The Floating Fix

There has been much discussion on TNT about the lack of quality officiating in the playoffs but quite honestly, I'm only suspicious of the Cavs/Orlando series.

I like LeBron James and respect his game and I think he belongs and should stay in Cleveland.

However, (and I don't know the motivation) the referees of this series are calling an asymmetrically imbalanced game that favors the Cavs. For all three games Dwight Howard is being taken out of the game by dubious, ticky tacky foul calls. Now if these were being calling consistently across both teams, I would have no complaints but clearly Dwight Howard is being systematically vilified in this series.

Last evenings flagrant call was absurd. The idea that the referees are settings themselves up to have the ultimate power over Howard being suspended a game is ripe for crooked officiating.

And the review of the play in which Howard cleanly blocked LeBron's shot was reviewed to ensure LeBron got three unearned free throws deserves to be investigated for complicit, brutal NBA stupidity. To review a play and to ignore the obvious F'up to grant free points is wholly inexcusable.

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On a lighter note what about that stupid gaming commercial where Barkley plays Dwight Howard and Wade declared Howard pulls a Hammy. My son asked me why Howard is holding the ankle.

Do commercials get any (pardon the pun) lamer?