but the fact is that the rockets didnt excecute on offense in the end. the blazers played better in the end and they deserved to win just on that.

The officiating is embarrassing for the league. Yes i know nba games are difficult to officiate, but tonight was horrible. Ed Malloy made one call on battier when malloy wasnt even looking at the play. Flops only make officiating harder and there will be one time where a flop will determine a game and it will make the nba look horrible

The bottom line though is that if the rockets made their free throws and got the ball to yao more, the rockets win

(While not admitting that the reffing was biased for this game, I’ll agree it was strange.)

Yes, NBA referees suck, but it happens both ways. How much contact does Roy have to draw on Yao for them to call a foul on Yao? Because Yao could pull out a bat and clobber Brandon in the knees and they won’t pull out a whistle. Meanwhile, Wafer and Artest put their heads down out of control and plow into Oden or Przybilla, and its a call every time.

But for as bad as it can be, it rarely makes the difference in a game. Them almost always suck both ways. I know its a news flash, but they don’t have it in for any specific team.

I coach high school basketball here in Oregon, and I tell my players one thing: if the referees are in a position to have an impact on the game, you havent’ done your job.

No playoff series is ever decided by referees. This will be no exception. Portland lost game one because they weren’t ready to play and Houston drilled them for it. Houston lost game two because they didn’t get the ball to the big man and missed their free throws.

Whoever wins this series, it won’t be because of the referees. And any fan, whether Portland or Houston fan who belives otherwise, is only fooling themselves.

(PS, Try being a Pac-10 fan. Those referees are so incompetent, they make NBA refs look phenomenal).

I completely understand, even though I disagree that the refs were what cost the Rockets the game.

i dont think it was the refs either, but complaining about it in a 30 pt blowout and a 4 pt game are different things. the refs can actually affect a game when its a close one like tonight, but they cant in a thirty point blowout.

sorry blazer fans

In the second quarter the Blazers were in the penalty with 7 min left. Blame the refs if you want. You think Yao gets jobbed? Oden had 6 fouls in 11 min. Rockets only had two fouls more than the Blazers.

He is turning into our little Bruce Bowen. While the OP wants to kick him in the yarbles, I want to give him a big hug. If you want know why Joel has to do a bit of acting, it is due to the lack of respect he was getting in the last few years by standing his ground and getting his arms up. For better or worse, the Blazers are learning to play the game within the game by trying to make things “easier” for the officials. I dont really like it that much and was pumped that Brandon would take his lumps after a no call, but now he does quite a churlish yelp after every drive that has moved me more into the Aldridge camp for favorite Blazer.

Please have somebody video tape it. I would love to see that beating.

it is my pet peeve….the league needs to do something…a fourth official?…something?

i’ve not been to a game where I’m not yelling at the refs —BOTH ways…I’m a fan of the GAME not one team particularly….this year it was Portland cause my buddy is on the squad -- next year, who knows? One thing for certain I HATE IT WHEN THE REFS EFFECT A GAME ADVERSELY……and it seems a universal thing

So just because the refs had a bad night, you want me to go print out a picture of former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford and “F**** STAB” it?

Well alright, but I honestly don’t see how thats going to help matters.

They’re just terrible. I had my blazer colored glasses on but I didn’t see a huge discrepency in the calls tonight. Sure I thought they were terrible but they’re always terrible. I’ll go along with the fire stern thing any day.

Yao – 4 fouls
Oden – 6
Pryz – 6
LaMarcus – 5

NUFF SAID

Do we really need to say more? Refs were iffy on both sides…

We won’t see Joey Crawford or the chick (sorry forget her name) so we can have a full two minutes without some ticky tac foul being called on either side.

I had with officiated was very late in the game when Roy (I think it was him) came flying in over Yao’s shoulder and somehow that wasn’t a loose ball foul? Someone please explain it to me (honestly I would like to know if there is something I missed) if there was a reason the ball went to the Portland?

apologize for this rant, and it wont happen again…

i guess i jsut notice all of our bad calls, and dont think of portlands point of view…

I apologize, and it wont happen again

deal with it portland got horrible calls too and way worse calls the first game. you lost the game because portland played better even yao says so. you better watch out cause ive heard some storys that are goin around in Portland and boy they are unbeliveabe

The refs (along with the Blazers inept offense) won you guys game 1 (see what I did there?). Quit whining about the refs…that is the most played out excuse this season. You know have two games in Houston…where it is ridiculously tough to win at. Believe it or not, you would have done a worse job because you probably don’t even know half the rules AND you can actually see the whole game from a vantage point.

Think of it from the referees prospective and brush it off. You still have to win three more to move on.

Greg in particular got the brunt of the bad calls. In the first half we couldn’t buy a call.

You gotta take 3min. and check out my blog on why I think this happened. I think you might like it!
http://sportsbypoofaye.blogspot.com/