I used to follow pro basketball, but with each passing year the NBA seems more and more rigged, with the referees outright controlling the outcome some of the games, and with the revelations about Tim Donaghy and Dick Bavetta, that seems pretty much true.
Yep, David Stern, your cheap attempts to control series lost me as a fan, especially starting with that absolutely horrendous series in 2002 between the Lakers and the Kings. The Kings were a better team by miles, but the refs handed both games six and seven to the Lakers, calling constant invisible fouls and other things.