Do you think games are rig to extend the series?

[bias]

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

With that said, do you believe there’s some level of conspiracy between the league management and the referees to help one team get more favorable calls, just to make sure the series goes longer?

Yes, it is a business and will remain one. However, that doesn't mean that they "arrange"/ fix games, it's not in their favor. As I see it, the risk of getting busted is far greater than manipulating a series, and I'm more than sure that they know it very well. IMO, the ones that want to fix things are the owners. Any team owner needs to understand that the best results come when a league is fair and transparent, and not the opposite. As for the refs, maybe they need a constant reevaluation or some PIR algorithm for being more careful on their decisions, and not to lose their jobs.

[swogerino]

To those following the NBA Conference Finals.. have you noticed anything?

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

With that said, do you believe there’s some level of conspiracy between the league management and the referees to help one team get more favorable calls, just to make sure the series goes longer?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

I don't know about such collaboration though I know for sure that there are rigged games in there. I have always said about one of my biggest surprise results, it was Bolton Celtics, reigning Champions and winners of that season, maybe last one yet they got and lost against last place with an odd 1.04, something I find disturbingly hard to believe it was a coincidence or a rare occurrence as some people like to call these type of results. So since these results happen to make things "more interesting" I can only agree that what you are describing can very well happen in the NBA series, in US I got my specific conviction that anything that make you money is "allowed" through many different "contexts", one of them being what you just said here.

[batang_bitcoin]

I have seen some unusual and weird plays from replays that went through the internet and most of the comments said that it's rigged and, that player probably has got some bet in Vegas. While it certainly is a business, I'll let the time to show if there's really something going on that's beyond our imagination through these important games. If proven that they're trying to rig the system and games to earn more, that's going to be the downfall of the league. And there have been histories of those players that have been betting against their team games.

[Synchronice]

To those following the NBA Conference Finals.. have you noticed anything?

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

With that said, do you believe there’s some level of conspiracy between the league management and the referees to help one team get more favorable calls, just to make sure the series goes longer?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

NBA is business, everything is business where money flows. More games mean more money but at the same time you have to keep in mind that more games increase the risk of injury, which means that highly paid athletes will have to rest. Also, people often watch matches because of top athletes and not because of the whole team.

I want to believe that there is but in my opinion NBA commissioner want to become as clean as possible to protect their reputation since NBA is the most prestigious league in the world for basketball.

NBA is the third largest sports league by revenue in the world, next to NFL and MLB and yes, they want to become cleaner. They added L2M reports and Hawk-Eye. If what OP talks about was true, then there would be lots of people involved into it at too much personal risk for a low reward + high possibility of injuring a player and losing more. NBA is not completely rigged-free but it's doing well.

[Mate2237]

Off course I believe that there is a level of conspiracy between the FA and referees not just in the NBA but sport general there is a level of interference in making sure that teams that has a large followership which has the potentials of bringing more revenues to the league are favored this is related to match fixing .


One thing that people are concerned especially the league management body of different sports is money the the more money that is generated the more money that flows in the system more money is even generated to the clubs so this is a big business that goes on behind the scheme

[Fivestar4everMVP]

To those following the NBA Conference Finals.. have you noticed anything?

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

With that said, do you believe there’s some level of conspiracy between the league management and the referees to help one team get more favorable calls, just to make sure the series goes longer?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

I have no idea, I am not sure since I am not an NBA fan, but then, I've always believe that sports is more of the business than simply sports, this is why footballers, athletes in various forms of sports are paid in huge amount of money weekly or bi-weekly, where does that money come from? It must be made so the players can get their due pay.

So I believe management of any sporting firm know and would do whatever it takes for them to make the money, it is the money that keeps the sports running, without money, there is no sports, so I am absolutely not surprised if the  league management work hand in hand with which ever body interested to extent a game for the benefit of the league in terms of making more money.

[sheenshane]

Though I'm a huge fan of the NBA, I still understand what it is, and my answer is NO.
Do you really think the entire league of players, coaches, and refs sits around plotting how to rig calls just to extend a series?  Maybe focus less on conspiracy theories and more on actual basketball instead of fabricating conspiracies from thin air and wishful thinking.

I don't know if the basketball league is scripted.
It's not like wrestling, which is purely business and a scripted match.

[Odusko]

I have seen some unusual and weird plays from replays that went through the internet and most of the comments said that it's rigged and, that player probably has got some bet in Vegas. While it certainly is a business, I'll let the time to show if there's really something going on that's beyond our imagination through these important games. If proven that they're trying to rig the system and games to earn more, that's going to be the downfall of the league. And there have been histories of those players that have been betting against their team games.

