Most obvious rigged playoff game?

[UK2K]

Which one has your vote? Me personally, I have to go with the Heat/Mavericks game. Wade being sent to the free throw line again, and again, and again, and again, and again... After the game, I sat back and thought, what just happened....

Game 7 2000 Western Conference Final Portland Trail Blazer vs Los Angeles Lakers

In the deciding game of the Western Conference Championships June 4 in The Staples Center. With the series tied at three wins each, the Trail Blazers were leading the host Lakers, 73-58, early in the fourth quarter then were outscored, 31-11 in the last 11 minutes and lost, 89-85. The Trail Blazers took 16 FTA the Lakers took 37 FTA . The Trail Blazers top defensive players Arydas Sabonis & Scottie Pippen both fouled out. In the fourth quarter every call was in favor of the Lakers.

Both of Sabonis 5th & 6th fouls were terrible calls, both came on blocking calls. When Portland lost Sabonis they had to go to Brian Grant, who at 6'8" was too small to play key minutes at center against Shaq.

Game 6 2002 Western Conference Final Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers

In all the Lakers took 27 foul shots in the fourth quarter. With Sacramento up 3 games to 2 this rigged game prevented them from advancing to the NBA Finals. For the game the Lakers took 15 more FTA both Scott Pollard & Vlade Divac both fouled out on plays where they did not even touch the Laker player.

" too many of the calls in the fourth quarter were stunningly incorrect , all against Sacramento. I have never seen officiating in a game of this consequence as bad as that in Game 6." - Michael Wilborn Washington Post

Game 5 2006 NBA Final Miami Heat vs Dallas Mavericks

In total Wade went to the foul line 25 xs, There were 5 separate fouls on Wade in which he was never touched. The internet bloggers refer to them as the Phantom Fouls. Miami as a team went to the line 49 xs to Dallas 25 xs. Dallas finished with 6 more field goals 11 more rebounds & lost the game by one. Both of Dallas low post defenders were in foul trouble Diop fouled out Dampier finished with 5 fouls.

And, as if you needed proof, here was one of those Phantom Fouls

http://youtu.be/fydhtOSlfW0

[sammichoffate]

Game 6 Sac vs LA. Worst officiating in NBA history.

[Droid101]

How come nobody ever mentions game 5 of the Sac/LA series in threads like this? Oh yeah, because the reffing was for Sac instead of LA and nobody cares about the Kings.

[Meticode]

How come nobody ever mentions game 5 of the Sac/LA series in threads like this? Oh yeah, because the reffing was for Sac instead of LA and nobody cares about the Kings.
It's bad either way.

[TheMagicMan]

Obvious agenda revealed against the Lakers. Reported. Mods pls act accordingly (lifetime ban preferably).

[SilkkTheShocker]

Too many OKC and Laker games to pick from

[Droid101]

It's bad either way.
Exactly. Both of those games deserve a mention.

[Sarcastic]

Pacer/Knicks Game 6 ECSF 2013. Pacers took 46 free throws to the Knicks 18 for the game, and were +69 for the entire series.

Video proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF46sx4drmM

[TheMagicMan]

How come nobody ever mentions game 5 of the Sac/LA series in threads like this? Oh yeah, because the reffing was for Sac instead of LA and nobody cares about the Kings.

Also, ask any of these fakkits who reffed Game 6 and 10 times out of 10 they'd say "Tim Donaghy" :facepalm

[zoom17]

Too many OKC and Laker games to pick from

This

[TheMagicMan]

Too many OKC and Laker games to pick from

http://oi61.tinypic.com/qxs2lt.jpg

[finchyyy]

[IMG]

2K15 will definitely have him in an OKC jersey, with the Heat jersey as alternate kit.

[brownmamba00]

Portland missed 13 shots in a row, shot 5/25 in that 4th, bricked several freethrows but yeah refs rigged the game :sleeping

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Also add game 7 of the 2010 Finals. Free-throw after free-throw for the Lakers.

[Springsteen]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xL_ZsqeYCi4/UFkEgnxYt5I/AAAAAAAAAeE/q_vx5IPPzJk/s1600/kobebibby.jpg

[jzek]

government needs to step in

[zizozain]

2012? game 5 Heat vs Bulls

[UK2K]

Pacer/Knicks Game 6 ECSF 2013. Pacers took 46 free throws to the Knicks 18 for the game, and were +69 for the entire series.

Video proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF46sx4drmM
I was at that game...

Yeah. Of course I was going for Indy so I didnt say anything, but this is the first time I ever looked at the box score, and, wow...

But why would the league want Indy to beat NYC?

[kamil]

Game 6 2002 Western Conference Final Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers

In all the Lakers took 27 foul shots in the fourth quarter. With Sacramento up 3 games to 2 this rigged game prevented them from advancing to the NBA Finals. For the game the Lakers took 15 more FTA both Scott Pollard & Vlade Divac both fouled out on plays where they did not even touch the Laker player.

" too many of the calls in the fourth quarter were stunningly incorrect , all against Sacramento. I have never seen officiating in a game of this consequence as bad as that in Game 6." - Michael Wilborn Washington Post


For this reason I count only 4 championships for Kobe Bryant.

[TheMagicMan]

For this reason I count only 4 championships for Kobe Bryant.

Shaq was on that team too fakkit :facepalm

[bergs14]

Suns v Spurs 06-07 or 07-08...can't remember which.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvkKdXLwt0U

[SpecialQue]

This year's game seven in the Thunder/Grizzlies series.

