2012 ECF Game 2 Flashback: Rondo scores 44 points, but refs secure the win for Miami.

[russwest0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndyfsS0bFK8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpeo2SQQVQ

In that game the Heat should of had less points in the paint than the Celtics yet somehow got TWENTY more freethrows

:facepalm

Bill Simmons' take on that game:

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fc766c869bedd655f000007/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

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http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4fc7974069bedd2e4a000001/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

[Rodmantheman]

The Heat dared him to shot and he was making almost all his shots that game.

[aj1987]

Happens pretty much every game to the Thunder opponents.

[russwest0]

Added a separate video showing how rigged that game was :cheers:

[russwest0]

Happens pretty much every game to the Thunder opponents.

What does this thread have to do with the Thunder?

[Redoks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndyfsS0bFK8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpeo2SQQVQ
:roll: :roll: :roll:

How is this guy not banned?

[russwest0]

I swear this is like the 5th time you've made a thread about this. So a missed call with a 1:30 left means the refs secured the game? That shit happens all the time. And i love how the guy doesnt circle KG's arm pushing Wade's waist :oldlol:

Or you know, the proof could be the Heat scoring way less points in the paint than the Celtics that game yet getting 20 more free throws than the Celtics? :confusedshrug:

But hey what do I know, it's not like pretty much everyone who watched that game came away feeling like it was rigged. :confusedshrug:

[aj1987]

What does this thread have to do with the Thunder?
I find it a bit ironic that you, a KD ******ger, constantly whine about how the refs always "help" the Heat.

[russwest0]

I find it a bit ironic that you, a KD ******ger, constantly whine about how the refs always "help" the Heat.

Where am I "whining?"

Just acknowledging one hell of a game by Rondo that doesn't get remembered that much because his team didn't win the game (due to rigging). :confusedshrug:

[russwest0]

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fc766c869bedd655f000007/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fc7946069bedd6844000004/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fc794986bb3f7ed30000006/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4fc7974069bedd2e4a000001/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

Well said by Bill Simmons. :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Too bad he works for ESPN now and isn't allowed to speak out anymore when these types of travesties happen.

[aj1987]

Where am I "whining?"

Just acknowledging one hell of a game by Rondo that doesn't get remembered that much because his team didn't win the game (due to rigging). :confusedshrug:
You might want to re-read your 10,000+ posts complaining about the refs out any of your posts in a Heat GT.

This game was as rigged as of the Thunder playoff games in the past 2 years.

[russwest0]

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320530014

Points in the paint

Heat: 40
Celtics: 30

:roll: Go fukk yourself

I guess I wasn't clear enough. I was speaking on how many they should of had relative to the free throws they should have gotten.

Of course the Heat had more points in the paint on the box score; you couldn't breathe on them. Hell, Rondo is getting whacked in the face and getting no FT's and meanwhile Wade is flying into the paint with a Liu Kang-esque kick and getting FT's for it. All in the most important moments of that game... :facepalm

Also, I'd note the difference in fast break points. Almost half of Miami's "points in the paint" came in transition on easy baskets yet they still shot an ABSURD amount of free throws when you look at and compare it to how the officials were treating Boston that game...

Clearly not fair officiating in the slightest.

[Harison]

Its common for refs to prop superstars and certain teams. Its sad, but its reality in NBA.

[russwest0]

Its common for refs to prop superstars and certain teams. Its sad, but its reality in NBA.

The crazy shit is that Boston won the next 3 games after that. Without the game 2 rig job we're looking at Boston winning in 5 and advancing to the Finals that year.

No "Earned not Given" hype for LeBron (the irony) and no ring for the Heat that year. And that means Ray Allen stays in Boston and the Heat don't win next year because he isn't there to hit that shot.

It's all crazy to think about really. The Heat franchise would have 0 rings with fair officiating.

[russwest0]

Translation: i was caught being full of shit, so im gonna try and act like i knew what i was saying the whole time

So when a team is getting preferential treatment, do they score way less points in the paint and get a lot of free throws?? Because you thought that's what happened and you were proven wrong, so now you're gonna twist it and act like teams have both when they get preferential treatment.

