Originally Posted by edwardcyh

That's exactly what I have been saying!

Kobe drew fouls like DWade, while Dallas couldn't buy a whistle late in the 4th quarter...

In Dallas' defense, when the refs aren't letting you touch Kobe, how in the world are you suppose to guard him? I am not taking anything from Kobe because he was brilliant down the stretch, but at least be consistent on both ends of the floor.

Couple things to think about:

- Jackson going for 900th win
- LAL going on a two-game road trip after the Dallas game. 1st road game is in Memphis, a pretty weak Western Conference team, so Jackson would have certainly captured his 900th win there if Dallas had prevailed. Who in Memphis would celebrate Jackson's win?
- Dallas going for 14th win

"Wouldn't it be sweet for Phil to get his career benchmark AT HOME and break Dallas' streak?"

It's like Bonds hitting his benchmark HR at home so it can be celebrated....

I still think Dallas performed well last night, even in the fourth quarter. There are simply "circumstances" that AJ cannot control.

Originally Posted by croco

If the Mavs played their best ball in the fourth, they would have won easily. That's what counts most for me, not conspiracy theories no matter how real they might be. We don't need sour grapes after a relatively unimportant game, save them for the playoffs.

Just saying that arguing questionable calls has never lead to anything positive, also regarding the Finals. We might still be a little bit more on the radar after all comments Marc Cuban has made in the past, but I'm glad he didn't say anything that time.

Originally Posted by Blink4

Aww, poor Mavericks always getting screwed over by the refs.

Originally Posted by VeN

homer goggles..

Originally Posted by Ninjatune

Not at all, I remember looking over and saying with about 4 mins to go, for everyone to watch closely to the calls down the stretch and tell me if they see any change in the way the calls have been made up until then. One after another there were no calls that should have been while Kobe was getting the Wade treatment on his end of the court.

Having said that, our 4th quarter D was no where near par, and we did let some guy with a girls name hit too many 3's, but Terry definitley should have gone to the stripe on his drive and Dirk's drive should have drawn a foul to.