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[Murat B.]

Do you think the Refs want to see a sweep or stretch out the series so they can make a little more dinero

Not directly I don't think. But the cheapest seat was around what, almost $5000 at MSG ? There is so much money involved everywhere from sponsors, commercials, betting places and at the gate that everyone wants an extended series. Refs cannot NOT get influenced by it. Can they blatantly affect it, I don't think so but little things here and there at crucial points in a game and you have an extended series. My problem with officiating is not that they are crooked, even though some may be, but the fact that they miss so much stuff and they are not consistent. Maybe the modern game is just too much and too fast for human eye, and that's where you and I argue sometimes .

 

[the AntiPusher]

Not directly I don't think. But the cheapest seat was around what, almost $5000 at MSG ? There is so much money involved everywhere from sponsors, commercials, betting places and at the gate that everyone wants an extended series. Refs cannot NOT get influenced by it. Can they blatantly affect it, I don't think so but little things here and there at crucial points in a game and you have an extended series. My problem with officiating is not that they are crooked, even though some may be, but the fact that they miss so much stuff and they are not consistent. Maybe the modern game is just too much and too fast for human eye, and that's where you and I argue sometimes .

Did you watch the Showtime Lakers, Bird Celtics, Bad Boys Pistons and Jordan Bulls? Yes or No.. This is playoff basketball and things are tampered differently because this is the NBA biggest STAGE. I think you may have just got accustomed to regular season basketball where the league is just trying to preserve for lack of better word the players season. Its the Finals and it just judge differently. This is not anything new.

 

[Murat B.]

Did you watch the Showtime Lakers, Bird Celtics, Bad Boys Pistons and Jordan Bulls? Yes or No.. This is playoff basketball and things are tampered differently because this is the NBA biggest STAGE. I think you may have just got accustomed to regular season basketball where the league is just trying to preserve for lack of better word the players season. Its the Finals and it just judge differently. This is not anything new.

I grew up with that age of basketball , never liked the Pistons and the Jordan Rules and all that. Every time Jordan drove to the basket his insurance premium went up ! . But Pistons did the same thing all season, no? They just beat him up , regular season or post. Laimbeer was not an angel during regular season LOL.
I know the intensity HAS to go up during playoffs but officiating should stay consistent. You can increase your intensity and still not foul people.
Imagine in tennis, they move the service line a foot closer to the net because it is a grand slam final...No, they don't do that just because it is a bigger stage and a more important moment and yet, players definitely play with more intensity in those finals. Stick to the rules that worked all season.

Having said that, if they actually change the rules on paper for playoffs and say certain rules can be disregarded and will not be called during playoffs, I am all for it. That would be honest.