Top 5 rigged playoffs/finals series of all time.

[Real14]

What's your top 5 that you think was rigged?????

[Legends66NBA7]

You know this type of thread got deleted the last time you tried to make one, right ?

OTOH, might want to make your own Top 5.

[Real14]

You know this type of thread got deleted the last time you tried to make one, right ?

OTOH, might want to make your own Top 5.
What I do wrong?:biggums: its just a regular question man:facepalm

[Spurs m8]

lol

If i had to answer i'd say 2012 spurs okc

Cheers

[Prometheus]

1. Lakers/Kings 2002
2. 2006 Finals

Other than that, I don't know.

[Young X]

I don't really believe in rigged series but if there was one: OKC/LAC last year. Durant and Westbrook got every whistle. They shot more FT's than the entire Clipper team in the last 2 games. Still remember when Westbrook ran into a ref and Paul got called for a foul. :oldlol:

Everybody complains about the 2006 finals but that series was worse.

[BlazerRed]

Lakers/Kings 2002
OKC/Miami

[sportjames23]

InB4


1. Lakers/Kings 2002



****

[ralph_i_el]

Do the honorable thing and stop posting. You have lost our bet

[KNOW1EDGE]

Lakers vs Kings 2002

The worst and most obvious fixing of a game in NBA history. Absolutely pathetic.

[sd3035]

Lakers - Kings should be everyone's number 1

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Lakers/Kings 2002, I've never seen anything like that.

LeBron has definitely gotten favorable refereeing through the majority of his playoff runs but 2002 stands out to me. The 2012 finals were pretty bad, Toronto/Brooklyn last year was bad (I'll admit my bias as a Raptors fan), 2006 finals as well.

Though I didn't see it when it happened, the phantom foul against Laimbeer back in the late 1980s (exact year?) in a Pistons-Lakers finals was bad, though it's more difficult in that case to argue rigged than it was in 2002.

I'll be honest though, I have very little faith in the integrity of NBA officiating in general. I watch the NHL/NFL/MLB as often as possible, the latter two more often than I watch the NBA, and although there are individual games where I'll blame the officiating for the result I've never thought that the game was actually rigged. The NBA is a different story.

[Fudge]

Lakers/Kings '02
Thunder/Heat '12

[inclinerator]

clips vs thunder last year

[SouBeachTalents]

1970 Finals
1973 Finals
1994 ECF
1999 ECF
2013 Knicks vs Celtics

[imnew09]

So many haters. Lakers won it fair and square against the Kings . 3 peat mothafukas.

[IncarceratedBob]

Heat in 06. The league wanted a new star and fabricated wade

[JT123]

1970 Finals
1973 Finals
1994 ECF
1999 ECF
2013 Knicks vs Celtics
This. That Larry Johnson 4 point play might be the most egregious phantom foul in post season history.

[Wade's Rings]

Heat in 06. The league wanted a new star and fabricated wade

D-GOAT:bowdown:

[LAZERUSS]

Lakers vs Kings 2002

The worst and most obvious fixing of a game in NBA history. Absolutely pathetic.

Agreed.

Game FIVE was blatantly pro-KINGS.

How about this... Shaq had ONE FTA in that game.

[Cold soul]

1. Lakers/Kings 2002
2. Heat/OKC 2012
3. Heat/Mavericks 2006 NBA Finals

[HurricaneKid]

The fact that o one has brought up Bucks 76ers ECF in 2001 means everyone here is a young'un. Even Bill Simmons just brought it up on a recent podcast.

[clipps]

Lakers/Kings 2002 GOAT rip off game.
06 Heat/Mavs
Heat/Thunder 2012
Clippers/Thunder 2014 Between CP and the refs, it was 9 on 4.

[Joyner82reload]

02 WCF(Sac/LAL)
06 NBA Finals(Dallas/Miami)
12 NBA Finals(OKC/Miami)

These 3 are on their own level

[JohnFreeman]

People are actually saying 2012 finals? :lol

[Budadiiii]

People are actually saying 2012 finals? :lol
Are you retarded? That series was rigged.

[Joyner82reload]

People are actually saying 2012 finals? :lol

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1188305/touch1_1.jpg

:rolleyes:

One of, if not the worst, no calls in NBA history

[JohnFreeman]

Evidence of the 2012 series being rigged? Apart from that dumb photo of a "possible" foul in one game

[HOoopCityJones]

Agreed.

Game FIVE was blatantly pro-KINGS.

How about this... Shaq had ONE FTA in that game.

This.

How come no one ever brings up game 5? :biggums:

There were just as many questionable calls on the Kings side if you really watched that series from start to finish.

[JohnFreeman]

This.

How come no one ever brings up game 5? :biggums:

There were just as many questionable calls on the Kings side if you really watched that series from start to finish.
People just like to shit on the Shaq and Kobe dynasty. Lakers won the series.

