Game 7 Folks - Does Anyone Care "If" It Was Fixed?

When the Lakers turn it on, boy do they turn it on. It was never close tonight as the Lakers annihilated the Boston Celtics in Los Angeles 89-67 forcing a Game 7 on Thursday at the Staple Center one last time.

Well, at least one last time this season for all the marbles.

You know, I've watched every game closely and the inconsistency from the referees to the players is really quiet uncanny. As long as I've been alive watching basketball, I truly cannot recall an NBA Finals where the referees played such a crucial role in the outcome of the game. Man, I would give anything to talk to Tim Donaghy right about now. Oh, and for those who do not know who he is, he was the referee that was caught cheating. Basically, this guy determined the outcome of games by calling ghost fouls or by not calling a fall so as to ensure to the best of his ability that the score stayed where it needed to be for betting purposes. This is the same guy who stated that there were and are other referees involved in such "tom foolery".

Is there nothing in this world sacred and untainted by greed and money?

Those of you who have followed the Lakers this NBA Finals, I would love for each of you to chime in on your thoughts regarding the idea that maybe, just maybe these Finals were in fact fixed. As they say, "the proof is in the pudding" and my taste buds definitely were tantalized and my eyes surely witnessed a horrible series (due to referees) leading up to a Game 7 in Hollywood - I mean, Los Angeles. What started as a romance novel for Laker fans in Game 1 quickly turned into something from M. Kight Shyamalan and now how appropriate that the Lakers find themselves against the Boston Celtics in the "Downtown Hoop Dojo" vying for yet another title.

Could it be a Garry Marshall (Director of Pretty Woman) type ending?

Like all scripts which have been well thought out, planned and much like every movie - there is a beginning, a middle, a climax and an end. That said, the one thing that does stand out to me is like a Hollywood script - the story has already been written.

Or has it?

Let me know what you think.