TA and the officiating

[Ryan W]

JB, thanks for reposting the mike martin post
highlighting the 9.33 point per game disadvantage.  We
all know there's something going on with the
officiating and it's nice to have a stat that pretty
much encapsulates the injustice.

Yes, Red would have made a stink, and we know Tommy
would have.  But what will it take to make Doc go
bonkers?  Is money or reputation that important to
him?  Criticizing the officiating through the media
works, and all the very very good, HOF coaches do it
(Riley, Popovich, Phil Jackson, etc...) or have done
it.  We've got an air-tight case here, and Doc doesn't
have to get too nasty, but he has to state the
obvious.  Doc is not fighting back, and it's that lack
of killer instinct that's killing the team as a whole.
 We need a galvanizer, something to rally around
because it is really us against the world.  If we're
lucky enough to get past Atlanta on Sunday, we NEED a
fair shake on the officiating in the Cleveland series
if we have any hope of getting past them.  If I'm Doc,
and we win on Sunday, I use the post-game press
conference to blast the officiating.  It'll take the
pressure off the team, start a debate on the
officiating, and hopefully give us a chance to even
the playing field.  All that for only $50,000.

And if there's one thing that Doc could use, it would
be a mean streak.  His passivity is infecting this
team.  If I'm a Celtic, seeing my coach tiptoe around
an obvious injustice because he's afraid to get fined
doesn't exactly inspire me for the next game or the
rest of the playoffs.

Ryan
--- JB <JB_Celticsstuff at Comcast.net> wrote:

> 
> On May 3, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Ryan W wrote:
> 
> > If we can make it out of this
> > series, the C's would be best served to make the
> > officiating the lead story in the next series.
> > Everybody should complain, from Danny on down,
> because
> > only when it's a story, and everybody is watching
> the
> > officiating, will we get a fair shake.
> >
> > Ryan
> *******
> Agree 100% Red would have cold cocked one of them.
> 
> See below for the gory details:
> 
> This article is from Celtics 17  You can visit them
> @ http://mvn.com/nba-celtics
> 
> Looking Rather Pedestrian in Atlanta
> 
>
http://mvn.com/nba-celtics/2008/05/03/looking-rather-pedestrian-in-atlanta/
> 
> 
> 
> As mikemartin at the [2] Celtics17 board mentioned,
> here is the  
> summary of the foul situation, which is interesting
> indeed:
> 
> In all six games added up in this series, the Hawks
> have beat the C’s  
> in free throw attempts 204 to 133.
> 
> Thats a difference of 71 attempts.
> 
> 71 attempts at roughly 79% shooting (hawks ft
> shooting in postseason)  
> = 56 points.
> 
> 56 points divided by 6 games = 9.33 points per game
> 
> Statistically speaking, Atlanta has a 9 point
> advantage every game at  
> the line this postseason.
> 
> Now, is that a testament to their play style? Or is
> it our inability  
> to get the same calls at the other end?
> 
> In three games against Atlanta in the regular
> season, the Hawks edged  
> us in free throw attempts 77 to 75 . . . a
> difference of 2 attempts.
> 
> 2 attempts at roughly 70% shooting (hawks ft
> shooting vs Boston in 3  
> regular season games) = 1.4 points
> 
> 1.4 points divided by 3 games = .466 points per game
> 
> So in the regular season, Atlanta had a .466 point
> per game advantage  
> at the line. But somehow, in the postseason, that
> same stat jumps to  
> 9.33 points per game?! Did Atlanta become that much
> better at driving  
> to the basket since April 12th?
> 
> Astonishing. That is why it’s hard for the homer
> Celtics fans like  
> myself not to point to the officiating.
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