[Joyner82reload]

Evidence of the 2012 series being rigged? Apart from that dumb photo of a "possible" foul in one game

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/19374109/in-a-game-full-of-5050-calls-lebrons-winning-100-percent-of-the-time

Maybe you should have paid attention to the media during those Finals. EVERYONE questioned the percentage of favorable calls the Heat were getting.

[SouBeachTalents]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/19374109/in-a-game-full-of-5050-calls-lebrons-winning-100-percent-of-the-time

Maybe you should have paid attention to the media during those Finals. EVERYONE questioned the percentage of favorable calls the Heat were getting.

Lol, that guy's a known LeBron hater, a less famous Skip Bayless

[JohnFreeman]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/19374109/in-a-game-full-of-5050-calls-lebrons-winning-100-percent-of-the-time

Maybe you should have paid attention to the media during those Finals. EVERYONE questioned the percentage of favorable calls the Heat were getting.
OKC attempted more free throws that game? Plus the OKC team shot poorly that game.

[HOoopCityJones]

2012 wasn't Rigged. If you consider inexperience on OKC's part ringing, then I guess, but that's not reality. They just didn't get enough from Westbrook and Harden was a non factor.

[Joyner82reload]

OKC attempted more free throws that game? Plus the OKC team shot poorly that game.

2012 Playoff leaders in FTA(team)
Miami 637
OKC 489

150 FT gap between Miami and the next team :biggums:

[ciaguy23]

2012 ecf...........that series should of been over before lbj amazing game 6....I went to game 1 and 2 in Miami (celtics fan) and remember doc kg and rondo get t's within the first ten minutes and rondo getting slapped across the face by wade on a game winning layup and no call.

[JohnFreeman]

2012 Playoff leaders in FTA(team)
Miami 637
2nd place 489

150 FT gap between Miami and the next team :biggums:
Generally what happens when you have Wade and LeBron attacking the hoop. If you are OKC and all you are doing is taking jumpers, you aren't getting calls. The series just wasn't rigged, sorry.

[Joyner82reload]

Generally what happens when you have Wade and LeBron attacking the hoop. If you are OKC and all you are doing is taking jumpers, you aren't getting calls. The series just wasn't rigged, sorry.

OKC led the league in the RS with 26.4 FTA in the regular season
Miami wasn't even top 5 with 24.8 FTA

:facepalm

[JohnFreeman]

OKC led the league in the RS with 26.4 FTA in the regular season
Miami wasn't even top 5 with 24.8 FTA

:facepalm
Honestly not trolling, I watched the whole series and OKC just played bad. Durant and Harden disappeared for stretches, Westbrook was taking dumb shots, dumb decisions in crunch time.

[GreggPopazit]

What's your top 5 that you think was rigged?????

Knicks vs Heat 1999

[plowking]

Anyone who said 2012 finals in here has been negged.

[HOoopCityJones]

People just like to shit on the Shaq and Kobe dynasty. Lakers won the series.

Repped. :cheers:

[Relinquish]

2000 WCF Game 7
2002 WCF Game 6

Are the ones that instantly come to mind, but these are just single games. For series':

2006 finals

[JebronLames]

Worst reffed game I've seen since 2007 was 2013 NBA finals game 6 in regulation. In overtime, heat got those 2 calls, but before that, I've watched the full game three times, and counted 17 calls go the spurs way and 2 calls for the heat. I was unbiased while doing this.

[JebronLames]

Lakers/Kings 2002, I've never seen anything like that.

LeBron has definitely gotten favorable refereeing through the majority of his playoff runs but 2002 stands out to me. The 2012 finals were pretty bad, Toronto/Brooklyn last year was bad (I'll admit my bias as a Raptors fan), 2006 finals as well.

Though I didn't see it when it happened, the phantom foul against Laimbeer back in the late 1980s (exact year?) in a Pistons-Lakers finals was bad, though it's more difficult in that case to argue rigged than it was in 2002.

I'll be honest though, I have very little faith in the integrity of NBA officiating in general. I watch the NHL/NFL/MLB as often as possible, the latter two more often than I watch the NBA, and although there are individual games where I'll blame the officiating for the result I've never thought that the game was actually rigged. The NBA is a different story.

Lebron has not gotten favorable refereeing throughout the majority of his playoff runs. :facepalm

[plowking]

Logging on to my alts to continue to neg people who said 2012 finals.

[Milbuck]

2001 Ecf

[JohnFreeman]

2001 Ecf
this

[T_L_P]

Thunder/Spurs was much worse than Thunder/Heat.

That game 6 was just :biggums:

[Mr Feeny]

Agreed.

Game FIVE was blatantly pro-KINGS.

How about this... Shaq had ONE FTA in that game.

