[usadave]

And, here's hoping you get a different officiating crew, lest your starting lineup end up in the hospital by game 3.

I take it that the referees are still letting Shaq get away with flagrantly knocking defenders out of the way as he lumbers to the basket for dunk after dunk.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Radio sports show today had the story about the referee Ed Rush calling a 5th foul on Shaq with 8+ minutes to go in the last game, then heading over to the scorer's table and asking, "How many fouls is that on Shaq?"

Shaq never had another foul called on him that game. So much for the NBA lie about the 'integrity' of the game. It is a total joke, no different than TV wrestling. The games aren't fixed, but close enough, with the NBA doing its best to direct the outcome of series. What a fraud. If they can investigate quiz shows, perhaps they should investigate David Stern, the NBA, and who connected with the league is betting on these games.

Rot in hell, NBA.

[daler]

You noticed that little "courtesy" too, eh?