205 Drop: Top 10 referee moments from the NBA Playoffs

The most telling thing about today's list is that I was able to fill it before the second round was over. Part of that is bad media, in that the powers that be enjoy going down the path of the ugly rather than actual game reporting (technicals and flagrants are to the NBA what fights are to the NFL, kill shot tackles are to the NFL, and charging the mound is to MLB)... but the bigger part is that the zebras really are bad, noticeable, and a constant source of attention when they shouldn't be.

Here's how you know it's a problem -- when you *haven't* heard of the ref when they are announced in pre-game, you feel better, because everyone else has a bad history. I'm not sure there's an answer to it, or if this is just a matter of where your eye goes when the games are tight, as many of the playoff games this year have been. But for a league that was supposed to make this Priority #1 in the wake of the Donaghy Fiasco, it's still way too big of an issue.

Anyway, go get All Face with the click. Unless you're a Celtics Fan, that's probably your lasting memory of that series anyway. (So very, very sad.)