Oh boy.

[Mr Feeny]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the 2006 wcsf game 4 between the Suns and SAS. That was cringe-worthy. I've never seen Nash so furious before or since:roll:

[Badazzwriter]

2012 nba finals

[Graviton]

Logging on to my alts to continue to neg people who said 2012 finals.
Plowking is that you or did you give your account to 305ballin?

:biggums:

[MiseryCityTexas]

1. Lakers/Kings 2002
2. 2006 Finals

Other than that, I don't know.


Add the Rockets vs Mavs in 2004. That out of bounds no call courtesy of Michael Finley was pathetic.

[Megabox!]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1188305/touch1_1.jpg

:rolleyes:

One of, if not the worst, no calls in NBA history
How come nobody ever mentions the fact that Durant should've fouled out of that game long before this even happened? Didn't he blatantly charged Battier but they called it a blocking foul instead?

[JohnFreeman]

How come nobody ever mentions the fact that Durant should've fouled out of that game long before this even happened? Didn't he blatantly charged Battier but they called it a blocking foul instead?
Because they are Durant stans

[Smoke117]

Who knew so many women had so much to bitch about?

[dunksby]

Man so many people need to look up the meaning of "rigged" :facepalm

[plowking]

Plowking is that you or did you give your account to 305ballin?

:biggums:

305baller is a biatch.

[aj1987]

2012 Playoff leaders in FTA(team)
Miami 637
OKC 489

150 FT gap between Miami and the next team :biggums:
In the Finals:

Miami - 27 FT/G
OKC - 24 FT/G

Game 1 (the only game which Hicktown won):

Miami - 18
OKC - 27

Game 2 (the game which you idiots are crying about):

Miami - 25
OKC - 26

Lets also ignore the FACT that KD should've been kicked out before that could ever happened. :rolleyes:

[J Shuttlesworth]

How come nobody ever mentions the fact that Durant should've fouled out of that game long before this even happened? Didn't he blatantly charged Battier but they called it a blocking foul instead?
Because only Durant stans are still talking about this

[Pushxx]

Everyone has mentioned the main offenders.

The 4th quarter of Game 7 in 2010 Celtics-Lakers was probably the worst officiated Finals quarter in recent memory.

[funnystuff]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1188305/touch1_1.jpg

:rolleyes:

One of, if not the worst, no calls in NBA history
KD should of been fouled out, simpleton.

[SexSymbol]

2012 nba finals and ECF
02 lakers-kings G5 for the kings, G6 for the lakers, G7 was good officiating
06 finals obviously
1973 finals

[lilteapot]

2012 ECSF Knicks vs Heat Game 4

[Chadwin]

06

those Wade phantom calls

[plowking]

06

those Wade phantom calls

No wonder you in red just 88 posts deep.

[Real14]

In no order minez are...


2012 finals
2012 knicks heat
2013 finals
06 finals
2013 knicks pacers

HM: 2002 west finals and 2007 spurs suns

[poido123]

No wonder you in red just 88 posts deep.


A lot of people note that series as suspiscious PlowGuys :oldlol:


I didn't mind, I had money on the Heat winning that finals.

[sd3035]

I think the people have spoken

Lakers-Kings, Heat-Thunder, and Heat-Mavs are our winners

[Horde of Temujin]

1. Lakers/Kings 2002
2. 2006 Finals

Other than that, I don't know.

Add 2012 ECF Bos-Mia

[Wade's Rings]

A lot of people note that series as suspiscious PlowGuys :oldlol:


I didn't mind, I had money on the Heat winning that finals.

D-Goat Wrecked Dallas:bowdown:

[Psileas]

This.

How come no one ever brings up game 5? :biggums:

There were just as many questionable calls on the Kings side if you really watched that series from start to finish.

Maybe I have. I think I had mentioned Divac blatantly flopping and giving Shaq a few non existent offensive fouls in a game, but I don't remember what game that was. When Game 7 happened, I was thinking "payback time".

[Thorn]

Maybe I have. I think I had mentioned Divac blatantly flopping and giving Shaq a few non existent offensive fouls in a game, but I don't remember what game that was. When Game 7 happened, I was thinking "payback time".
Most likely Game 5. Shaq shot only 1 FT that game and fouled out in 32 minutes. Divac fouled out late in Game 7 on a flop attempt - he and Kobe went for a loose ball and Vlade tried to sell it.

[Da_Realist]

2002 Kings Lakers...

Kings did not deserve to win. They had Game 7 on their home floor and didn't pull it off. Air balls, missed free throws, turnovers, etc. They were shook. Champions should be made of sterner stuff.

