Ralph Nader and game 6

[Todd Springer]

I started not to respond, and then I decided, What the heck.
As a basketball official, I am always amazed at how biased the fans are. I have 4 children. All are envolved in team sports. When I go to their games, Guess what. I am biased also. The problem that I see with all this "Let's blame the refs", is that it puts the blame for losing on someone other than the loser. How many times have we heard," Well, the referees cheated us!" The reason a team loses a game is the same in all sports. They get out-scored! Losing a game, whether it be in little league, or the NBA series, does not make a bad team. But, putting the blame on someone for your mistakes does. This is not an NBA problem. This is a social problem. In our lawsuit happy society, no one has ever done anything wrong. It is always somebody else that caused it. The Kings had opportunities to win the series, and they did not execute. By the way, players miss more shots, than officials miss calls. While some want to blame officials for doing something wrong, why do we need to blame anyone? I am sure all the players were doing their best. As do most officials. What more can we ask for?