Just to show I'm not a "biased" fan, this game was disgusting. Fucking pissed off at how we choked up yet ANOTHER lead. Lakers got the benefit of the doubt on many calls tonight, and Jerry Sloan's ejection was bullshit. Price got hammered at least twice under the basket and no foul. I want the game to be called fairly, at our expense or not. Utah fans have all the right to be pissed off. I do not feel good about this win at all. We certainly do not deserve it, but what can I do? I guess I'll take it, but this team better start stepping up. We cannot continue to give up leads every game and expect the refs to bail us out. Sooner or later, it will come back to bite us in the ass, like it did last year in the Finals, against the Celtics. Again, if this team doesn't learn now, they will never learn. I don't know what else they need to fucking go through to get that in their head.
Re: Refs Were Horrible Today Your paranoid, that is all. The game was called horribly, but for both teams, not in favor of any team. Gasol was being hacked and shoved and pushed by Boozer all game long. So was Odom. Your crazy if you think we got the benefit.
Re: Refs Were Horrible Today I assure you if it was the other way around, and if it was Kobe getting hammered under the basket instead of Price, in an elimination game, you wouldn't be too happy either.
Re: Refs Were Horrible Today Lost, I disagree the game wasn't that terrible. We just shouldn't have stayed in that lineup, Phil needs to call quicker timeouts and get the Starters out there.
Re: Refs Were Horrible Today Price got hammered, but this is playoff basketball. Gasol was getting hammered all game by Boozer and not getting the call. That is all. The refs were consistently horrible all night. They did not favor the Lakers.
Re: Refs Were Horrible Today Whatever, I don't even care anymore. Price was clearly fouled under the basket, the replays clearly showed it. But yes there were other no-calls, so whatever. Bring on the second round.
I really didn't mind the way it was officiated. They let the players play. When the Jazz are playing, you have to expect a physical game. I thought it was called pretty evenly, neither team ever consistently getting the benefit of the doubt on a call. I'd rather the refs swallow their whistles sometimes and let the players play as opposed to deciding the game themselves by calling a hundred fucking fouls.