Stuff happens. There were some bad calls but the Kings played all year for stuff like that. You have to knock the champs OUT, not rely on the refs to be "fair" on their homecourt! Weak! I heard Brian Shaw say Chris Webber still whines about it to this day. Typical loser mentality. Winners find a way. If not that year, then the next year (see 2014 Spurs, 1989 Pistons). Winners don't whine about it 12 years later when they had every opportunity to right that wrong on their home court two days after it happened.

Had they done what they were supposed to do on their homecourt...after losing to the Lakers the previous two years...after swearing they were the better team all year long...no one would care or remember Game 6.

[Da_Realist]

BTW, they gave away the series when they choked away a 50 point lead in Game 4. Champions put their foot on their neck. The Kings played footsie and got burned.

[Fudge]

OKC/Miami 2012, PERIOD.

[Wade's Rings]

2002 Kings Lakers...

Kings did not deserve to win. They had Game 7 on their home floor and didn't pull it off. Air balls, missed free throws, turnovers, etc. They were shook. Champions should be made of sterner stuff.

Stuff happens. There were some bad calls but the Kings played all year for stuff like that. You have to knock the champs OUT, not rely on the refs to be "fair" on their homecourt! Weak! I heard Brian Shaw say Chris Webber still whines about it to this day. Typical loser mentality. Winners find a way. If not that year, then the next year (see 2014 Spurs, 1989 Pistons). Winners don't whine about it 12 years later when they had every opportunity to right that wrong on their home court two days later.

Had they done what they were supposed to do on their homecourt...after losing to the Lakers the previous two years...after swearing they were the better team all year long...no one would care or remember Game 6.

They didn't win it all the next year because Chris Webber got hurt.

With a loss like that Spirits may be broken and the Lakers gained momentum. I do agree The Kings choked tremendously either way.

I used to believe that series/game was rigged but after hearing different opinions/facts my opinion has wavered.

Mistakes like putting Divac on the Line in Game 4 and iirc they had a large lead as well, all helped cost them the series.

[navy]

They didn't win it all the next year because Chris Webber got hurt.

With a loss like that Spirits may be broken and the Lakers gained momentum. I do agree The Kings choked tremendously either way.

I used to believe that series/game was rigged but after hearing different opinions/facts my opinion has wavered.

Mistakes like putting Divac on the Line in Game 4 and iirc they had a large lead as well, all helped cost them the series.
Game 6 was rigged. Game 7 the Kings choked. Although, if the Lakers were about to lose the refs probably would have rigged it to make sure they didnt.

[Thorn]

Game 6 was rigged. Game 7 the Kings choked. Although, if the Lakers were about to lose the refs probably would have rigged it to make sure they didnt.
Man..the Kings could've won Game 7 anyway. 16/30 from FT and 2/20 from 3 in a game that went to OT. Shaq went 11/15 on FTs...when Shaq has a better FT% than your team as a whole, you deserve to lose. Kings shot 80% from the line that year and 53% in Game 7.

No complaints about Game 7 officiating. Kings just lost it.

[Rose'sACL]

Man..the Kings could've won Game 7 anyway. 16/30 from FT and 2/20 from 3 in a game that went to OT. Shaq went 11/15 on FTs...when Shaq has a better FT% than your team as a whole, you deserve to lose. Kings shot 80% from the line that year and 53% in Game 7.

No complaints about Game 7 officiating. Kings just lost it.
but how does that even matter if they should have won game 6? it doesn't matter if they played like current knicks in game 7 when they were cheated out of a win in game 6.

[Da_Realist]

They didn't win it all the next year because Chris Webber got hurt.

With a loss like that Spirits may be broken and the Lakers gained momentum. I do agree The Kings choked tremendously either way.

I used to believe that series/game was rigged but after hearing different opinions/facts my opinion has wavered.

Mistakes like putting Divac on the Line in Game 4 and iirc they had a large lead as well, all helped cost them the series.

You don't puff out your chest all year and give up the ghost because the refs had a bad game. Not the deciding game... The Kings controlled their own destiny and choked. You don't deserve to be champions if you lose your marbles off of one game. Champions are made of sterner stuff.

Detroit in 1988 Finals have an argument. They played their hearts out and had a four point lead with a minute and change to go. A bad call in a game where their star gave his all and had nothing left is championship mettle even in the loss. And even with a hobbling Thomas Detroit barely lost Game 7 IN LA.

The Kings were what we always thought they were. Talent and hot air. Remember Rick Fox punking Doug Cristie in the preseason? Remember Shaq calling them Queens? Remember Phil Jackson calling their fans rednecks? After all of that, champions would have done to the Lakers what the Spurs ended up doing the very next year -- Put their FOOT in their a$$.

[Rose'sACL]

You don't puff out your chest all year and give up the ghost because the refs had a bad game. Not the deciding game... The Kings controlled their own destiny and choked. You don't deserve to be champions if you lose your marbles off of one game. Champions are made of sterner stuff.

