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Originally Posted by antoinewalker
do you really think david stern is explicitly telling the refs to call the game in favor of the mavericks' opponents? you do realize all the recent mavs' losses have come on the road? wait until you see the officiating of the mavericks at home before you make that statement.
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Home-court bias and the star system are in themselves something to complain about. But this goes beyond the last few mavs games, and beyond simple referee home-cooking. Remember the Kings/Lakers series of a few years ago? Remember the Pistons/Cavs series? There is something diseased in the system of the NBA, and some symptoms have presented through our very own mavs. You're right about the home-court cooking. Did you know that some refs are more susceptible to the home crowd than others? So that the home team is more likely to win with those refs than with other refs? Who do you think makes the decision concerning which referees work which games during the playoffs? It wouldn't take explicit instruction by Stern.