[Taroostyles]

I really can't believe the amount of calls Atlanta continues to get, by the way the officials are calling this series you would think the Hawks are the 1 seed.

The Celtics are so afraid of getting fouls, they're leaving the Hawks shooters wide open and their knocking them down.

Perk had to get fouled twice to get one call, and if Horford keeps tauntin the C's then Big Baby, Powe, or Perk is gonna put him on his ass.

[Epididymis]

Originally Posted by Taroostyles

I really can't believe the amount of calls Atlanta continues to get, by the way the officials are calling this series you would think the Hawks are the 1 seed.

The Celtics are so afraid of getting fouls, they're leaving the Hawks shooters wide open and their knocking them down.

Perk had to get fouled twice to get one call, and if Horford keeps tauntin the C's then Big Baby, Powe, or Perk is gonna put him on his ass.

It seems like either the Hawks/Celtics or the Sixers/Pistons will be last year's Mavs/Warriors .

[Taroostyles]

The officiating in this series continues to be a joke, I smell a Tim Donaghy in this referee group.

The quarouple technicals was the proper call, but what do they expect? Pachulia is hanging off of KG and they don't blow the whistle, and every little thing gets called on the Celtics.

Eventually it's gonna piss you off when the inferior team continues to get the calls, and they keep doing it.

edit: Did anybody else see this garbage about Pierce being fined $25,000 for a "Menacing Gesture", are u kidding me?

He was totally provoked by Horford and he gets fined for something as ridiculous as that? The NBA really is just getting downright silly when it comes to officiating and fines.

This is unbelieveable, I seriously think Donaghy is calling this game. Every single call is going Atlanta's way, WTF is up with this?

It seems so blatant, obviously Stern and his brain surgeons are too busy fining players for their "menacing gestures" to do anything about the piss poor officiating that continues to haunt the league.

[MovieStarR]

Welp

Toronto's the first team to go home.

Just as I predicted, Orlando won in 5 games.

[lancebf4life]

Atlanta can beat Boston again............lmfao

[Taroostyles]

Atlanta is really gonna even this series up, but I have never seen 2 more poorly and biased officiated games in my life.(And that covers alot of ground)

Also, without Joe Johnson than this game would've had a different outcome. He carried Atlanta thruout the whole 4th quarter.

[MovieStarR]

Originally Posted by Taroostyles

Atlanta is really gonna even this series up, but I have never seen 2 more poorly and biased officiated games in my life.(And that covers alot of ground)

Also, without Joe Johnson than this game would've had a different outcome. He carried Atlanta thruout the whole 4th quarter.

The Suns could use Joe Johnson right about now......

[nukeinyourhair]

Uh.....wtf happened to the Celtics. There is no way that they should have lost 2 games to the Hawks, let alone 1. Bizarre.

[Taroostyles]

Originally Posted by MovieStarR

The Suns could use Joe Johnson right about now......

So could the Celtics really, they had him even before the Suns did.

Here's the thing about the Hawks, they are way better than anybody give them credit for. They're athletic as hell and Johnson, Smith, and Bibby combined for like 75 points tonight, there gonna be hard to beat with production like that.

What I can't believe is that the Celtics had double digit leads in the 1st and beginning of the 4th, and Atlanta still didn't wilt. Hell, the game started 16-3 for the C's, and I already figured that the game was over.

Plus, the crowd had a huge influence and the officating was really beneficial to the Hawks in both games. I've already stated how I feel, it's just ridiculous and I'll leave it at that.

Boston figured after the hot start that the Hawks would fold, and they just didn't. Johnson played an incredible 4th quarter and put the team on his back.

The problem I have with Atlanta is the cockiness of Horford and Smith, they really deserve to get knocked down and yet Pierce gets fined for his menacing gesture.

The officiating is the one thing that really holds the NBA back from being as big as the NFL or MLB, it just affects the game too much.(Plus it doesn't help when you could pull 3 joes off the street and they could call a game better than most current NBA refs)

All things considered, the C's have to play with fire and desire in game 5. Cause I'm not sure with the way the series is being called and how hot the Atlanta crowd is, that they can win a game in Atlanta.

This Atlanta team is also reminiscient of the GS team that beat Dallas last year: Young, Athletic, Hungry, and they have nothing to lose.

I just want a well officiated game 5, it's hard for me to watch these games where one team gets all the calls and it's painfully obvious.

[lancebf4life]

LAKERS WON! YAY