Detroit in 1988 Finals have an argument. They played their hearts out and had a four point lead with a minute and change to go. A bad call in a game where there star gave his all and had nothing left is championship mettle even in the loss. And even with a hobbling Thomas Detroit barely lost Game 7 IN LA.

The Kings were what we always thought they were. Talent and hot air. Remember Rick Fox punking Doug Cristie in the preseason? Remember Shaq calling them Queens? Remember Phil Jackson calling their fans rednecks? After all of that, champions would have done to the Lakers what the Spurs ended up doing the very next year -- Put their FOOT in their a$$.
how does it matter when they should have won game 6?

[ProfessorMurder]

You don't puff out your chest all year and give up the ghost because the refs had a bad game. Not the deciding game... The Kings controlled their own destiny and choked. You don't deserve to be champions if you lose your marbles off of one game. Champions are made of sterner stuff.


It was the deciding game in the series, until the refs blatantly cheated.

[Da_Realist]

how does it matter when they should have won game 6?

Did they win? Then it matters because they had to play a Game 7.

Refs had a bad game. It happens. That's why they busted their tails all year long while the Lakers coasted -- to get homecourt advantage in a potential Game 7. They got what they wanted and lost their lunch in the 4th and Overtime.

Can anybody watch the 4th Q and Overtime of that Game 7 and honestly say the Kings were championship material? That's where you earn your lunch. Not hoping the refs are perfect when you think you have nothing to lose (Game 6, up 3-2).

[Rose'sACL]

Did they win? Then it matters because they had to play a Game 7.

Refs had a bad game. It happens. That's why they busted their tails all year long while the Lakers coasted -- to get homecourt advantage in a potential Game 7. They got what they wanted and lost their lunch in the 4th and Overtime.

Can anybody watch the 4th Q and Overtime of that Game 7 and honestly say the Kings were championship material? That's where you earn your lunch. Not hoping the refs are perfect when you think you have nothing to lose (Game 6, up 3-2).
how does it matter what happened in game 7? this is about rigged series and game 6 in that 2002 series is top on that list at least since i started watching in late 80s.

[Da_Realist]

how does it matter what happened in game 7? this is about rigged series and game 6 in that 2002 series is top on that list at least since i started watching in late 80s.

I don't know about rigged. The refs can have bad games without it being rigged. Even still...it can't be a rigged series if the Kings could have and should have won the next game on their home court. Maybe you could argue it was a rigged game, but I'd disagree. The Lakers were playing with their backs against the wall and they played with urgency. Typically, teams that play with a little purpose and desperation get calls. The Kings didn't return the favor...they kept looking at the refs.

I thought it was a bad game but again...aggressive teams usually get the calls, especially at home. When you are trying to win the championship, you have to anticipate that but the King's didn't. They whined that night about it...whined over the weekend...and have been whining ever since.

[GreggPopazit]

In no order minez are...


2012 finals
2012 knicks heat
2013 finals
06 finals
2013 knicks pacers

HM: 2002 west finals and 2007 spurs suns

Right, like the NBA has something against New York doing well.

[HOoopCityJones]

how does it matter when they should have won game 6?

Does that matter when The Lakers should've won gm 5 and been up at that point? You can say the league wanted the series to go the distance , but give me a break with this "They cheated for the Lakers" crap. Game 5 was rigged for them, game 7 was theirs for the taking.

They choked. The rest is history.

[ArbitraryWater]

Only a few years (actually excluding 2002)

1988 (Pistons were champs, then bailout call on Kareem hook... Pistons were 10 seconds away from the title)
1994 Bulls/Knicks
2006 Mavericks/Heat
2010 Lakers/Celtics
2012 OKC/Spurs (Game 6 lol)
2014 OKC/Clippers (Not just Game 5, actually.. that Randolph in R1 suspension was supect, too)

2013?

Lol... The year the Miami Heat attempted the fewest free throws in a 7-game finals series, ever? And were robbed all game 6 long (I remember that shit, was hideous)?

And then people talk about Allen whacking Manu or something, when Manu travelled already, AND the Spurs illegaly put Duncan in the game when the refs reviewed Allen's 3, which should have resulted in a technical FT for the Heat, also.

2012 was hardly, if ever brought up as "rigged" at the time :oldlol:

Besides a youtube clip, maybe... now people act like that shit was fixed?? PLEASE :roll:

Besides one call where LBJ's arm was on KD's, I don't remember nothing "rigged" from that series.. I don't think I even heard a player, coach, or someone in the media talk about that.

[T_L_P]

And then people talk about Allen whacking Manu or something, when Manu travelled already, AND the Spurs illegaly put Duncan in the game when the refs reviewed Allen's 3, which should have resulted in a technical FT for the Heat, also.

