what about game 5 was that rigged?
Posted by onetyme348

the celtics really did play with a lot of heart. so much fun to watch...heartbreaking, but an awesome series with an unpredictable and questionable outcome. after their questionable season, it makes sense that the starting 5 could get the celtics back to the finals. the celts did everything right, regardless of finishing 4th in the conference. i think doc and the big 3 knew what they were doing, and that was making it to the playoffs and saving enough mojo to play some serious hoop (see Rasheed Wallace) when it mattered most. with all that being said, the truth is: 1) the series and championship STILL goes to the lakers if Andrew Bynum is healthy. we can argue that Perk's injury cost us the title (along with so many other points of interest) but the reality is that even with Perk playing, the lakers still beat us without their big center. imagine how much more the lakers would have out-rebounded the celtics if THEIR team was complete. consider the celtics lucky that Bynum was hindered 2) maybe the bench (specifically baby, kryptonate, and TA) should have seen some more time in game 7. that's fair, but don't blame Doc for putting his BEST players and leaders on the court when everything was at stake. while KG is clearly not the beast he was when he first arrived in boston, he's still got some game- he's just old and tired and it showed when he ran out of gas in the 4th quarter. pierce was being guarded by maybe the best defensive small forward in the NBA. give artest his props. and inconsistent ray allen... the celtics needed him to be on, and he just didn't have it that night. 3) kobe made the big shots in the 4th quarter. i hated watching it, and i couldn't believe it. but big players hit big shots. game 7 mvp for sure. but series mvp? no way, that should go to that big, tall, ugly, awkward, white guy regardless of whether he committed fouls or had an up-and-down or not. remember when kobe won 3 championships with shaq? bynum was meant to be his new shaq, but gasol had to step up with bynum's injury, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE CELTICS. and he did 4) the officiating was pretty horrendous in that last quarter. the celtics were victims of those circumstances, and had a call gone one way or another they probably would be champs. BUT the lakers made the most of their gift. the tired celtics let LA, who were choking at the time, back in the game. As pissed as I was about the celtic's loss, i'm just glad i was able to witness an incredible celtic basketball postseason. sorry for the rant, but who else is with me when i ask "rubber match next year?"
Posted by Foster

In Response to Re: Tainted Championship : Was game 2 rigged when Kobe got taken out early in the third and for most of the 4th with two horrible calls that all 3 analysts agreed were horrible? Was game 3 rigged when Rondo not only doesn't get called for a foul at the end of the game, but get's a side out to Boston with less than a minute left? (which by the way, could have won the game for Boston had they converted). You guys NEVER answer those two questions.  NO ONE has yet.  Kobe sits just as L.A is getting momentum in game 2.  You have NO problem with that though. Just grow a F'ing pair.  Good god.  I thought the East Coast guys were supposedly the "tough guys".  Just accept it instead of sniveling and crying yourself to sleep over it. What's the point of watching sports if things are fixed?  How you you EVER be happy when YOUR team wins then if the outcome was already decided? Grow a pair.
Posted by Casportsfan

In answer to are Garnett and Allen true Celts?  Yes.  Celts gave high lottery pick for Allen and gave young stud jefferson plus Minnesota its chance to have a lottery pick back.  For Gasol, LA gave jack squat and had to get approval to cheat using Aaron Mckie's phony contract to avoid salry cap.  Gasol will never be a Laker. 
Posted by thrombosis

the lakers played the celtics style of basketball and now boston fan are upset!
Posted by onetyme348

In Response to Re: Tainted Championship : If the Lakers played Celtics stlye of basketball, why did the Lakers have such a huge advantage at the FT line?  Celtics play physical, which could lead to the other team gaining an advantage at the FT line.  So, how do you explain the Lakers playing Celtics b-ball and not have the Celtics be at the FT line more frequently?  The refs turned a blind eye to the Lakers banging the Celtics?
Posted by agcsbill

Lakers/Kings 2002  NBA rigged
Posted by Karllost

Bob, I note you could refute nothing I said, but just called it childish rubbish.  No, Steve Nash was not just full of "childish rubbish" when he protested the Gasol "trade" saying that, "a  big gift was just given to the Lakers".  No Jeff Van Gundy was not full of "childish rubbish" 2 weeks ago when he said LA "hi-jacked" Gasol (as in illegally took something that was not theirs).  Why don't you go on a Phoenix or San Antonio board and ask their opinion as to whether the Gasol "trade" smelling fishy is just "childish rubbish".  Now, allowing  retired Aaron Mckie's new contract to give the Laker cap space was indeed rubbish. Accepting tampering with competitive balance by having a player like Gasol sent to an over-the-cap team, for an offer many teams would have trumpted in a heartbeat, cannot be whisked away be merely saying "expiring contracts".  The NBA is not supposed to be baseball where some teams are expected to play with wildly unfair advantages.  In baseball the teams actually vote to let the Yankees (and other biggest market teams) play with a stacked deck. 
Posted by thrombosis

Bob, I note you could refute nothing I said, but just called it childish rubbish.  No, Steve Nash was not just full of "childish rubbish" when he protested the Gasol "trade" saying that, "a  big gift was just given to the Lakers".  No Jeff Van Gundy was not full of "childish rubbish" 2 weeks ago when he said LA "hi-jacked" Gasol (as in illegally took something that was not theirs).  Why don't you go on a Phoenix or San Antonio board and ask their opinion as to whether the Gasol "trade" smelling fishy is just "childish rubbish".  Now, allowing  retired Aaron Mckie's new contract to give the Laker cap space was indeed rubbish. Accepting tampering with competitive balance by having a player like Gasol sent to an over-the-cap team, for an offer many teams would have trumpted in a heartbeat, cannot be whisked away be merely saying "expiring contracts".  The NBA is not supposed to be baseball where some teams are expected to play with wildly unfair advantages.  In baseball the teams actually vote to let the Yankees (and other biggest market teams) play with a stacked deck. 
Posted by thrombosis

In Response to Re: Tainted Championship : You people do not take losing very well do you? Everything under the sun is conspiring against you when you lose isn't it? Memphis got a young stud in Marc Gasol and tons of cap space, the trade has worked out well for them in the end. In fact it is exactly what they wanted to do. If you were basking in the glory of victory, all this nonsense being throw around wouldn't exist, but since you came up losers, this crud persists. Weak stuff, from some sore azz losers.
Posted by Bobbarcker

Suan, I love you.--Hope you are a girl. OPK,  Thank you!.  The Gasol trade would not be allowed by Stern now. It was a dirty deal. Bob, Garnett was not gifted as no other team was going to offer more than Jefferson (22 year old paint-scoring stud on futures all star team for NBA) and the rights of Minn to their own potential lottery pick that the Celts owned.  The rest of the junk the Celts threw in was about the same as what LA paid for 27 year old Gasol and other teams would have surpassed that offer immediately.  So Bob-- answer OPK 
Posted by thrombosis

In Response to Re: Tainted Championship : Wrong, Adam Sandler breath......Memphis got the PICK that turned into Marc Gasol - I thought you were a lakers fan??
Posted by OPKIII

In Response to Re: Tainted Championship : Speaking of being HAPPY that your team won......I give you Casportsfan!!  A guy who claims to have an "Advanced college degree"  - whatever that means, yet can't make a point on here without foul language and testicle jokes.
Posted by hedleylamarr