It's funny how everyone on this site is against the Pistons that I know of besides Zards and hoopskidd5 somewhat. So why would you guys agree with what we say?
yeah ok guys every time lebron falls now its a foul. that seems like the rule any ways. even when lebron doesnt fall its not a fould (ie the rip call in teh 2nd quarter). This really is a poorly officiated series and i would be saything the same thing if the pistons were winning. And that heat fan is a retard. Losing 2 all stars to foul trouble is way worse than losing 2 foreigners who are only good because of James.
I can bet you any amount of money that if the Pistons were winning you wouldn't say anything about the officials but seeing as there your favorite team your totally biased.Your just making excuses because your team isn't playing how you expected for it to,stop blaming the refs and grow up.Obviously the team was built around LeBron so you must think he is good but he isn't the only reason they are winning.LeBron has yet to put up huge numbers in terms of scoring so you know that his team is playing a part as well.
mr.bigshot. you should be worried. The NBA clearly wants Lebron over the Pistons. As does everybody else. I mean who (outside of detroit) wouldnt want Lebron vs. Wade? I mean its a marketing dream. The refs will do everything in their power to make sure the Cavs win and i really dont blame the league. The Pistons are a threat to everything they have hyped over the past 15 years. They want individual stars and not real Teams.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 18 2006, 05:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can bet you any amount of money that if the Pistons were winning you wouldn't say anything about the officials but seeing as there your favorite team your totally biased.Your just making excuses because your team isn't playing how you expected for it to,stop blaming the refs and grow up.Obviously the team was built around LeBron so you must think he is good but he isn't the only reason they are winning.LeBron has yet to put up huge numbers in terms of scoring so you know that his team is playing a part as well.</div>All of us here have admitted that the Pistons are playing at a sub-par level, but we think the officiating could improve. Don't sit and tell us to grow up because you know that if the offciating was questionable when the Heat are playing you would post on it too. It is a natural frustration, we only see the bad calls against us because that is what we are looking for, and you would do the same for your Heat.
Wade, are you scared of us? Yeah, I don't blame you.I do blame the refs partially. Pretty sad how officiating can change the outcome of a game.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SunnyD @ May 18 2006, 08:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wade, are you scared of us? Yeah, I don't blame you.I do blame the refs partially. Pretty sad how officiating can change the outcome of a game.</div>Yea they've changed the momentum of the whole series the last 3 games.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pistonfan11 @ May 18 2006, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>All of us here have admitted that the Pistons are playing at a sub-par level, but we think the officiating could improve. Don't sit and tell us to grow up because you know that if the offciating was questionable when the Heat are playing you would post on it too. It is a natural frustration, we only see the bad calls against us because that is what we are looking for, and you would do the same for your Heat.</div>I never blame any games on the refs unless they miss a huge call.I can agree the officiating has not been the best these games but that isn't why your losing and to blame it on the refs for your own mistakes is not acceptable.I wasn't saying that to all of you in this thread,just the ones that were making a huge deal about the refs.
I'm not making any excuses on the refs, although I will say it's pretty bad you get called for a fould when I guy dives into you and hand-checks you and what-not. If we had CBill late we probably would've won that game. But we can't play this tight. We are the loosest team in the NBA and we're playing tight now.THe reason I am not worried is because we play better with pressure and our backs against the wall.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I never blame any games on the refs unless they miss a huge call.I can agree the officiating has not been the best these games but that isn't why your losing and to blame it on the refs for your own mistakes is not acceptable.I wasn't saying that to all of you in this thread,just the ones that were making a huge deal about the refs.</div>yeah a huge call like when Lebron steped out at the end of the first half in game 4? yeah the one taht was a 3pointer and the pistons lost by 2? yeah i would say thats a huge call. or like when brazil kid ran into sheeds hand on a rebound and gave sheed the call and the tech that had him out for basically the rest of the game?! another huge call.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>It's funny how everyone on this site is against the Pistons that I know of besides Zards and hoopskidd5 somewhat. So why would you guys agree with what we say?</div>I have never said anything bad about the Pistons before, I don't hate them at all and I respect them a ton, they are pretty much the real deal when it comes to basketball, they have the best chemistry in the league and I love the fact that they took some mediocre players (at that time) and gelled into one of the best teams in the league. I was merely saying there were two fouls that should have been called on Ben Wallace in the last minutes of the game. That's it.
The way I look at it, if the game comes down to a referee's decision, and you lose, you didn't put yourself in a good enough position to win the game then anyway. Simple, play better, and dont worry about the officiating, worry about yourselves. I'm not just saying this because I'm a Cavs fan, and I understand that James probably gets away with a few more fouls because of his star status, but thats the same for every star in the league. Some guy once did a thing where he counted how long Shaq would be in the key on any given play and not get called and he was once in the key for 13 consecutive seconds. And you think the Pistons dont get away with lots of tick-tack fouls. They had the fewest fouls in the league by far and away, which is probably why it seems that you're getting so many against you now.Anyway, my point is, quit worrying about officiating, and just worry about playing basketball.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AmBitIoNz23 @ May 18 2006, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The way I look at it, if the game comes down to a referee's decision, and you lose, you didn't put yourself in a good enough position to win the game then anyway. Simple, play better, and dont worry about the officiating, worry about yourselves. I'm not just saying this because I'm a Cavs fan, and I understand that James probably gets away with a few more fouls because of his star status, but thats the same for every star in the league. Some guy once did a thing where he counted how long Shaq would be in the key on any given play and not get called and he was once in the key for 13 consecutive seconds. And you think the Pistons dont get away with lots of tick-tack fouls. They had the fewest fouls in the league by far and away, which is probably why it seems that you're getting so many against you now.Anyway, my point is, quit worrying about officiating, and just worry about playing basketball.</div>Now were talking,the Pistons are one of the most physical teams there and always have hard fouls and rarely get the calls against them.If your losing because of the refs it's because you didn't play very well.Also,some of you seem to forget that refs are also human!Yes can you believe it?They make mistakes like we all do.The point is the Pistons should have swept the Cavs and now are blaming the refs for there lack of play.
(reply for post when it was made) its okay. we wont let them get to the finals. we are two experienced.5 All-Stars (Tayshaun should be) are better than one Superstar.
