Article:The NBA What is happening.

Well, it has finally happened. Yesterday I was watching the Lakers-Celtics game and could not believe what I was seeing. Koby Bryant with only 4 fouls attempts and everytime he touched the ball 2 or more Celtics beat the crap out of him. Whatever image  Sterns wants to built about the NBA refs being fair was just thrown out the window. Even at the end of the game when Bryant took the winning shot, he was fouled and nothing called. I have seen it all from the beginning until now and what was on the tube was trouble with a capital T. It was so one sided that I almost left the game and went to watch something else. A Laker blocks a Celtic shot and gets called for a foul that on a second look, shows he only got ball and it was the forward movement of the Celtic player that caused the contact in the first place. All the players of the past are having heart attacks right now. But I only call them as I see them and what I saw yesterday was a complete disgrace to refereeing any sport much less the NBA professional league. I had to write something about it because it is getting out of hand. Either call it straight for both or get out of the game. No wonder the players are complaining all the time about the refs. Some of the calls are so far out of line that you do wonder if something is happening that we the public are not aware of. Refereeing is hard at any level but at this level it should be without any doubt the best and I am sorry to say that it isn't even close to being the best at anything. If I didn't love to watch basketball so much I would wash my hands of the whole thing and go do something else. Even playground games with no refs are more consistent than the NBA games. Maybe we should let the players call the fouls on themselves, at least they would be consistent, maybe not right or unbais but consistent just the same. The TV coverage is making almost impossible for the refs to make a mistake without be talked about but even with this they should be able to do it consistently from game to game and series to series. I maybe way out there about this but it is happening more and more each year and yesterdays' game just put me over the top with all the bad refs. Forget the cheats and whatever, just let the refs be on the ball and call a fair and impartial basketball game. I don't think that is too much to ask for, but maybe it is especially if Sterns is running the show.