A missed call and a good call now prove that it was rigged?? :oldlol:

I added more to that post (edited) to clarify some things, but regardless I'd seriously recommend that you go back and watch that game. Hell, if someone can find a link to the page of ISH's NBA forum around that time, I'd bet that there were a dozen threads made about the egregious officiating from that game. (If not deleted by the Mods)

I was just reading an article about Rondos game from back then and looked at the comments and it was all just people calling it rigged like it was.

[navy]

Trust me, i fukking hate Miami and i can admit that that game and series wasnt rigged. IDK, maybe i'd have to watch that game/series again. But from memory nothing really stood out to me from that series and game. Heck, i remember Bron (and Pierce too) fouling out over some garbage ass calls in game 4. If the league was really trying to rig that series, they didnt do a great job since the Heat were an ATG game 6 performance from being eliminated again
Close the thread

Haters talk about a rigged series but are always silent when I mention Lebron fouling out. Or that Game 3 where the Heat couldn buy a call. One missed call on Rondo from which it didnt look he was hit in real time and somehow the series was rigged. :oldlol:

[russwest0]

Close the thread

Haters talk about a rigged series but are always silent when I mention Lebron fouling out. Or that Game 3 where the Heat couldn buy a call. One missed call on Rondo from which it didnt look he was hit in real time and somehow the series was rigged. :oldlol:

Rigged "SERIES?" :roll:

That's cute. That whole playoff run was rigged from top to bottom. From Amare's fire extinguisher punching game to Game 1 vs the Pacers where the Pacers whole entire starting unit was in foul trouble, to game 2 of the ECF where on the biggest basket of the game, Rondo gets whacked in the face for no call, all the way to the Finals where the ref was inches away from Durant getting fouled on a shot to tie the game and potentially put OKC up 2-0 but didn't blow the whistle. Hell by the end of that whole run the refs were literally high fiving Spoelstra :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

Probably the most underrated rig job in NBA history, considering the longevity of it all.

[navy]

Rigged "SERIES?" :roll:

That's cute. That whole playoff run was rigged from top to bottom. From Amar'es fire extinguisher punching game to Game 1 vs the Pacers where the Pacers whole entire starting unit was in foul trouble, to game 2 of the ECF where Rondo gets whacked in the face for no call, all the way to the Finals where the ref was inches away from Durant getting fouled on a shot to tie the game and potentially put OKC up 2-0 but didn't blow the whistle. Hell by the end of that whole run the refs were literally high fiving Spoelstra :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

Probably the most underrated rig job in NBA history.

This nikka so shook he's blaming the Heat on Amare punching a damn fire extinguisher. Did you forget Lebron's foul trouble taking him out the majority of the second half in Game 3? The phantom call on Melo so the Knicks could win Game 4? Kevin Durant was suppose to foul out of Game 2 and not even be in the Game to take that shot. Let me guess, all those instances were just fair game right? But any call the Heat get means it's rigged. Quit being dumb. And then furthermore only a retard like you would think the ref was looking to high five Spo, he was telling him to get off the court.

Only thing rigged is all the free throws that boy Kevin Durant gets. Nikka looks like a scrub that gets shut down by the likes of CP3 when officiated fairly. :oldlol:

[russwest0]

Yet again, you're bringing up Durant in a context that has nothing to do with this discussion.

You make winning the debate so goddamn easy lol. Then again, it's not like it was hard with LeBron that year coming at 2nd in minutes played but not even in the top 100 in fouls committed :roll:

Still though, Can I get a real challenge or some shit? :confusedshrug:

[navy]

Yet again, you're bringing up Durant in a context that has nothing to do with this discussion.

You make winning the debate so goddamn easy lol. Not like it was hard with LeBron that year coming at 2nd in minutes played but not even in the top 100 in fouls committed :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Still though, Can I get a real challenge or some shit? :confusedshrug:
The discussion is about rigged officating. Nobody else gets the BS calls Durant gets. :confusedshrug:

Am I going to act like Lebron never gets a call? No. But Lebron is actually good at not fouling because he uses his body well and can push people off rhythm with his strength without extending.

