Honestly Feels Kind Of Scripted

[mr. dee]

The only way that theory makes sense is if you think the NBA paid off guys like Rozier, Smart and Brown.

There was dozens of point shaving scandals in college basketball. I wouldn't count out the possibility of it existing in the pro league. Probably not our guys, but maybe someone else.

[Celtics4ever]

It seems scripted but there is no way that they could buy off CBS ever, period.   We beat ourselves with poor shot taking and bad decisions, in game seven we played like a young team.

[CF033]

Does anyone else remember something like this? I remember in a big finals game between the Celts and Lakers (maybe Magic's skyhook buzzer beater game I want to say in 1987) the Lakers called a timeout when no one had possession of the ball. The refs gave LA the timeout and gave possession of the ball to LA. That might have even been the bad call that lead to the buzzer beater shot.

[Roy H.]

The only way that theory makes sense is if you think the NBA paid off guys like Rozier, Smart and Brown.

There was dozens of point shaving scandals in college basketball. I wouldn't count out the possibility of it existing in the pro league. Probably not our guys, but maybe someone else.

Perhaps, but what player good enough to impact the point spread is going to risk their NBA career?  How much would that cost?   College kids can be bought for cheap.

Regardless, our back court just sucked.  It happens. Hell, Cousy shot 2-for-20 in a Finals Game 7 once.

[Moranis]

I always find it funny when fans of the winningest franchise in the sports history complain about the sport being rigged.  The hypocrisy is hilarious.

The reality is, basketball, more than any other sport, is most often won by the team that has the best player because in basketball one player can affect the game so much and over the course of a 7 game series, it is hard to beat the best player 4 times.  It should never surprise anyone when that team wins a series. 

[satch]

The NBA recently has a history of a rogue official. (IF you believe his book there is more than one.) I call it surgical game manipulation which has an accumulative effect.

[hwangjini_1]

The only way that theory makes sense is if you think the NBA paid off guys like Rozier, Smart and Brown.

There was dozens of point shaving scandals in college basketball. I wouldn't count out the possibility of it existing in the pro league. Probably not our guys, but maybe someone else.

Perhaps, but what player good enough to impact the point spread is going to risk their NBA career?  How much would that cost?   College kids can be bought for cheap.

Regardless, our back court just sucked.  It happens. Hell, Cousy shot 2-for-20 in a Finals Game 7 once.

Good point on the Couz.

If smart and rozier had combined to shoot 3 pointers at the abysmal rate of 20 percent the Celtics could of have won. Instead they went 0 for 14.

Sometimes a team or a few players on the team plays poorly.

[fairweatherfan]

InfoWars CelticsBlog remains the worst CelticsBlog.  Though at least roping in the teams that lost is a novel angle.

Our youth and inexperience finally caught up to us and the Rockets have been notorious playoff chokers for years, so two veteran championship teams overwhelmed them. Doesn't have to be any more complicated than that.

[kozlodoev]

The NBA recently has a history of a rogue official. (IF you believe his book there is more than one.) I call it surgical game manipulation which has an accumulative effect.

It is funny to me that people get all up in arms about a "rogue official" but then turn around and take everything he puts in his book at face value despite the fact that it's been written by a complete crook. I don't believe for a second there's anything that was put in there for a reason other than to make Donaghue look better.

With all this being said, I think the impact of refereeing on game outcomes is minimal to none. The "who's the ref" tonight paranoia is pretty much a waste of time.