Game 5 and 6, the official breakdown

Nobody likes it when officials decide the outcome of games, espeacially in the playoffs. Unless of course its Detroit on the recieving end. The NBA has dodged a T.V. ratings bullet thanks to poor officiating followed by a Detroit meltdown. The league has avoided another slow, grind-out Finals between Detroit and San Antonio by giving the Cavs free reign during the Eastern Conference Finals. People need to stop saying that the playoffs are more physical than the regular season because that is a lie. Case and point: Game 6 of the Cavs vs Pistons. It started as a free-throw shoot out that Detroit wasn't invited to. I know that the new rules Stern established are supposed to boost scoring, but it seems to me that it only does this by calling more shooting fouls which results in free-throws which is a very boring way to solve the problem of low scoring games.
But this series was decided before it started. The Cavs mugged, elbowed, and flopped their way to victory. The rules only applied to the Pistons. Remember earlier this season when Kobe "inadverdantly" slapped Manu Ginobli in his pie hole? Kobe was suspended for a game and fined. LeBron elbows Chris Webber in the face, again, "inadverdantly" and the league fines him and gives him a flagrant one. Oh, and this flagrant was issued on the day IN BETWEEN GAMES 1 AND 2! WTF?! How does that help the Pistons? Where is LeBron's suspension? Why couldn't McDyess' flagrant two be judged at another time and place outside of a game so he could continue playing in Game 5? This series was a sham. The league has made its allegiance clear when it decided to revamp the rules to disallow farting near a perimeter without being called for a foul. All these rules have done is encourage flopping and give teams more free-throws. Good move Mr. Stern. Make the league more exciting on paper, but more painful to watch. In business its always about the bottom line.