The only thing challenged here is your mental capacity. :roll:

[russwest0]

You already lost the debate so you hanging around here is like a dude getting rejected for a prom request yet still standing at the front of the classroom.... it's.... awkward. :lol

I mean I could go into the specifics like LeBron that year coming in at 3rd all time in total playoff FTA behind only 2006* Wade and peak Shaq, among countless other things, but again, you already got slayed in this debate when you were forced to change the subject and got caught grasping for straws.

Maybe next time, kid. :cheers:

[Im Still Ballin]

This is such a report-able offence.

[navy]

You already lost the debate so you hanging around here is like a dude getting rejected for a prom request yet still standing at the front of the classroom.... it's.... awkward. :lol

I mean I could go into the specifics like LeBron that year coming in at 3rd all time in total playoff FTA behind only 2006* Wade and peak Shaq, among countless other things, but again, you already got slayed in this debate when you were forced to change the subject and got caught grasping for straws.

Maybe next time, kid. :cheers:
This nikka didnt refute a single thing I said and talks about slaying? Im done. :roll:

[Magic 32]

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[mistergreens]

Don't bring quotes from Bill Simmons into a discussion about the Celtics - you couldn't get any LESS objective than that guy.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

no ring for the Heat that year. And that means Ray Allen stays in Boston and the Heat don't win next year because he isn't there to hit that shot.

It's all crazy to think about really. The Heat franchise would have 0 rings with fair officiating.

:lebronamazed:

[I<3NBA]

It's all crazy to think about really. The Heat franchise would have 0 rings with fair officiating.
OKC would have ZERO finals appearance with fair officiating.

[salwan]

Repped.

Goat playoffs performance

[aj1987]

Goat playoffs performance
You're an idiot and russwest0 is a dumbass.

[riseagainst]

i was happy when Lebron won in 2012 and the Heat destroyed the Thunder. But game 2 was really rigged in favor of Miami. The Heat should have been finished in 5 games vs the Celtics. Everyone knows it's a fact.

[CelticBaller]

We got screwed, whoever disagrees is either a heat fan or a ******,

[pegasus]

Miami's ring in 2012 is ever more tainted than the one in 2006. They were helped by refs from the very first game of the playoffs (Knicks) all the way until the last game of the finals. Knicks wouldn't have been able to knock them out even with fair officiating, but the Celtics would have swept the floor with those cHeaters.

David Stern: "It's time we give Lebron a ring." :applause:

[tmacattack33]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndyfsS0bFK8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpeo2SQQVQ

In that game the Heat should of had less points in the paint than the Celtics yet somehow got TWENTY more freethrows

:facepalm

Bill Simmons' take on that game:

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fc766c869bedd655f000007/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fc7946069bedd6844000004/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fc794986bb3f7ed30000006/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4fc7974069bedd2e4a000001/bill-simmons-tweet.jpg

Bill Simmons is a celtics fan and doesn't hide it. So quoting him in this case doesn't really help much.

[Wally450]

The Heat dared him to shot and he was making almost all his shots that game.

At what point though do you stop giving him those looks?

So when he was at 35 points and consistently hitting his jumper they were still giving him space to shoot hoping he'd miss?

Rondo was on another level that night. He got fouled by Wade late in the game..... no call....

[Lebronxrings]

guys just neg, russwest0 is a ******.

[Im Still Ballin]

guys just neg, russwest0 is a ******.
For the fam, bro.

[f0und]

Bill Simmons is a celtics fan and doesn't hide it. So quoting him in this case doesn't really help much.

yup. we might as well ask tommy heinson what his thoughts on the game are.

[(e)]

I remember this game. Miami definitely got benefit of the doubt and Rondo got shafted.

[DaSeba5]

Get over it. And using Tweets from a Celtics fan doesn't improve your argument.

[GrapeApe]

I've noticed a strong correlation between age and complaining about officiating. There are exceptions, of course, but I rarely ever hear older guys bring that stuff up. I think it's because the longer you've watched the game, you get to a point where you've seen it all and realize that there are no conspiracies or rigging. Sometimes officials make mistakes. They aren't perfect and even when they get it right there's going to be criticism from someone.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

I've noticed a strong correlation between age and complaining about officiating. There are exceptions, of course, but I rarely ever hear older guys bring that stuff up. I think it's because the longer you've watched the game, you get to a point where you've seen it all and realize that there are no conspiracies or rigging. Sometimes officials make mistakes. They aren't perfect and even when they get it right there's going to be criticism from someone.

