Watch Tim Duncan sometimes if he misses its a foul hell if he shoves someone out of his way and drives to the basket while leaning into another player its a three point opportunity.
1035899
it sucks...people responded poorly to my question as well....I DON'T WANT OFFICIALS TO BE CALLED ON DURING THE GAME...let them make their bad calls..they're gonna do that anyway...but if they make a GAME deciding call and it is controversial...get the press conference and make them  defend it...and justify or apologize for the bad call...
1004402
I agree and disagree. Soccer is a contact sport. If you have ever played, you would know what I mean. Regardless, the European players are very good at flopping. I think you could relate it to how Dennis Rodman used to play defense. They make the fouls look a lot worse than they actually are. It brings attention to them. It takes away from the purity of the game, but most refs, like the one in the US and Italy game, overreact. I hate it when someone gets red carded for what the ref thinks is  bad challenge, then all of a sudden the player gets supposed injured player gets up like nothing happened. If you think soccer is a non contact sport, did you see when McBride got elbowed in the face? You my friend do not know what you are talking about.
1117093
The Finals were not intentionally rigged but it's true that the Heat do get every call.  Officials go out of their way to give Dwayne Wade a whistle every single time he drives.  If it wasn't for this fact, the Pistons would have beaten the Heat, as would the Mavs.  \nOf course, the Pistons could have overcome the Heat and won despite the poor officiating, if they had hit open jump shots.  They didn't.  \nOfficiating is terrible, officiating gives the Heat games, but there was no specific overriding conspiracy to keep the Pistons out.
1157575
It was Stack who make them lose this game. Boo! Flagrants are only intended for refs call. I love Heat.\n\nGuys, do me a favor, answer this question for me.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApEY.nRiG0GxvZfub5nqLbTsy6IX?qid=20060615210243AATo1gp
588348
A maximum of 5 fouls are allowed per game for each player .The  person who makes the next (6th) foul is not allowed to play the remaining game. He is just a spectator then after.
1124812
As a pistons fan, I can honestly say that they have skills and lost, not because the refs cheated. They have the skills. I watched the games, they were just plain beaten. Sorry.
923808
There was never an illegal offense, the illegal defense rule has been modified in recent years.  It used to be a warning for the 1st offense and a free throw for everyone after that.  It is now an automatic free throw.
840962
HAHA!! It IS NOT Power Forward, if you read the question you would see that it said STATS... ITS Personal Fouls!!!
990926
Well the pistons franchise doesn't really have the time to spend making rookie players better with all the other players that were so much better than him at that time. Wade did so well with the heat in his rookie year because the team sucked and he got to play a lot of minutes. and when a rookie player gets a lot of minutes on the floor he's going to want to do more on the court, and eventually get better. And most if not all of the games the Heat is because they play lazy or not as a team , or when they shoot more missed three pointers than 2             \nPoint-shot attempts. And when their field goal percentage is below 40%.\nor when 3 or more players are injured at the same time. So i say it is the pistons fault they lost because they played lazy and they would have lost even if they picked wade because they don't have the ability to work with players and he wouldn't be as good as he is now. So yes it is the pistons fault
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
912019
I am a very tall person living in a world full of tiny people so I can  relate with how Yao feels.\nHe is currently and clearly the best center in the league right now. He has a very good stroke with the ball so he is virtually unguardable once he gets the ball with his back to the basket within 10 feet of the rim. The only way people can guard him is to force him off the block before he gets the ball. \nI am tired of people dogging Yao and saying that the only reason he is good is because he is 7'6''. All they need to do is compare his stats and impact to other 7'6'' NBA players like Sean Bradley, Manute Bol etc. The difference is clear.\nPlus, we all know the NBA refs favor shorter players when making calls. Whenever a shooting guard or small forward goes for a dunk against a bigger guy, any incidental body contact usually initiated by the dunker is called a blocking foul, on the other hand, if a center goes for a dunk over a smaller guy, the contact is usually intepreted as a charge. Go figure!! I call it Vertically Challenged induced HATING!!! :D
1922
Why would the Pistons want Ron Artest? They're already the best team in the East. Their success, just like the Spurs out West, is built on team chemistry. On your list of top team chemistry killers, Artest has to be at or near the top with the likes of Ruben Patterson, Latrell Spreewell, and Kobe Bryant.\n\nAlso, they just made a large investment in Tayshaun Prince, who is overacheiving because he's found a team where his skill set is an exact match for the role they need him to play. (This coming from a die-hard UK fan, BTW.) \n\nIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.
970239
You are dealing with part time officials who get very poor training and the pressure goes up in the playoffs causing them to blunder in a larger scale.\n\nSimply put, they likely make the same errors in the regular season, but the plays don't matter as much and their not under as much of a microscope.\n\nIs a ref favouring one team over another, for any reason...I doubt it.  Sometimes they get their back up when a player accuses them of such and the player's b!tching causes the ref to call against them...vicious circle, IMO, specifically in the case of the Argos.
669217
The NBA has had the 6 foul sistem for some time. In high school, College and other leagues it is 5. Always remember that technical fouls dont count towards the person fouls in the NBA. In college it is a different story. But yeah. . . get six and your out!
1081937
i feel like punching the referees like there is no tomorrow. So they wanted Miami to win, screw them. First they let Dallas to win the first two games and make them feel like they will win then they turn the tables over.Too bad that we have such retarded nba officials. Dallas shall win not unless they remove the retarded officials.
580287
Yes i think Bell should totally be suspended from the game. This was not just a elbow or throwing someone off, it was a act of violence. In which husbands get arrested for everyday. To physically take someone when you are totally in control and no event or altercation at that moment is taking place, to cause you to react in a headlock of a player is totally out of control and then push him down. Another point I have to make is that kobe had the ball and they were just playing their position and just by looking at each-other no words Bell decides to take it upon himself to act in violence with no threat at that time. Bell is a timebomb waiting to explode and if he is not suspended and fined the next time his act of violence will be what? He will get more power and think he can fight on the court for a simple foul. Most of the time when a altercation occurs it because something just happened that the player feel was unfair. Not just guarding a player who has the ball. Bell really needs some anger management classes along with suspension and a fine. In fact every player that is suspended for violence on the court should be be ordered to anger management classes. I think the classes will help the players as well as the overwhelming suspension that the NBA has to deal with. Remember this is a sport not a place to fight!!!!! If I wanted to watch ultimate fighting challenge I would watch that not basketball.