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You need to read this. I know I've been making fun of the way how the league treated Dwayne Wayne in the 2006 Finals. I do think there were a lot of wrong and "suspicious" calls now I have the numbers the back it up. I was part of the old "Dallas got robbed" media frenzy although nobody reads this thing but it's out there. I thought that the last play of game 5 which ended with DWade on the free throw line again was completely bogus. I stand correct now because it was a good call, Wade got fauled not only one but twice on that drive. It was a very difficult angle and the refs did a great job catching it. You also have to admire the professionalism of Salvatore and his crew to make that call so late in a overtime game in the NBA Finals. Truly nice work.

Now, Henry Abbot and a couple of TrueHoop reader asked the same question I asked myself when I saw the video the NBA had that were used by Salvatore in his interview with Abbot: Why on the name of the Basketball gods they didn't release this video? Why don't they release all this videos of controversial calls, no matter if it's regular season or post season? I guess they don't want to make the refs look bad and question their decisions but in the case everybody is questioning the ref and the guy is right. Doesn't the league should do something about it? I don't have the answer to any of these questions but what I do know is that the NBA needs to changes this close door policy, they need to open up, the fans are calling for it. We are living in a post Donaghy era and every bad move the league makes it will be judge and scrutinize 10 times harder than 6 months ago.


I still believe there was a DWade Free Throw Parade but at least the most controversial call of the entire parade was right. Something's gotta give.