Bennet Salvatore should be done!!!

[goz421]

Coome on.  The no call on the last play by Powe.  the pahtome 4 foul on Garnett.  The Ignoring Sheed abnd giving Perk a tech.  The call on Pierce.  he has unjustly influenced the course of this game.  One: intentionally. two;  he is influence dby the crowd.  Both reasons he shoukd be done.

[Eja117]

I challenge him to a sword duel to the death

[goz421]

Forgive my spelling I've been drinking.  The bottle nearly went through the screen on that Pierce play.

[CoachBo]

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I have, and I have called for Salvatore's immediate termination.

[jay_jay54]

Forgive my spelling I've been drinking.  The bottle nearly went through the screen on that Pierce play.

****...these are the moments,you need a few old TV(sets)sitting next to the main one,so you can smash something,right? TP for that one!

[fairweatherfan]

I said in the game thread, the only explanation I can think for the Pierce foul that doesn't involve Salvatore or the league being crooked is that it was a veteran's response to the league for calling out the refs on the Fisher foul.  The refs had to be embarrassed that the league didn't support their guy on a call that, like the players said, usually doesn't get called there.

Basically a ref with a big ego gets annoyed and says "according to the rulebook, that could be called on the offensive player just as easily for initiating the contact" and then enforces it that way at the next opportunity.  I can easily see Salvatore putting his ego ahead of the league and doing exactly that, as his snotty little way of making a point.

I still think Salvatore should be suspended for the Finals at the very least, and possibly further.  Sadly, I don't think that's a firable offense, especially since the other refs would revolt to some degree seeing one of their own getting fired for a call in response to Fisher.  I don't think the NBA would want to stir up that can of worms.

Still, WE WON!!!!  Despite the bad refs, despite the road...we're in the Finals!!

[2short]

Still, WE WON!!!!  Despite the bad refs, despite the road...we're in the Finals!!
Yes agreed.
There is no way that the Pierce 3 pt shot is NOT  a foul.  Horrible call, honestly horribly ref'd series.
In the end we win, great job by all involved.

[cdif911]

Forgive my spelling I've been drinking.  The bottle nearly went through the screen on that Pierce play.

****...these are the moments,you need a few old TV(sets)sitting next to the main one,so you can smash something,right? TP for that one!

despite my spelling I've been drinking... that woulda been classic

[Redz]

KG's 4th foul and the one on Pierce's 3 were just ridiculous.  When have you EVER seen that call on Pierce be a foul??

Dust in the wind now...BUT MAN!

[CoachBo]

I said in the game thread, the only explanation I can think for the Pierce foul that doesn't involve Salvatore or the league being crooked is that it was a veteran's response to the league for calling out the refs on the Fisher foul.  The refs had to be embarrassed that the league didn't support their guy on a call that, like the players said, usually doesn't get called there.

Basically a ref with a big ego gets annoyed and says "according to the rulebook, that could be called on the offensive player just as easily for initiating the contact" and then enforces it that way at the next opportunity.  I can easily see Salvatore putting his ego ahead of the league and doing exactly that, as his snotty little way of making a point.

I still think Salvatore should be suspended for the Finals at the very least, and possibly further.  Sadly, I don't think that's a firable offense, especially since the other refs would revolt to some degree seeing one of their own getting fired for a call in response to Fisher.  I don't think the NBA would want to stir up that can of worms.

Still, WE WON!!!!  Despite the bad refs, despite the road...we're in the Finals!!

TP for the Salvatore comments. The league will hear from me again if that incompetent clown is allowed to so much as sniff the floor for the finals.

[Robb]

I challenge him to a sword duel to the death

Haha.  I'm sure there are tons of us ready for Pistols at Dawn.

[CoachCowens]

so many bad refs in one league. if not savatore one of the many other bad refs will be in the finals

[TerreHaute]

I have been watching, playing, and coaching basketball for over 30 years, and I have never once seen that play with Pierce called that way. Evidently Salvatore is old enough that he can re-write the rule book as he goes along. Is he a cousin of Dr. Naismith?

[Celtic]

At the very least he should be out of the playoffs. If he wasn't trying to swing the game in one direction, then he really is in rough shape, he was completely lost out there, and really ruined the game for an entire quarter.

[fairweatherfan]

I have been watching, playing, and coaching basketball for over 30 years, and I have never once seen that play with Pierce called that way. Evidently Salvatore is old enough that he can re-write the rule book as he goes along. Is he a cousin of Dr. Naismith?

I remember one regular season game this year where I think Kenny Mauer called that exact kind of play (Pierce faking 3, waiting for contact, shooting into the contact) as a travel.  I remember being mad then too.  This call was obscenely bad though...

...Anyone remember that game/situation?  I think it may have been the loss to Charlotte.