I love how every Boston fan I know just puts off the officiating last night. Did you watch the same game? There was some calls where the players did minimal push off like they do every game of the year and it gets called. Powe shooting more FT's in about 3 minutes than the entire Lakers team...nothing suspicious about that either. Have fun with your fixed World Championship. You deserve the asterisk like your Patriots and Barry Bonds.
Are you for real??? While I'll admit there were a couple of questionable calls on Kobe, that's it. And the reason Powe went to line so much is because he plays in the paint. Then again being a Lakers fan, you may not realize where the paint is. Instead of blaming the officials like your insufferable coach does, why don't you question why the Lakers SETTLE FOR JUMP SHOTS 90% of the time? Another factoid: the Lakers commited only 7 more fouls than the Celtics last night. That's because Powe was living under the basket when he was fouled in shooting situations.
One last thing: Your POS coach INTENTIONALLY mispronouncing Leon Powe's name was one of the most bush league things I've ever seen in a press conference. It was obvious he mispronounced Powe's name for effect. In other words, "Who's this guy, he's not entitled to getting foul calls.....we're the Lakers, we're entitled!" That kid has been through hell in his life (and he's a super human being by all accounts). Leon has more class in his ring finger than "the Zen Master" has in his entire body. If people think I'm overreacting to this, guess again. This Phil Jackson press conference has been getting huge play all day in Boston.
BTW..........welcome to Eastern Conference basketball. If you can't take the heat, then get out of the kitchen!!!