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LeBron James and the Miami Heat got some help
from referees in Game 1 against Boston.
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I’m sorry
Eye On Sports NBA fanatics, but seeing the referees ‘help’ the Miami Heat to
their convincing 93-79 win over the aging Boston Celtics, didn’t sit very well
with me – eve if it’s not the first time I’ve seen the refs give LeBron James
and Dwyane Wade some additional help.
To put it
mildly, the officiating in Game 1 was about as bad as I’ve ever seen with Ray
Allen and Doc Rivers
Rivers was
given a tech for simply screaming, "C'mon, Eddie," at referee Ed
Malloy while Allen, one of the league’s classiest players of all-time, was
handed a tech for simply clapping his hand – while turning away from the
referee.
"I
know mine wasn't (deserved). I can tell you that much," said Rivers, whose
team got hit with three individual technicals, a delay of game and an illegal
defense call. "I don't know how long I've been in this league, but that
has to rank as the worst I've ever had. I would have loved to earn it.
"We
should never get them anyway. I told our guys that. But everybody has to keep
their composure. Not just the players and coaches."
Overall,
the Celtics received a whopping four technical fouls with Kevin Garnett also receiving
one for half-heartedly batting the ball.
"We
just got (the technicals)," he said. "I don't know how many we got,
but that's just how it was called."
Speaking
of how the game was called – I’m just going to say that it’s nothing less than
atrocious that the higher ups in the NBA league office (do you hear that David
Stern) feel the need to help their prized Heat receive as much exposure as
possible. Ultimately, that may be the only way that LeBron James wins his
coveted NBA Championship.
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