A Will to Power Through

I'm a Suns fan, Steve Nash is the Free Market, and Mike Di'antoni is the Gold Standard. Which means that I know something deep inside my being, down to my living soul through the very door of synaptical pistons.

The NBA is rigged. Yes, I don't know that for a fact, but it's in my gut. Does that take away from the game? A little, yes, but I'll keep watching. That's because every now and then someone figures out how to win at the casino.

The powers that be couldn't stop the Suns from reaching the playoffs. However, once they reached the concrete domes of injustice they (the evil basketball aristocracy) could unleash the full power of the whistling zebra demons (the refs).

*Side note: all this basketball terminology can be confusing, but if you'll stick with me I think it will all become salient.*

The EBA(Evil Basketball Aristocracy) wanted the LA Lakers to advance because then they would have to play the LA Clippers, which would make for great ratings in a large city. The refs did everything they could to placate the EBA to the point of letting the Lakers pretty much have their way with the Suns. Even Steve Nash got angry at some of the calls, a rarity.

Alas, down 3 games it looked like the Suns could not recover from the foul injustice that was set upon them. However, it was not to be.

Mike Di'antoni knows something.

He knows that if his team can score more points than the other team, then the refs can't cheat them out of a win. This means you have beat your opponent by nearly 20 points a game.

If the game is close, then the refs can help the other team win within the last two mintues by calling fouls, jump balls, and other silly, nonsensical inanities, but if the lead is double digits then they can't control the game.

I'm sure the NBA would like to get rid of the rules that helped make the game more to the Suns gameplan, but Phoenix is just too popular.