Cases like this is inevitable sometimes, aggrieve party will accuse the officiating team of bias and unfair treatments, and sure is possible for such thing to happen for referee to get biased in favor of a team over the other, it normal but very unlikely in marches that have heavy interest and competing team's with high equal influence, so such matches fixing and rigging only happens in local football leagues and games and very minimal on international stage.

[348Judah]

Off course I believe that there is a level of conspiracy between the FA and referees not just in the NBA but sport general there is a level of interference in making sure that teams that has a large followership which has the potentials of bringing more revenues to the league are favored this is related to match fixing .


One thing that people are concerned especially the league management body of different sports is money the the more money that is generated the more money that flows in the system more money is even generated to the clubs so this is a big business that goes on behind the scheme

How reliable is this, are you just saying this as fact you're sure of with evidence proving the view or you only think of the possibility that it's true, because if the side that has the highest fans are being favored over the other, then we may not enjoy gambling on the other weak side in terms of fame, money and supporter, we should also know that not every history repeated itself, if we had known the outcome of a match before gambling, then no one would have afford being in lose by choosing the less supported team.

[Findingnemo]

To those following the NBA Conference Finals.. have you noticed anything?

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

With that said, do you believe there’s some level of conspiracy between the league management and the referees to help one team get more favorable calls, just to make sure the series goes longer?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

One game is valued at 10 million if I am not wrong or that's what I heard in a podcast so I won't be surprised if they are found doing something like that but it's unlikely to be cause the amount at stake is in billions or even more so if they try to make 10 million they are taking a huge risk of busting everything so it's professionally fair not like our suspicion.

And if ref is becoming biased then it will be obvious and they might take a hit so in this highly surveillance world it's not possible to play the cards in every possible way.

[AmoreJaz]

Though I'm a huge fan of the NBA, I still understand what it is, and my answer is NO.
Do you really think the entire league of players, coaches, and refs sits around plotting how to rig calls just to extend a series?  Maybe focus less on conspiracy theories and more on actual basketball instead of fabricating conspiracies from thin air and wishful thinking.

I don't know if the basketball league is scripted.
It's not like wrestling, which is purely business and a scripted match.

Hard to be scripted as you will see the actual performance inside the arena. If there will be fixed matches, you will surely spot some unusual behaviors and if you are a long-time fan of this sports, would be easy to spot as you can see what's going on with their game. Sure, there will be conspiracy theories. But if indeed there will be games that are rigged, and people will post some proofs, this sports will decline its bettors as well as followers.. It will surely have an impact in their popularity and people will talk about its trustworthiness.

[Odusko]

Though I'm a huge fan of the NBA, I still understand what it is, and my answer is NO.
Do you really think the entire league of players, coaches, and refs sits around plotting how to rig calls just to extend a series?  Maybe focus less on conspiracy theories and more on actual basketball instead of fabricating conspiracies from thin air and wishful thinking.

I don't know if the basketball league is scripted.
It's not like wrestling, which is purely business and a scripted match.

Hard to be scripted as you will see the actual performance inside the arena. If there will be fixed matches, you will surely spot some unusual behaviors and if you are a long-time fan of this sports, would be easy to spot as you can see what's going on with their game

That is in game's that have such technical equipment to replay such wearing spot that call for questioning the outcome of the match and wether or not there is rigging in the results, but most of the matches that are rigged are mostly local games, where there is no adequate technology to capture and monitor all the progress of the match to spot such act of rigging if there is any after the game, i have hard match replay before and it was caused by corrupt officials, but local football games any ways

[Hispo]

To those following the NBA Conference Finals.. have you noticed anything?

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

With that said, do you believe there’s some level of conspiracy between the league management and the referees to help one team get more favorable calls, just to make sure the series goes longer?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

I mean, you have got a theory on what could be going on within such a professional league as the NBA is, but without offering further proof of what you claim, it is just that, a theory.
Though, if you or anyone else managed to conclusively proof that the directive of the league and teams of the NBA rigged their games for the sake of extending their seasons, it would become such a huge scandal that the NBA and the sport itself within the United States would never be seen under the same light again, that is for sure.

I don't follow the NBA so much as I am more into football, but of you could statistically that something is off, then people would start to support your theory and demand for an explanation if your investigation becomes viral enough... how knows... Corruption has shown nothing is sacred in this planet, not even sports.

[batang_bitcoin]

I have seen some unusual and weird plays from replays that went through the internet and most of the comments said that it's rigged and, that player probably has got some bet in Vegas. While it certainly is a business, I'll let the time to show if there's really something going on that's beyond our imagination through these important games. If proven that they're trying to rig the system and games to earn more, that's going to be the downfall of the league. And there have been histories of those players that have been betting against their team games.

