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• lewii5 said December 31, 2008

  never seen that before in a basketball game. i saw that and was disappointed in the blazers and the refs. then there was the phantom call on tony allen where it was a non shooting foul (fouled almost at the top of the key), but he mysteriously went to the line and knocked down a pair, and that made up for it. but you're right, refs need to step their game up because one of these nights a call like that is going to decide an important game.

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• Lakerhater said December 31, 2008

  What about the two traveling calls on Oden and one on Bayless that were b.s.

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  • lewii5 replied December 31, 2008

    true and the paul pierce and-1 that was clearly a travel. i don't think that redsarmy is trying to say that officiating decided the game, but just that they need to do a better job PERIOD!
• Mizzy21390 said December 31, 2008

  I cant believe they didnt take away those two points, and just give us one. Still doesnt make sense.. In a game decided by 4 pts, those two points were critical.

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  • lewii5 replied December 31, 2008

    it was 5 by the way. 91-86. but yea they dropped the ball on that play.
• phillyduck23 said December 31, 2008

  its the rule, albiet a dumb one, so there was nothing the refs could do about the points.

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• Spotella said December 31, 2008

  I didn't see the game but will agree officials in every sport need to be held accountable. Maybe pay them more but fine them when it is shown they've made such bad calls. If the amount of their pay is based on the correctness of their calls (or lack there of), they may think about it a little more and make a more evenly called game.

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• nlp123 said December 31, 2008

  the refs were allfull on both ends. how do u not no if u have 6 players on the court? Thats kinda of a huge mistake if ur a coach or a player on the trailblazers. all refs need to be is consistent on both ends of the court and actully in all sports. The fair thing to do was take there 2 points away and give the celtics a tech.
  i dont get how 1 team can make a huge mistake and the other team has 2 suffer 4 it.

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  • BisforBlazers replied December 31, 2008

    They should have taken back that basket. That being said, it was in the second quarter, and they had a lead as late as the third! They didn't lose that game because of that one basket. If it was the final basket of the game that put the Blazers over the top, then I could see it as a reasonable excuse.
• BigRandy said December 31, 2008

  If ya aint cheatin' ya aint tryin'. GO BLAZERS!!!

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• Lakerhater said December 31, 2008

  You got to love Lamarcus b#$^% slapping that punk Garnett!

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  • BisforBlazers replied December 31, 2008

    That was the icing on the cake! Garnett just looked at the ref like a big baby!
    
    By the way, when Portland was in Boston, there were some downright horrific calls, people. Welcome to the world of small market teams with no national superstars! We get bad calls all the time!
    
    And missing 6 players is more of gross oversight, then a bad call. Doesn't mean they don't suck though!
    • nlp123 replied December 31, 2008

      i agree portland is a great young team and they got some bad calls mostly in the first quarter and some really bad traveling calls.
• shizz08 said December 31, 2008

  I'VE SAID IT THEN AND I'LL SAY IT NOW (THE REFS ARE F**KED UP) AND THEY STILL CONTINUE 2 MAKE SOME BAD ASS CALLS. AND (GET PAID 4 THOSE BULL SHIT CALLS). I KNOW REFS ON THE STREET THAT REF BETTER THAN THEY DO, ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME..........LOL :0)

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• BigRandy said December 31, 2008

  If you're a Blazer fan you hate the refs. At least B-ROY is starting to get some calls though but that doesn't change what they did to us in game 7 of the western confrence finals 8 or so years ago, and guess who was blowin whistles that game, if you said Donaghy you would be right. What a joke that guy was and still is.

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  • nlp123 replied December 31, 2008

    donaghy needs to be fired
    • GSWgirl replied January 05, 2009

      Um...i think he was already fired. How bout indicted?
• Jeffamuthaeffa said January 02, 2009

  NBA's officiating is disgusting.
  

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