You know how players and coaches get fined a ridiculous amount of money for criticizing officials? Well, Stern was once asked why this is and his response was, "we don't want people questioning the integrity of officials. It just doesn't pay for us to do anything other than focus people on the game itself rather than the officiating."
But what happens when the officiating becomes the show? What happens when Scot Pollard and Vlade Divac foul out after literally not touching Shaq? What happens when Kobe hits Mike Bibby in the nose with an elbow, knocking him to the floor in plain sight of the blind, without a foul call? What happens when a team shoots 27 free throws in a quarter due to phantom calls ina game than ended in a four-point "win" for the undeserving team?
Sorry, Stern, but your officials' "integrity" just had its picture taken getting out of a car without its underwear on.
Back to my conpiracy charge, PTI's Michael Wilbon said the calls in game 6 were "stunningly incorrect." He added that "I have never seen officiating in a game of consequence as bad as that in Game 6."
David DuPree, who I believe is an absolute Lakers apologist even agreed, saying, "I've been covering the NBA for 30 years, and it's the poorest officiating in an important game I've ever seen."
So, every bad call we see from now on can be questioned if these charges indeed turn out to be true. Bad calls happen, but this development makes it so that every call can bring up the thoughts of unfair and blatantly misguided decisions. And worse yet, no one can discount them.
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