Cases like this is inevitable sometimes, aggrieve party will accuse the officiating team of bias and unfair treatments, and sure is possible for such thing to happen for referee to get biased in favor of a team over the other, it normal but very unlikely in marches that have heavy interest and competing team's with high equal influence, so such matches fixing and rigging only happens in local football leagues and games and very minimal on international stage.

They mostly happen in the lower tier of tournaments in football, basketball, and other sporting events that we may know. The most known leagues and tournaments, it's very unlikely to happen. But you can't stop yourself from thinking why those odd plays have happened, why the unusual calls have been called. Why the fouls that are obvious weren't called. These questions are normal for us when we are tuning in to the games and we've seen that it actually happen and that's our first reaction while seeing those.

[robelneo]

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

It's an entertainment business that thrives on the support of its fans, so they are not going to betray their fans and their supporters just for the sake of making money from one or two games.
In fact, they are doing their best to eradicate fixed games to get the trust of the basketball fans; the gate receipts will suffer if fans find out that they are manipulating games for profit.

[finaleshot2016]

Not gonna say it's rigged but at some point they're considering the profit from those additional series. Especially if it's both good teams, and there's a massive audience to it, I'm for sure they want to be efficient in profits and it's their job after all to get profit from playing. You can really feel the shift in momentum sometimes that doesn’t make sense unless you think about the business side which is happening not only to some sports but esports too. At the end of the day, it's a business and they want to take advantage of everything, the hype, the drama and such so yes, might be possible.

[Porfirii]

I don't think they're rigged, although they could perfectly be, but it wouldn't be easy at such a high level competition. That said, what worries me most is the fact that, if they were rigged, and some people were caught cheating, we would forget about it too fast. Like: well, we suspected that something like that could've been happening, so what?

[bhadz]

To those following the NBA Conference Finals.. have you noticed anything?

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

With that said, do you believe there’s some level of conspiracy between the league management and the referees to help one team get more favorable calls, just to make sure the series goes longer?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

In our local basketball league, there is this conspiracy that many have believed to be real whenever the games are in the finals. And that's why many don't watch it anymore. But if it's with the NBA, the league is fair there and they'd penalize the teams that have been found to be part of selling games. While we fans want to see games up to game 7 because that really maximizes the entertainment value that these games are providing to us. It's only a speculation and conspiracy if posts comes out that the management itself is the one deciding to make it up to the referees for them to call based on one's team favor. It's very unsporty and unethical if these speculations are real.

[serjent05]

I am also one of those people who believe that sports is all business, so for me, it is not impossible for the game to be fixed in order to extend the series.  I also noticed that sometimes the game looks a give away when shots that should have been made are missed.

In our local basketball league, there is this conspiracy that many have believed to be real whenever the games are in the finals. And that's why many don't watch it anymore. But if it's with the NBA, the league is fair there and they'd penalize the teams that have been found to be part of selling games. While we fans want to see games up to game 7 because that really maximizes the entertainment value that these games are providing to us. It's only a speculation and conspiracy if posts comes out that the management itself is the one deciding to make it up to the referees for them to call based on one's team favor. It's very unsporty and unethical if these speculations are real.

True, extending the games will make the fans excited, btw, how can the NBA penalize themselves if they are the ones planning the rig for more revenue?  But well, we have no solid proof for that "conspiracy rig theory" so all we can do is just shrug our shoulders and enjoy the game.

I’ve always believed that the NBA is still a business. More games = more money. So it makes sense that the league would benefit from extending a series as much as possible.

It's an entertainment business that thrives on the support of its fans, so they are not going to betray their fans and their supporters just for the sake of making money from one or two games.
In fact, they are doing their best to eradicate fixed games to get the trust of the basketball fans; the gate receipts will suffer if fans find out that they are manipulating games for profit.

Just like what you stated, it is an entertainment business... so it is more inclined to profit while satisfying clients and the tighter the match is the more excitement the fans get, the more they will anticipate the next game, the more revenue for the sports.  Btw, there are lots of actors in sports, so we really can't notice if the game has been planned since they know what they are doing.   

[sompitonov]

I don't think they're rigged, although they could perfectly be, but it wouldn't be easy at such a high level competition. That said, what worries me most is the fact that, if they were rigged, and some people were caught cheating, we would forget about it too fast. Like: well, we suspected that something like that could've been happening, so what?

I wouldn't be surprised at all if this happens, because the world is largely ruled by money and many sly people will do anything just to earn even more. That's why I think the NBA can easily be extended. The only question is how much the fans who have been watching this for a long time will like it, but I doubt that many of them will stop watching their favorite league, maybe they will just express their dissatisfied opinion a little and that will be the end of it.