Indy was totally robbed by the refs

[Snowball]

what a friggin sad joke

that was not a +1 on Rose he was not fouled
and when Indy gets fouled, no call

I had Indy and covered but hate to see blatant favoritism decide a game

[BravesandMagic]

I agree.. Refs will always favor the stars.. unreal.

[FindTheLock]

ahh even if the pacers stole this one they wouldn't win the series. Bulls will lose to the Magic in round 2 for sure!!!

[rsnnh12]

DRose- 4 more FT attempts than the entire Pacers team.

Lol

[mncosoldier]

Yep there was some bad ref calls. Im glad I read somones thread before the game started about the refs in this game. I didnt play real money just sbr points. I cant believe every time rose drives he gets a fouled called.

[kidkonggolf]

Pacers COVERED is the bottom line...parleyed with Mavs.

BOL

[Eating Bookies]

Are you even watching the game?

Most of the time he twists his body to avoid an offensive foul and gets the bucket in.

[agharah1]

Run at basket. Wait for whistle.

[Mr Handicapable]

Frank Vogel should've called a timeout and set up a offensive play for the Pacers late....they gave this one away! Bulls suck...weaker version of LeBron & the scrub Cavs! Pacers played as good as they could for 45 minutes and still lost.....has to hurt! They were 10 for 15 from 3s at one point...still not sure how they fell apart so fast?

[Snowball]

NBA - where AMAZING game fixes happen.

[LordVodka]

This is why the NBA sickens me.

[hanco21]

Welcome to the NBA

[VegasPlayer]

Typical NBA playoff game. Dog leads and then chokes late. Glad I stopped betting this crap. Sixers will do the same.

[Congruency]

DRose- 4 more FT attempts than the entire Pacers team.

Lol

Maybe because he drives so much more than the entire Pacers team?

A very good portion of the Pacers' points came off Collison, Granger and Hansbrough jumpers. Indiana just isn't as aggressive.

[jsmithj88]

Frank Vogel should've called a timeout and set up a offensive play for the Pacers late....they gave this one away! Bulls suck...weaker version of LeBron & the scrub Cavs! Pacers played as good as they could for 45 minutes and still lost.....has to hurt! They were 10 for 15 from 3s at one point...still not sure how they fell apart so fast?

yes. i thought the coach was the reason the pacers lost. all the momentum was with the bulls, he needed to burn as many timeouts as necessary.

[thebestthereis]

they can't have the pacers beat the bulls, it has to be managed at times so the bulls get to the next round no matter what. they will make sure of it when they need to adjust the game. there are no fixes, just adjustments.

[Untied]

They can't allow Rose to get to the line that many times without penalty.

They need to rough him up more, and knock him down, walking that edge between hard/flagrant foul.

Encourage him to shoot jump shots. He was 0 for 9 from outside the arc.

[BeaverPatrol]

There were awful calls both ways if you watched the game. Taj Gibson got called for a pitiful foul in the 2nd setting a pick in which there was barely any contact. If anything it was a good pick. The inadvertent elbow to the dome of Hansbrough could of been a no call as well.

[FindTheLock]

There were awful calls both ways if you watched the game. Taj Gibson got called for a pitiful foul in the 2nd setting a pick in which there was barely any contact. If anything it was a good pick. The inadvertent elbow to the dome of Hansbrough could of been a no call as well.

Inadvertent or not that was a foul. Just because you didn't mean to hit someone in the head it doesn't make it any less of a foul when you do. This isn't the UFC lol

[TheDane]

More times than not, there is contact.

[zogdog]

The calls Rose got were a little ridiculous. When the defender is outside of the circle standing still in plenty of time, and with his arms straight up, how can he be called for a foul? So what if Rose changes direction to avoid the charge, that does not make it a blocking foul, Rose is the one creating all the contact.

[rsnnh12]

Maybe because he drives so much more than the entire Pacers team?

A very good portion of the Pacers' points came off Collison, Granger and Hansbrough jumpers. Indiana just isn't as aggressive.

You're right, its not like the Pacers had 32 points in the paint... oh wait, they did.

Its pretty obvious Rose was getting ridiculously favorable calls. Its going to be a looong playoffs if that continues

[chantrain]

were you even watching the game? D.Rose earned every foul he got. They could have called 1 or 2 more actually where he drew contact but no foul was called


"waaah, refs fixed the game, waaah"

fuckin babies, shut up

[rapidfire5]

Chicago had no business winning this game

[chantrain]

any time people complain about the refs, I just want to punch them in the mouth. Who gives a shit if the refs arent giving your favorite team breaks? Good teams beat the opposing team AND the refs if they need to.

I can't stand to hear whining about the refs

Rose almost has to get KILLED to draw fouls, he puts his career on the line every time he drives to the hoop and 3 defenders collapse on him and swat at him.

[HedBustah1]

indy choked no other way around it, up 10 with 3 minutes left, theyre dreadful

[rsnnh12]

any time people complain about the refs, I just want to punch them in the mouth. Who gives a shit if the refs arent giving your favorite team breaks? Good teams beat the opposing team AND the refs if they need to.

I can't stand to hear whining about the refs

Rose almost has to get KILLED to draw fouls, he puts his career on the line every time he drives to the hoop and 3 defenders collapse on him and swat at him.

"Puts his career on the line"?!? Drama queen much?

You're right, GOOD teams beat opposing teams and the refs. This is the friggin Pacers. How many more disadvantages could they have had? Number 1 seeds shouldn't need the refs to save them in game 1. Pacers blew it, but the refs weren't exactly good.

He got 21 FTA! How many more do you want? How many other players get the call every time they get touched?

[Git Lo]

I agree there was so bad calls including that horrid call towards the end when Noah got that and 1 because he was 'fouled' from behind. That was not a foul actually it just happened in the Heat/76ers game and it was a no call.

[chantrain]

"Puts his career on the line"?!? Drama queen much?

You're right, GOOD teams beat opposing teams and the refs. This is the friggin Pacers. How many more disadvantages could they have had? Number 1 seeds shouldn't need the refs to save them in game 1. Pacers blew it, but the refs weren't exactly good.

He got 21 FTA! How many more do you want? How many other players get the call every time they get touched?

yes, put his career on the line. If you drive and go up in the air and someone swats you hard enough you can fall and break something and bye bye career. look what happened to boozer. Just what I just said, thats what happened. luckily his injury wasnt career ending, but the way he leg bent under him it could have been

[chantrain]

if you think Rose gets easy foul calls, you're either blind or a moron or you dont watch the games

he has to get hammered to get those calls

[dwluv3333]

if you think Rose gets easy foul calls, you're either blind or a moron or you dont watch the games

he has to get hammered to get those calls

haters just want to see the bulls lose, most people probably didnt watch each play to see if they were fouls, they see the high free throw attempts and say "omgwtfbbq rigged"

[EBDOGGN]

To everyone that said the bulls suck.. JUST LOGG OFF AND DONT SIGN BACK IN. Im a heat fan, f**k the bulls.. but if thats your opinion you just dontknow basketball plain and simple. You have to realize that at the end of the day the best of the best players in the world are playing this game and even though theres no big names on some teams these guys can ball and will make anyone sweat on any given night. The bulls staying in the game despite pacers shooting lights out all f**king game and then winning it by 5 is simply incredible. Blame whoever you want, VEGAS,REFS,YOUR BOOKIE etc etc.. These guys are the real deal.

[7secondsOrLess]

the nba wouldve probably wanted indy to win this game so the series would be longer