:oldlol: that's the first time I've heard it spun that way, well played. People have the right to be bitter when they feel they've been shafted.

[PJR]

Was there any accusations of rigging during the Celtics/Hawks game 6, with that blown call on Al Horford(one that the NBA admitted to be an error), that the Celtics benefited from?

Oh that's right, the NBA was only rigged when the Heat won.

Fa99ots.

[GrapeApe]

:oldlol: that's the first time I've heard it spun that way, well played. People have the right to be bitter when they feel they've been shafted.

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. It's perfectly natural to be upset when you feel the officiating was poor. My point was it's exactly that, poor officiating, not some sort of conspiracy. Only kids believe that nonsense.

[Shade8780]

Wasn't rigged, but it definitely had it's share of bad calls.

[SHAQisGOAT]

Rondo had a monster game, I'll just leave it at that.

[salwan]

You're an idiot and russwest0 is a dumbass.


:cry:

[Mr. Incredible]

Don't care. Won the title.

Feels Good Man.

[JT123]

Any one else notice that the OP constantly creates the same threads over and over again? During the regular season he would make a "Durant is the best player on the planet" thread on a weekly basis. :oldlol:
He obviously has no idea how to debate, so he figures if he just repeats the same shit over and over again eventually people will believe him. Sad when you really think about it.

[aj1987]

:cry:
You're the one crying, idiot. Miami actually won the series and the Celtics have sucked ass since then.


@PJR, Yeah, it's only rigged when Miami wins. If anyone else wins, it's the best officiated series ever! As a matter of fact, even the series that Miami won with fewer FT's are the worst officiated ever because Miami won...

[BlackWhiteGreen]

You're the one crying, idiot. Miami actually won the series and the Celtics have sucked ass since then.

@PJR, Yeah, it's only rigged when Miami wins. If anyone else wins, it's the best officiated series ever! As a matter of fact, even the series that Miami won with fewer FT's are the worst officiated ever because Miami won...

Not really surprising idiocy like this is coming from a fan of a club who retired #23 for a player who never played for them. How good were the Heat in 2007-08? Did any of that matter after 2010? Didn't think so

[aj1987]

Not really surprising idiocy like this is coming from a fan of a club who retired #23 for a player who never played for them. How good were the Heat in 2007-08? Did any of that matter after 2010? Didn't think so
I guess you need to go back almost 30 years to remember when the shitty Celtics were as dominant as the '11-'14, Heat. Sure, Miami sucked ass for 3 years. They did win a ring the year before though.

Since '88, Miami has won more rings than the "GOAT" franchise. :oldlol:

BTW, a 44 point playoff game is not a "GOAT" Playoff performance.

[russwest0]

Not really surprising idiocy like this is coming from a fan of a club who retired #23 for a player who never played for them. How good were the Heat in 2007-08? Did any of that matter after 2010? Didn't think so

Lol don't mind him. He can be a decent poster but he is oblivious to the rigging his team has benefited from.

He doesn't even think that the 2006 Finals were rigged :lol

[russwest0]

I remember this game. Miami definitely got benefit of the doubt and Rondo got shafted.

Thats all I'm saying but the Heat/LeBron fans in here are getting defensive as hell as if your statement is anything but true.

[CelticBaller]

Since '88, Miami has won more rings than the "GOAT" franchise. :oldlol:

Didn't know the NBA started that year, but what i do know that the heat are pathetic enough to retire jerseys of people who didn't even played for them, i wonder if they are going to retire the janitor's jerseys or yours for being the heats biggest bitch

[Mr. Incredible]

Didn't know the NBA started that year, but what i do know that the heat are pathetic enough to retire jerseys of people who didn't even played for them, i wonder if they are going to retire the janitor's jerseys or yours for being the heats biggest bitch
You mad or nah?

[aj1987]

Lol don't mind him. He can be a decent poster but he is oblivious to the rigging his team has benefited from.

He doesn't even think that the 2006 Finals were rigged :lol
You had a meltdown and ran away like a bitch when I started posting FACTS.