He seems to be consistent

http://www.nbastuffer.com/2008-2009_NBA_Referee_Stats.html

the refs cost us, but so what. the players’ have to take responsibility for their game. we need the big ina big way. perk just seems too vulnerable with his shoulder and powe and baby ain’t really big bigs. stern has to look at his ref situation as critical. basketball is the most subjective of the games to officiate. the betting incident, no matter how stern calls it ,is the tip of the iceberg. do you think that enron and the bernie madoff scandals were isolated—no they weren’t- they showed how corrupt the money boys have become. this was not an isolated poorly called game. something smells in the nba and it won’t get better as long as stern and his long term money boys rule. the owners need to talk to their counterparts in the nfl and mlb get something going because ther definitely is something rotten going on.

I am not making excuses for the loss, but what do you want to bet KG gets the flu shot next year? Regardless, he was amazing and it was a great game. Even after KG fouled out we still had a chance to win it. Regular season games don’t provide anything but bragging rights, post season stands alone. Good game by both teams.

Both teams played like garbage, and one team won – by one point. The game means nothing. Both sides could think of a million reasons why the game should have played out differently. My main concern continues to be Cleveland. If we meet LA in June, so be it, but lets cross that bridge when we come to it.

But on a side note – did anyone happen to see the way Gasol tomahawk chopped the arm of of Garnett to get the ball loose (and then the ref fouled out Garnett when he attempted to grab the loose ball from Fisher)? Just plain silly.

Bob Ryan makes good point. Why 3 nobodys in such an important game? But the last play happened right in front of me and it is whining to say Ray got fouled. As good as the Philly final play call was, both endo of game and end of OT calls not so good. Why Tony Allen in for end of regulation play? On last play, inbound to Big Baby at top of key. Everyone knows he isn’t going to shoot it so they had Ray covered. Maybe there was contact but it didn’t deserve to be called.
The outrage was the no foul on Garnett which led to his foulout. But, the refs were bad both ways. It lengthened the game and interfered with high intensity basketball.
I expected Lamar Odum to choke. Give him credit.
We’re fine. KG doesn’t foul out often and Scal could’ve helped. Gasol had very efficient game

Yes, it was a hack job by the NBA, but the C’s turned over the ball, took bad shots down the stretch, didn’t make open shots, stopped moving the ball, etc. Give LA credit. They showed up on D which is a difference from last year. They do lots of hacking rather than position D, but I guess that’s their ‘style’. Kobe hit some tough shots down the stretch. 99% of the NBA doesn’t make those shots.

If the game is close enough to be decided by an official, you haven’t done your job as a team.

I don’t mind that KG had to sit out a couple of games. That’s good in the long run. Pop INTENTIONALLY sat his trio in SA for a break.

The officiating was “NBA Standard,” i.e. bad. It didn’t cost them the game, it just made the game worse for both teams.

The Celtics’ poor shooting cost them the game— both from the field and at the line—plus Kobe was just pulling up and draining 30 footers one after another in the 4th quarter.

Stuff happens. But let’s not compound the loss with lackadasical play tonight against the Knicks.

Alot of things to look at in a 1-pt game, all the lakers fans and people in general that think they are better than the champs because they beat us by 1 “without bynum” can go bury thier heads..the lakers hung in there last night…but did you really expect them not too after what happened here last june?
Also, i dont want to hear how the lakers are tougher than they were last year, them being “soft” to begin with was an overstatement, they lost the finals, we won the finals, period.. Ive never seen another team who lost in the finals get the label soft slapped on them so dramatically and then after a 1 pt win next season get labeled tough…haha…they are the same dang team that played like it was there oppurtunity to re-play game 6 each time we played them

is a bit of an outlier when it comes to the home team at least. Home teams have a winning percentage of .474 when he’s officiating. That places him near the very bottom in the league. Interesting. Maybe he gets a kick out of pissing off the home crowd.

maybe the refs had money on LA

I wish I were joking

vonislav waferdenko: care to answer that? they put odem at the line to win the game on a loose ball scramble hip check. So yeah, i expect them to call the fouls both ways. Had it been reversed Kobe would have been at the line. All the big calls went the lakers way last night. you can’t deny that fact. All the momentum changing plays ended in a whistle and the lakers going to the line or getting the ball. watch the game again.

not to mention that Gasol totally hacked his arm to get the ball loose in the first place

The refs didn’t help, but we lost because we’re missing another big man. BBD can play in the League, but no way should he have been on the floor during crunch time. He’s a 9th-man type at this point; occassionally effective, but not consistent and someone who’s out there to do a specific role. As much as it pains me to write this, I would have felt MUCH better with Scal out there. No fault on Doc; BBD was the best of his options, but Danny better be getting out the Rolodex this morning and making some calls, it’s time to beg and cajole PJ into one last go-’round OR pull together some kind of deal for Joe Smith.

I dont know why Lakers fans even bother to post on this site. It has never, ever occurred to me to visit a Lakers blog (do they have one?) and start posting and advocating on behalf of the Celtics. The reason being is because a) I dont care that much; and b) it would be exceedingly lame to do so. Lakers fans on who post on this blog need to get over whatever complex is bothering them – they’re acting like the jealous younger brother (yup – you are!).

perhaps a Lakers/Celtics blog should be constructed

The Magic swept the season series with The Lakers…are they better than LA? we are 2-0 against the Magic….what does this mean? ….it’s just the way it goes sometimes…and I think each time we played LA came at a bad time, obviously having to go across the country on christmas isnt ideal, and we were on the downward spiral of the peak we were on during the recent streak, I knew it before going into the game, and I was right…wouldnt be shocked if we have a tough time with new york tonight

bottom line it now hurts because its like two losses but no different than if we beat NY and LA loses its next game.

But we need a long big. less importantly we need another shooter who can defend on the wing so we can play well small with KG at center. tic toc tic toc

The refs were just plain bad. Bad calls all over the place.

Of all of them, KG’s 6th foul was certainly the worst, but then the refs proceded to give us a bunch including those last two in regulation that were certainly suspect, Paul just missed his free-bee’s.

I, like Jeff, don’t believe in the conspiracy theories – but what I do think NBA refs are doing is making calls that create the most possible drama. They seize the home crowd’s momentum at opportune moments and use it to create these dramatic emotional swings. Like it or not, it makes for good tv.

The NBA is in the entertainment business, which imo is why you don’t ever see this kind of consistent controversy over College hoops. Think about it, what has been the one constant about NBA officiating over the last 15 years? It’s that it is ALWAYS called into question during big games/series – regardless of who is playing.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/120408-the-nba-tag-team-champions-the-la-lakers-and-the-officials

Do you think the NBA cringes when they see blown calls (especially with three seconds to go ) or do they just say whatever? Let there be no doubt that the refs influenced the game last night in favor of the Lakers….the sad part is that many here seem to feel that shoddy refs should just be tolerated…to argue that the Celtics should have done one or thing or another to win is simply accepting the status quo…