do anybody think the maimi heat won the campionship because they are good or because the refs cheated?

Question

I am a die heart fan of the heat I love my boys ALL of them we struggled in the begging but we came through. I i'm tired of people saying they cheated because they got phantom calls what is phantom calls anyway let me hear your input. 10points for the most honest answer

Answer 1

As a pistons fan, I can honestly say that they have skills and lost, not because the refs cheated. They have the skills. I watched the games, they were just plain beaten. Sorry.

Answer 2

I saw that foul against terry. Wade didnt foul him. Terry slipped and he fell and as he was falling wade touched him. Thier wus no backcourt violation. The rules state that after the 2 minute mark players are allowed to inbound the ball from anywhere. The heat made history. Dirk choked completely. Nobody remebers that free throw he missed at the end of game 3 or the 2 free throws howard made missed right before. Dirk jsut couldnt step up when he HAD 2 . Wade stepped up he wus da agressor and the agressor gets the calls thats the way it is with evry players. If u drive to da basket ur gonna drunk it put a layup or get fouled. The mavericks jsut couldnt stop d wade they were too soft. They did an aswome job on shaq and da roleplayers which would be enough for most teams but listen this kid d wade did sum crazy things and jsut because we see sumthign dat barely happens that only a few GREAT LEGENDS have done that only happen once evry decade doesnt mean it cant happen. A 6'4 shooting guard was able to take control of a whole series in the last remaining 6 minutes down by 13 points. We were witnesses to one of the best series ever. This wus aswome we saw da making of a legend in d wade. The man single handely beat a very tough dallas team. Only a few hanful of players can say theve done dat in teh biggest stage in basketball. Stop ruining with all these stupid claims that a few haters have. We saw greatness ppl enjoy it. itll be a long time untill we see sumthing like that again.

Answer 3

I am not a Heat fan or a Mavs fan. The Heat played well (not great, but well). I think Dallas beat themselves more than the Heat beat them. The only game I think was bad due to officiating was the call in game 5. Whether Wade was fouled or not, if it's that late in the game then the refs should not be blowing the whistle. A game of that importance can't be decided on a foul that is questionable. Case and point... Duncan was fouled late in the game during the Spurs/Mavs series and no foul was called. For the refs to call a foul (with under 5 seconds left), it had better be a hard foul.

Answer 4

I'm not going to say Miami is not a good team but...

djmantx could not have put it better; some quality quotes there.
The Mavs lost focus out of pure frustration, and that frustration came directly from the fact that the NBA was in the process of crowning it's New Number One Merchandise Mover. Mr. D(ollar) Wade. God knows Wade is going to move more product playing in Miami than some gawky German is in Dallas.
Forget the timeout
Forget Stackhouse
Forget Cuban
If the phantom foul in game five doesn't get called, the Mavs go home with a 3-2 lead... now tell me they lose BOTH those games... not likely.

absolutly nauseating. no wonder the NBA is losing ground to NASCAR.

Answer 5

The game has changed since back then..A lot of those calls wouldn't have been called for Wade. Honestly, I do think some calls weren't needed. For example, in game 5 at the end, Wade charged Terry and basically threw him out of the play (seriously, Terry flew out of bounds and Terry is not a flopper), and then a foul was called on Dirk which was a handcheck. YoU DO NOT let the game be decided by a foul at the end especially if it's a hand check which was committed for only a second. A handcheck doesn't change Wade's shot at all. Wade just looked off balance and just threw it up. He acted that foul and forced the refs to committ. As a basketball player, genius move, but as a commentator, that's just wrong. Don't let a foul decide the game, it's been like that before this season, and you shouldn't jus change your ways because it's the finals.

In game 6, there were two calls I had to question..in the second quarter, Wade made a basket and was apparently fouled by Marquis Daniels (replays show his nail scratchin wade or no touch). Wade made that free throw. At the end of the game, Wade pushed off of Dirk and Dirk got called for the foul which resulted in 2 made free throws for Wade. Replays show Dirk not even making contact, but Wade sort of losing balance and pushing Dirk. That's 3 points which could have changed the outcome of the finals.

Now I am a Mavs fan, and there were a few other things I had problems with such as Dirk getting bumped and thrown down a lot and he doesn't get the calls or Devin Harris in game 5 gettin bumped on 3 layups at least, missed them all and no foul, but Wade gets called for a foul ensuing that play...do I have a problem with that? Yes. Do I think the refs rigged it? No, they are human. Did Wade get Jordanistic treatment? Yea, even Kobe doesn't get those kind of calls. Wade shot more free throws then the Mavs in game 5 which doesn't make sense at all since Mavs players were gettin bumped (in the 3rd quarter, no free throws for the mavs).

Another huge concern was the foul Stackhouse committed on Shaq. Stu Jackson, the one who suspended Stack called Shaq before the decision and Shaq responded about how the foul wasn't that hard. Alonzo even said it was going to be a physical game. Stackhouse clearly intended for the ball and if you are going to foul Shaq, you better foul him hard or he'll blow it off. If Stack had played game 5, it wouldn't have forced Marquis Daniels to play so many minutes. Daniels scored two lucky baskets, a buzzer beatin fade away 3, and a off balance shot. Stackhouse on the other hand could have scored more then 5, and on a better percentage.

