In the words of legendary asswhip TV character, Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!"
Guess which referees just "happened" to come up in the rotation for tonight's must-win game for the home team, as reported on this Celtics blog:
Joey Crawford
Home Team ATS 32-22-3
Home Team W/L 36-21
Avg. Home Score 103.5
Avg. Road Score 96.9
Home Avg. Margin 6.6
Mark Wunderlich*
Home Team ATS 37-32-3
Home Team W/L 46-26
Avg. Home Score 101.5
Avg. Road Score 95.6
Home Avg. Margin 6.0
And....drum roll please...........
Bennett Salvatore
YES!! Don't drop the soap Celtics, Salvatore the Impaler is in the house! Kobe may as well set up a Barcalounger on the free throw line.
Home Team ATS 42-35-0
Home Team W/L 52-25
Avg. Home Score 103.0
Avg. Road Score 97.9
Home Avg. Margin 5.0
If you're counting, these three refs are a combined 134-72 SU for the home team. I'd love to hear the pre-game discussions amongst the Celtics players as they realize they're going to be playing 5 against 8 tonight.
*By the way, Crawford and Wunderlich were two of the officials who let L.A. off the hook at the end of game 4 of the San Antonio series, when Fisher "fouled" Barry at the end of the game. David Stern could not do more to guarantee a Lakers victory if he launched the entire Celtics team in to space. Good times!
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Keith Olbermann's blog : 2000 Florida voter fraud :: TOOOAST!!! : Crooked NBA Finals officiating
Best POOOAST!!! ever. Deserves a Deadspin link. (Unless you stole it from another blog that was linked at Deadspin.)
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I discovered that info on a random Celtics blog right as I was running out the door. Ironically, I'm a staunch defender of the NBA and don't believe games are rigged at all. If anything, the refs get sucked up in the home crowd emotion sometimes.
But when I saw those names, I had to poooast.
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