Don't ever bring that shit up again around these parts. :coleman:

[ArbitraryWater]

Don't ever bring that shit up again around these parts. :coleman:

Yo Manu was hilarious in that game.. I just re-read ISH's GT, check it out:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=304154&page=124

:D

[HOoopCityJones]

Only a few years (actually excluding 2002)

1988 (Pistons were champs, then bailout call on Kareem hook... Pistons were 10 seconds away from the title)
1994 Bulls/Knicks
2006 Mavericks/Heat
2010 Lakers/Celtics
2012 OKC/Spurs (Game 6 lol)
2014 OKC/Clippers (Not just Game 5, actually.. that Randolph in R1 suspension was supect, too)

2013?

Lol... The year the Miami Heat attempted the fewest free throws in a 7-game finals series, ever? And were robbed all game 6 long (I remember that shit, was hideous)?

And then people talk about Allen whacking Manu or something, when Manu travelled already, AND the Spurs illegaly put Duncan in the game when the refs reviewed Allen's 3, which should have resulted in a technical FT for the Heat, also.

This is why no one takes you seriously.

[ArbitraryWater]

This is why no one takes you seriously.

:kobe:

[T_L_P]

This is why no one takes you seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjxFgXse5oo

[Chadwin]

Donaghy even said 2006 was rigged.

[magnax1]

2006 wasnt even a little bit rigged. Awful defense with the mavs fouling every play is not a rig.

[Rose'sACL]

2006 wasnt even a little bit rigged. Awful defense with the mavs fouling every play is not a rig.
2006 was the time when refs were getting used to new rules and that is why all perimeter players scored a lot that season.
refs adjusted from next season and that is how scoring came down for almost all perimeter scorers.
i didn't watch 2006 closely so can't comment on if it was rigged or not but rules were challenging for refs to adjust to in that first season with new rules.

[KirbyPls]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjxFgXse5oo

:applause:

[Artillery]

Only a few years (actually excluding 2002)

1988 (Pistons were champs, then bailout call on Kareem hook... Pistons were 10 seconds away from the title)
1994 Bulls/Knicks
2006 Mavericks/Heat
2010 Lakers/Celtics
2012 OKC/Spurs (Game 6 lol)
2014 OKC/Clippers (Not just Game 5, actually.. that Randolph in R1 suspension was supect, too)

2013?

Lol... The year the Miami Heat attempted the fewest free throws in a 7-game finals series, ever? And were robbed all game 6 long (I remember that shit, was hideous)?

And then people talk about Allen whacking Manu or something, when Manu travelled already, AND the Spurs illegaly put Duncan in the game when the refs reviewed Allen's 3, which should have resulted in a technical FT for the Heat, also.

2012 was hardly, if ever brought up as "rigged" at the time :oldlol:

Besides a youtube clip, maybe... now people act like that shit was fixed?? PLEASE :roll:

Besides one call where LBJ's arm was on KD's, I don't remember nothing "rigged" from that series.. I don't think I even heard a player, coach, or someone in the media talk about that.

are you a preacher? keep preaching.

great list btw.

[aj1987]

Only a few years (actually excluding 2002)

1988 (Pistons were champs, then bailout call on Kareem hook... Pistons were 10 seconds away from the title)
1994 Bulls/Knicks
2006 Mavericks/Heat
2010 Lakers/Celtics
2012 OKC/Spurs (Game 6 lol)
2014 OKC/Clippers (Not just Game 5, actually.. that Randolph in R1 suspension was supect, too)
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9915329&postcount=119

[dazzer87]

2002 Lakers.......
2010 Lakers.......game 7.....

[BasedTom]

OKC didn't even deserve to be in the 2012 Final, the Spurs got ****ed over.
the most recent Pacers-Knicks also stands out

[finchyyy]

In no order:

Sixers/Bucks (2001)
Lakers/Kings (2002)
Heat/Mavs (2006)
Thunder/Spurs (2012)
Thunder/Grizzlies (2014)
Thunder/Clippers (2014)

[Bernie Nips]

2012 - Celtics vs Heat

Game 2 in particular (if Celtics had won, series was over in 5 games).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpeo2SQQVQ

[aj1987]

2012 - Celtics vs Heat

Game 2 in particular (if Celtics had won, series was over in 5 games).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpeo2SQQVQ
You do know that Miami won the first game, right?


1-2 bad calls =/= a "rigged" Playoff SERIES.

[Bernie Nips]

You do know that Miami won the first game, right?


1-2 bad calls =/= a "rigged" Playoff SERIES.

Yeah, and Celtics won the next 3... 4-1 is a playoff series victory, no?

But nope, KARATE WADE comes through in the clutch.

[aj1987]

Yeah, and Celtics won the next 3... 4-1 is a playoff series victory, no?