[UK2K]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pw9g1efbNs

Thats a pretty interesting video if you have 15 minutes to spare...

In the video, it discusses how the league spent so much effort propping Jordan up to be the alpha and omega of basketball, that when he retired, ratings plummeted. It was bad for basketball, bad for ratings, and bad for revenue, so now, its a much 'safer' play to spread out the "superstar" tags to several players in the event one doesn't play (Rose, Kobe) or retires (say, Duncan, Kobe again, Dirk, Nash, etc), then fans have other stars to root for.

It also brings up how officiating affects games, maybe not to the point where it decides a winner, but it keeps the games artificially close to create suspense. I can totally see that happening.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Game 1 2012 Eastern Conference 1st round New York Knicks vs Miami Heat

AKA the fire extinguisher game, this is the most blatant rigging I've ever seen in my life. After the 2011 Finals lebron debacle, Stern had no intentions of letting them play, the script was written on stone. The first Heat game in the playoffs was the strongest statement I ever saw from Stern.

[kamil]

Shaq was on that team too fakkit :facepalm

OOOH!! Big man, calling the ISH's most played out insult, a fakkit!

I don't care about Shaq.

[secund2nun]

Also add game 7 of the 2010 Finals. Free-throw after free-throw for the Lakers.

Yep that was one of the most rigs. Kobe benefits from 3 of the most rigged games of all time.....big market bias.

Also there were some very rigged games against Miami in the 2013 finals.

[LONGTIME]

This year's game seven in the Thunder/Grizzlies series.

:biggums: :coleman:

[JohnFreeman]

Pacer/Knicks Game 6 ECSF 2013. Pacers took 46 free throws to the Knicks 18 for the game, and were +69 for the entire series.

Video proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF46sx4drmM
Jesus, I don't remember that many free throws

[SpecialQue]

:biggums: :coleman:

:D

[JohnFreeman]

Game 1 2012 Eastern Conference 1st round New York Knicks vs Miami Heat

AKA the fire extinguisher game, this is the most blatant rigging I've ever seen in my life. After the 2011 Finals lebron debacle, Stern had no intentions of letting them play, the script was written on stone. The first Heat game in the playoffs was the strongest statement I ever saw from Stern.
:wtf:

[Relinquish]

Jesus, I don't remember that many free throws

I too completely forgot about that one. Holy shit I remember thinking that it was rigged for weeks after I saw it. Felt like the most rigged game I had seen in a while. Also, that GSW vs Lakers game where the FT disparity was 50-16, helping the Lakers sneak into the playoffs. Unfortunately for the league, Kobe tore his achilles in that game and they got swept by the Spurs.

[Droid101]

I was at that game...

Yeah. Of course I was going for Indy so I didnt say anything, but this is the first time I ever looked at the box score, and, wow...

But why would the league want Indy to beat NYC?
They didn't. There was no bias. The Pacers were pounding the ball inside, and the Knicks were shooting all jumpshots. That's where free throw disparities like that come from.

[livinglegend]

add game 7 of 2010 NBA finals. Another game where Lakers got 20+ free throws in 1 quarter to win the game.

[LAClipsFan33]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xL_ZsqeYCi4/UFkEgnxYt5I/AAAAAAAAAeE/q_vx5IPPzJk/s1600/kobebibby.jpg

This.

[SexSymbol]

You literally have no chance to win a debate in 00 was rigged argument.
02 yeah, even then the Kings still had game 7 where they layed an egg

[SkipToMyLou]

2006 miami heat and Sixers vs Bucks

[swagga]

How come nobody ever mentions game 5 of the Sac/LA series in threads like this? Oh yeah, because the reffing was for Sac instead of LA and nobody cares about the Kings.

man even for a retarded kobe dick sucker troll you are a fagggot of epic proportions. I pray to god each night that you will be lobotomized, it would increase you IQ by at least 100 pts.

[swagga]

Game 1 2012 Eastern Conference 1st round New York Knicks vs Miami Heat

AKA the fire extinguisher game, this is the most blatant rigging I've ever seen in my life. After the 2011 Finals lebron debacle, Stern had no intentions of letting them play, the script was written on stone. The first Heat game in the playoffs was the strongest statement I ever saw from Stern.

step your game up son, you slipping.

[hitmanyr2k]

No one ever mentions the Twolves/Lakers Game 3 in 2003. That was without a doubt one of the most rigged games ever in favor of the Lakers and the funny thing is the Twolves overcame several blatant calls against them and still won in OT. It was a HUGE black on eye on the league considering the calls that went against Sac the year before in the Lakers/Kings series.

Edit: Found an old article on that game.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2003/playoffs/news/2003/04/25/lakers_refs_ap/

[Marlo_Stanfield]

basically every playoff series kobe ever played in
OKC Dallas 2012
OKC Memphis 2014 game 1,4 and 7:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[cos88]

hard to choose between fakers vs blazers or kings. rigged at world-class level.

[Relinquish]

You literally have no chance to win a debate in 00 was rigged argument.
02 yeah, even then the Kings still had game 7 where they layed an egg

That argument is invalid. It doesn't matter if they laid an egg, it shouldn't have even gone to a game 7. :confusedshrug:

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Seeing lots of Lakers games in this thread. Interesting.

[livinglegend]

Seeing lots of Lakers games in this thread. Interesting.

very interesting.
Does it have to anything with them being a big market and bringing great ratings? Or it s just a coincidence? :oldlol: :oldlol:

[Sakkreth]

Well 2000 WCF and 2002 WCF was just sad. Lakers 3peat is a joke.