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n/a on 4/2/2008 3:36:49 PM |
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RE: Suns vs. Piston - 3/24 Bad Officiating All Around |
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The officiating lately towards the Suns has been horrendous. Last night in Denver, Raja Bell and Anthony got a double T, all well and good. On the next play, Anthony gets the ball, Bell puts his forearm on him and is called for a foul. Questionable call, but okay...somebody says something to him and he starts laughing. Next thing you know he has his second T and is ejected...for laughing at something a teammate said or did. Didn't Crawford get suspended last year for exactly that? Later on, Anthony got called for his fourth foul and ran down the court laughing...shouldn't consistency dictate a T for Anthony? Same game, Amare goes up for a block, gets called for the foul he flings his hands down in disbelief...Technical. Not two minutes later, Camby gets called for a foul and runs down the court screaming and waving his hands...no technical. That goes along with the night before, when between the third and fourth period, the Suns coaching staff came out to speak with one of the officials. It appeared to be a calm, civilized conversation when all of a sudden, another ref, from about 80 feet away, calls a Technical on Dan D'Antoni, when they try to determine why, all three refs walk away and refuse to discuss it.
The biggest problem with refs is a lack of consistency in enforcing the rules. If its a foul for one, it should be a foul for all, if its a T for one, it should be a T for all. Until the refs stope calling the game emotionally and start calling it objectively, they will continue to be looked at as biased and unprofessional. |
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