But nope, KARATE WADE comes through in the clutch.
Yeah, because Miami plays the same way after losing Game 2. :facepalm

Literally 1-2 bad calls in the ENTIRE series.

[Bernie Nips]

Yeah, because Miami plays the same way after losing Game 2. :facepalm

Literally 1-2 bad calls in the ENTIRE series.

So you're saying Miami were mentally weak to let a 2 game series lead affect the way they played for the next 3 games?

[nba_55]

Yeah, because Miami plays the same way after losing Game 2. :facepalm

Literally 1-2 bad calls in the ENTIRE series.

Let's not ignore the bad calls in favor of Celtics in game 3 and game 4. In one of the games, Lebron got foul out with MULTIPLE questionable calls on him, the refs really wanted to foul him out because of all the complaining after game 2 officiating. Heat would win that game without the phantom calls on Lebron.

[aj1987]

So you're saying Miami were mentally weak to let a 2 game series lead affect the way they played for the next 3 games?
Bosh going down didn't help either, but they didn't have the same sense of "urgency".

[nba_55]

So you're saying Miami were mentally weak to let a 2 game series lead affect the way they played for the next 3 games?

Game 3 and game 4 were officiated in favor of Celtics, Heat would win with fair officiating.

[Bernie Nips]

Let's not ignore the bad calls in favor of Celtics in game 3 and game 4. In one of the games, Lebron got foul out with MULTIPLE questionable calls on him, the refs really wanted to foul him out because of all the complaining after game 2 officiating. Heat would win that game without the phantom calls on Lebron.

Game 3:

Celtics: 24 fouls
Heat: 24 fouls

Celtics: 26 FTA
Heat: 20 FTA

Game 4:

Celtics: 30 fouls
Heat: 28 fouls

Celtics: 20 FTA
Heat: 24 FTA

...seems pretty similar to me.

But let's look at Game 2!

Celtics: 33 fouls
Heat: 18 fouls

Celtics: 29 FTA
Heat: 47 FTA

Yep, totally comparable. The refs REALLY made a statement after the complaints about the game 2 officiating.

Also, Pierce was fouled out in the same game as LeBron was - hardly biased there.

[nba_55]

Game 3:

Celtics: 24 fouls
Heat: 24 fouls

Celtics: 26 FTA
Heat: 20 FTA

Game 4:

Celtics: 30 fouls
Heat: 28 fouls

Celtics: 20 FTA
Heat: 24 FTA

...seems pretty similar to me.

But let's look at Game 2!

Celtics: 33 fouls
Heat: 18 fouls

Celtics: 29 FTA
Heat: 47 FTA

Yep, totally comparable. The refs REALLY made a statement after the complaints about the game 2 officiating.

26 to 20 is huge considering that Heat had Lebron and Wade. Also, they fouled out Lebron with phantom calls that resulted in a win for Celtics. Miami had that game. Refs made their statement by fouling out Lebron, the player who was known for not fouling a lot that season and the best player in the league.

[Bernie Nips]

26 to 20 is huge considering that Heat had Lebron and Wade. Also, they fouled out Lebron with phantom calls that resulted in a win for Celtics. Miami had that game. Refs made their statement by fouling out Lebron, the player who was known for not fouling out that season and the best player in the league.

Can you show me these "phantom" calls?

Pierce was fouled out before LeBron was - it was a physical game.

And 6 FT is huge because why? They deserve more FT every time they play? Haha!

[nba_55]

Can you show me these "phantom" calls?

Pierce was fouled out before LeBron was - it was a physical game.

And 6 FT is huge because why? They deserve more FT every time they play? Haha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCwpd16ukGQ (3:20)

one of the multiple phantom fouls

[Horde of Temujin]

I am so glad that Stern is gone.

I think under Silver the officiating will be better.

Stern was a master manipulator.

Such an evil bastard

[Rose'sACL]

Can you show me these "phantom" calls?

Pierce was fouled out before LeBron was - it was a physical game.

And 6 FT is huge because why? They deserve more FT every time they play? Haha!
are we playing this who had more FTs game?
i remember spurs getting way more FTs in 2013 finals but i think that the refs did a good job.
who had more FTs is the stupidest way to say that game was rigged.

[Black Mamba's B]

Lakers / Pistons 04
Heat / Thunder 12
Lakers / Celtics 08
Bulls / Knicks 94
Mavs / Heat 06

[SouBeachTalents]

Lakers / Pistons 04
Heat / Thunder 12
Lakers / Celtics 08
Bulls / Knicks 94
Mavs / Heat 06

:roll:

[Bernie Nips]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCwpd16ukGQ (3:20)

one of the multiple phantom fouls

That's hardly a rigged call, just a tricky one.

And the Heat went into the second half down by 14, the last quarter down by 5...

