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I thought the fix was in for the Lakers in the first half. Once KG got himself into foul trouble, the refs called the game as lopsided as I have EVER SEEN. I was fuming. I checked online and even SPURS FANS were in agreement that the Lakers were being shafted.
In the 3rd quarter it was evident that the Wolves NEEDED the Lakers in bad foul trouble in order to play EVEN with them. Shaq put out a big middle finger to the refs, played with 4 fouls for the whole quarter and the team saved their hacks for the last 12 minutes. It payed off, 'cause they came out without fear in the fourth and the refs, probably sensing that they were a little too obvious in the first half were forced to even out the calls a little bit.
Stern really wanted that game 7, but his henchmen blew the magic trick. The Lakers played 8 on 5 and still won.
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