NBA Finals: Miami Heat vs. Dallas Mavericks

[Kirobaito]

Heat lead 3-2. I bet Howard's feeling great after that classic timeout in between Wade's FTs in overtime .

According to Avery, the refs screwed that one up too.

Avery was calling several times for a TO after the 2nd free throw, Josh looked back to confirm, he signaled TO to ask if that's what Avery wanted, Avery replied "Yeah after the 2 FT's"

He said anyone who has been in the league for 20-30 years knows that's what they wanted. He said the refs assumed, for some reason, they wanted it after that 1st.

Yeah, but Wade wasn't touched on his drive. Once again, his pansy little flop antics win the game.

I'm quite furious, as you'd expect. The Mavericks won this game. That's all there is to it. Wade WAS NOT TOUCHED. The players are supposed to decide these games. This was not the case, starting with Stack's unwarranted and bizarre suspension, and continuing with breathing on Wade being a foul. What, like, 50 FTs for the Heat, half of which came on weak or non-existent calls?

Also, Wade did a nice little shove of Terry on the final drive that went uncalled.

I hate the NBA. But I love the Mavericks.

However, I expect that the NBA will rig Game 6 in favor of the Mavs. I hope they took a look on the "accidental" elbow that Wade gave Howard early in the game. Of course, the Heat have delivered more "accidental" elbows to the heads of Mavs players than is statistically possible. But of course, that would require consistency by Stu Jackson.

Ridiculous. Wade should feel ashamed of himself for winning the game in such a fashion. But he won't, because he'll just embrace the 50 new commercials that will be made about him.

Absolutely unbelievable that the refs blew that whistle. What a freakin' drama queen.

The refs are supposed to swallow their whistles. Hell, Dirk got hit on the wrist on HIS game-winning shot.

Dwyane Wade is so good, but he's given SO freakin' much. More FTs than the entire Mavs team. The game-winning free throws on an absolutely ridiculous call that no other player would ever get.

I don't blame the team at all for being furious in the press conference. They should be. They were robbed.

EDIT: Apparently robbed twice.

Wade caught the ball in the backcourt on the final play, which is legal. But you have to establish position in the backcourt first. He didn't. It should have been Mavs ball with 10 ticks left. How ridiculous.

OK, so let's count down the final play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jefurxvjneM if you want to watch.

Wade has both feet in the front court, catches the ball IN THE AIR, and lands in the backcourt. Backcourt violation. End of story, easy call, no subjectivity whatsoever. Look at the replay. Bing, bang, if the refs have any clue what they're doing, then they call that. Plain as day. Look at the video yourself.

Wade gives a straight-arm to Terry, knocking him into the scorer's table. An obvious offensive foul on any other player. But okay - I can understand not calling it if you want the players to decide the game.

So how does that explain a bailout call on Wade with 1.9 seconds left, completely surrounded by Mavs, where the only contact is Dirk's right hand resting on Wade's back, no shoving involved, where Wade tossed up a ridiculous shot that missed everything and Dirk rebounded? THINK IT'S A DOUBLE STANDARD AT ALL? smurfing ridiculous.

Then, they blow the whole timeout thing, too. Avery was talking to Josh, making sure Josh knew of the timeout (just to make sure). Josh signals timeout TO AVERY, and the refs call it, when they plainly know that there is no way that anyone would call a timeout in that situation? OK, you want to throw this out? OK. But does that explain away the first three? NO. It's quite simply a blown call and a blown game. Thanks a lot, NBA.

The Mavericks still win, though. They will kick serious ass in Games 6 and 7. Miami can't play in Dallas. The Mavs feel robbed, because they were, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. They won this game fairly and the refs stole it from them.

Icing in the cake. Mavs were royally screwed, and sorry - there is nothing anyone can say about it. End of story. Wade wasn't fouled, and committed a backcourt violation on the final play. Mavs won this game. Thank you, NBA.