Last quarter fouls:

Celtics: 7 (one an offensive foul, one a double foul)
Heat: 3 (one an offensive foul, one a double foul)

So the Heat actually got the help down the stretch and still couldn't win. Not favouring the Celtics at all.

[Bernie Nips]

are we playing this who had more FTs game?
i remember spurs getting way more FTs in 2013 finals but i think that the refs did a good job.
who had more FTs is the stupidest way to say that game was rigged.

If you'd read my original post it had a link to how the game was rigged in OT - just showing the disparity between Game 2 and then the next couple of games.

[nba_55]

That's hardly a rigged call, just a tricky one.

And the Heat went into the second half down by 14, the last quarter down by 5...

Last quarter fouls:

Celtics: 7 (one an offensive foul, one a double foul)
Heat: 3 (one an offensive foul, one a double foul)

So the Heat actually got the help down the stretch and still couldn't win. Not favouring the Celtics at all.

Tricky? hahaha. It wasn't a foul and it was called as a foul, that's all you need to know. That foul decided the outcome of the game. Let the ''tricky'' and ''rigged'' labels out of that.:oldlol:
And you can't just put the numbers of fouls and say it was rigged, post videos.

[inclinerator]

san antonio vs heat 2013 and 2014

in favor of sa

[nba_55]

If you'd read my original post it had a link to how the game was rigged in OT - just showing the disparity between Game 2 and then the next couple of games.

And BTW, the fifth call on Lebron was also ''rigged''. It was an offensive foul on KG, Kg shoved Lebron, they called the foul on Bron :oldlol: . They clearly wanted to foul him out to make a statement.

[JerrySeinfeld]

Lakers / Kings
Heat / Mavs
Heat / Thunder
Bucks / Sixers
Sonics / Suns

[bootsy]

Bucks / Sixers



Idiots still mentioning this series when Glenn Robinson missed a point blank 5 footer in Game 5 and AI missed a game and was not close to 100% the entire series. There was nothing rigged about that series. The Bucks weren't good enough to win.

[DMAVS41]

Idiots still mentioning this series when Glenn Robinson missed a point blank 5 footer in Game 5 and AI missed a game and was not close to 100% the entire series. There was nothing rigged about that series. The Bucks weren't good enough to win.

LOL

It was probably the most one sided series of the modern era. Idiots? Only an idiot would deny the joke that series was.

[jzek]

Lakers - Kings should be everyone's number 1

Don't know about that. '06 Mavs and Heat should be very high on everyone's list too.

[Milbuck]

Idiots still mentioning this series when Glenn Robinson missed a point blank 5 footer in Game 5 and AI missed a game and was not close to 100% the entire series. There was nothing rigged about that series. The Bucks weren't good enough to win.
:facepalm

[Legends66NBA7]

I think under Silver the officiating will be better.

What are the basis on these thoughts ?

[jzek]

Anyone else find it weird that Shaq was involved in two of the m ost rigged series of all time? :wtf:

[Shih508]

Lakers/Blazers 00 Game 7 4th qtr
Lakers/Kings 02 Game 6 4th qtr
Heats/Mavs 06 Game 3 4th qtr
Lakers/Celtics 10 Game 7 4th qtr

Fabricated Stars who Sterns liked.

[Shih508]

Anyone else find it weird that Shaq was involved in two of the m ost rigged series of all time? :wtf:

it's more of Lakers and Kobe. The team and players that Stern wanted to see they win but just weren't good enough.

Kobe's in at least 3 if u include 10 Celtics/Lakers game 7.

[SouBeachTalents]

Lakers/Blazers 00 Game 7 4th qtr
Lakers/Kings 02 Game 6 4th qtr
Heats/Mavs 06 Game 3 4th qtr
Lakers/Celtics 10 Game 7 4th qtr

Fabricated Stars who Sterns liked.

How exactly was that specific quarter "rigged"?

[Blue&Orange]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCwpd16ukGQ (3:20)

one of the multiple phantom fouls
Don't know how to use timestamps on youtube, thinks a clear obvious foul is a phantom foul, Ladies and gentleman insidehoops retard n

[Blue&Orange]

the most recent Pacers-Knicks also stands out
Thanks. Idiots kept saying Knicks were a jump shooting team, fact is Knick and pacers played 10 games that season and only one had a ludicrous FT disparity.

Knicks went 5-2 against Heat and Spurs, and embarrassed the Heat with multiple blowouts, even the lebron "revenge" game. NBE did Lebron another favor.

[Slim_Slugga]

2012 wcf spurs vs thunder

Spurs got robbed bad in that 4th quarter.

[Captvic]

Spurs vs Suns 2007 West semi's

Ill never forget Tim Donaghy.

[Shih508]

Rockets vs Lakers 2009. Adelman's team was going to upset Lakers again and Stern rigged it again.