SocraticGadfly: An officiating gripe about the NBA Finals

June 12, 2007

An officiating gripe about the NBA Finals

No, not the foul on Lebron at the end that wasn’t called. Bowen did foul him, BUT, Cavs fans, it was a non-shooting foul, Van Gundy in the announcing slot aside.

No, my gripe is:

Why does the NBA use a different set of refs for each game? I know Major League Baseball doesn’t do this with postseason umps; I don’t know, and really don’t care, about the NHL stance.

It seems that it would affect continuity and consistency across a series. Is David Stern worried that a prima donna like Crawford is gonna imprint himself on the Finals (were Crawford not suspended)? Or is he even worried about refs throwing a series? Or is this just some dumb thing that nobody’s changed?

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