So the crap officiating has already started

Bynum allowed to get away with double dribble

Durant called for sniffing on Kobe

Durant driving to the lane and getting wacked but no call

This is whats sad about the NBA when one team is clearly helped out by the refs.

Now you cant even body up Laker players

Those two calls on Nazr were a joke.

Durant surely did get hit on his arm.

The foul on Kobe was extremely soft.

This is the playoffs. The foul call on Durant needs to be allowed

You're wrong on the "sniffing Kobe" foul I think, and that double dribble sometimes does not get called due to when the ref thinks they get control.

But there was another call you didn't even mention that went the Lakers way and I expect lots to go their way tonight. It's just obvious. And I am a Laker fan, yet I can easily spot the bias in our favor. The great thing about OKC is, they are mature enough to shrug it off. At least...I think they are lol. I cannot wait to see OKC vs SAS in the WCF

Give me a break

My point just got proved right there.

Kobe ELBOWS Harden in the chest no call. Then Kobe EMBELISHS a non foul and gets a call.

What a fuckin jok.e

Dude I agreed with you for the most part. I see some calls going LA's way and I expect more. Just not one or two you referenced earlier. I said this last night. I saw 5 calls go LAL's way in the second half and only 1 for OKC in the questionable or bad category. One was a clearly horrific call.  It reminds me of game 6 in the 2002 SAC vs LAL WCF.

Bodying a player up is part of DEFENSIVE basketball as long as you dont straight up knock a guy over.

The fouls on Nazr or Harden were extremely soft and they arent getting called on the other end.

If you're going to call those soft things for the Lakers, then why arent they being called for the Thunder?

Agreed on those points. People tend to forget that lots of teams get those calls based on who's playing. But because the Lakers have so dominant for sooo long, they focus on a call that goes their way.

I still say the refs are helping the Lake Show tonight.

So now even Jordan Hill is getting phantom calls?

Unreal

More like being called the home team getting ALL the calls.

Durant just drove the lane, gets fouled, no call but luckily makes the basket.

Bynum clearly fouled him. If that was Kobe on the other end it would have been a AND1

Yep the amount of calls they get in LA is sickening.

Its almost as bad as watching a baseball game at NY Stadium.

Quote Originally Posted by waltertaylor24:

Awesome argument.

Wanna tell me how Durant magically ended up on the floor that play?