I don't know what the refs think, maybe they hate Cuban or maybe David Stern ordered them to make bad calls who knows? But those calls could have changed the outcome of the Finals. People think Miami actually went through this easily cuz they won 4 straight, but 3 of them were close games.

Answer 6

The heat won the title because Dewayne Wade took over, and others chipped in. The Mavs lost the opportunity after being up 2-0 because they got sidetracked by referees. They were looking back instead of forward, and The Heat, especially Wade, seized the opportunity, and went for the throat. I like Mark Cuban, and Avery Johnson, but they screwed up by letting the poor officiating get into their head. The officiating in the NBA has never been very good. Not to mention the fact that after game 3, Nowitzki never showed up!!

Answer 7

besides game 6 (when the Mavs couldn't ht a jumper) the heat played a heck of a game at the end of game 5 the heat won off of a cheap call and game 6 a realy pathetic foul call put them up by three. I was also going for miami but some of those calls were just sad. But Wade is still sick, and the heat desrved it much more than the Mavs, and they played better basketball.

Answer 8

Sorry Miami enjoy your championship...just a few quotes from around the country.............Note: I'm not saying I agree with these perspectives ... but here's a very fair sampling of the e-mails that drifted into my mailbox on Sunday night and Monday morning.


I do solemnly swear, this 19th day of June, 2006 that I will never watch an NBA game again. Everyone is supposed to say what a great game that was with a straight face? At least the WWE has the grace to give you a wink. If watching a man in a flak jacket and thigh pads repeatedly throw himself into defenders to draw foul calls is what passes for "competition," or better yet watching said man hit layups because no one can breathe on him, I believe I can live without [it]. Why would anyone follow a "sport" that employs Dick Bavetta and Stu Jackson? All that was missing was David Stern running onto the court with a steel chair, ABC execs in tow. Bill Simmons, I name thee prophet. It went down exactly as you said it would.
-- James, Richmond, Virginia



Twenty-five free-throw attempts is nonsense, not even MJ would have gotten some of those foul calls. And I'm not just saying this because I'm a bitter Pistons fan. Sixty-year-old officials should not be officiating 20-something-year-old professional athletes.
-- Paul, Detroit, Mich.



Have you ever, I mean EVER, seen a guy get more calls than Wade in Game 5? As staggering as it is to even think it, much less say it out loud, this surpasses the level of calls Jordan used to get in the playoffs. Simply AMAZING. I am a die-hard NBA fan, and I understand and accept the whole "stars get calls" factor, but this is an insane new level. Every time Wade falls down (even if not touched) he gets a call. You called it in your preview, the refs were gonna give some games to Miami, and they did.
-- Jonathan, Raleigh, N.C.



Please admit to everyone that the treatment Dwyane Wade is receiving is absolutely absurd. The final play in Game 5 summed it up: He commits a backcourt violation, pushes off on Terry, then goes wildly to the bucket and gets bailed out on a phantom foul call. Is what the NBA has to do to create its star of the future?
-- Mark, Chicago



I watch very little NBA basketball; however, as the playoffs have been playing out, I have found myself watching more and more games, becoming more interested. Then comes the Finals and I feel like I am watching pro wrestling, except I can fool myself into thinking those matches aren't fixed. At least it makes the NBA the easiest sport to gamble on.
-- Jeremy Louden, Cincinnati



I want to say something about Dwayne Wade, but I fear I may get called for a foul.
-- Warren, Ludington, Mich.



Unfortunately you were right that the NBA finals could come down to the officials. David Stern would rather choke to death on his own vomit than hand Mark Cuban the trophy. It's clear he instructed the refs to take an active interest in the outcomes of the games. Every time Wade drives the lane the refs call a foul on whoever is closest.
-- Jeff, Baltimore



After witnessing the Game 5 debacle, I am absolutely convinced that Stern is trying to fix the Finals for D-Wade and the Heat. Stackhouse's suspension, Dirk's phantom foul in OT, and then Joey Crawford's inexplicable call for a Mavs timeout -- it all adds up too perfectly. This could be a conspiracy as far-reaching as Watergate. I can already imagine the inevitable ESPN movie, "All The Commissioner's Men," where a stubborn, upstart young sports columnist brings down Stern and the entire NBA hierarchy. So, Simmons, the only question is: Will you be our Bob Woodward?
-- Robert P., Topeka, Kan.



All the comparisons between Wade and Jordan need to stop right now. There's no way Jordan would have gotten that call in the final seconds of Game 5.
-- Chris Richardson, Charleston..............

Answer 9

They are good. It would had for the refs to cheat and let the Heat win 4 games in a row. The Heat earned the title.

Answer 10

One of the worst calls at a crucial period was when Wade was about to drive and he blatantly hit Dirk in the chest and yet Dirk got called for the foul resulting in 2 free throws for Wade.