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Pistons, 19th Century Technology Defeat Magic [Nba Closer]
Published 5/6/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... The Detroit Pistons had the Orlando Magic over for a little playoff dinner, and Stan Van Gundy's team is still choking on the crap they got served at the end of the third quarter. The game clock mysteriously froze at 4.8 seconds, which gave Chauncey Billups the extra time he needed to hit a momentum-changing three-pointer with "0.5 seconds" left. The three-that-wasn't-a-three gave the Pistons a 78-76 lead going into the fourth. Here's some video of the refs getting it wrong. Here's some video of the TNT broadcasters proving the refs got it wrong. And here are some ...

REFS RUIN ANOTHER PLAYOFF GAME
Published 5/6/2008 by BP at I *Heart* Celtics
... squirming while a ref was charged with consorting with the friggin' MOB, you would think that the NBA would do everything in its power to restore integrity to the way the game is called. I am not one to bitch about refs incessantly, in fact I find it tiresome, but the REASON you have refs is so crap like this doesn't happen. Special thanks to David Stern for not allowing these types of plays to be reviewed because he's a sniveling Machiavellian goblin. Thanks to our homeboys at Odenized (via ...