Stop Crying Phil!

Phil, you reminded me why I used to hate you so much. You'd fallen off my 'I got nothin for that guy' list because you'd managed to avoid falling into your old habit. But now you've relapsed in a huge way.

Phil, please, for the sake of everyone.....SHUT UP ALREADY! Your team did not get hosed by the refs. Yes, there were some bad calls, but you got plenty of makeup non calls in the second half. Your guys got called for seven more fouls than the Celtics did, just seven. And since they got in the penalty relatively early in more than one quarter, a lot of free throws came from non-shooting fouls. That's life, Phil. Tell your guys to stop reaching in and fouling on putbacks of offensive rebounds. And while you're at it, tell them to stop shooting so many friggin jump shots if they want to go to the line more. You don't get a lot of fouls called on jump shots, Phil. You know that.

But you're back on my list because you went back to your Bulls coaching days with your latest complaint. Just like you were prone to do whenever my Knicks won a game against your team, you cried about the foul shots, or lack thereof, that your team got. So now you're back on my list, Phil. Now the refs, being human, are going to call it your way in game three.

Kobe Bryant will have to pull out a saw-offed shotgun and start blasting in order to get in foul trouble early, and I full expect the 'if he's got three fouls at halftime, he can murder the other guy in the second half because we're not going to give him six' rule to be in effect with Kobe like it used to be wih MJ. If your team doesn't win game three, then the Apocalyse is upon us and we'd better all say our prayers.

Stop crying Phil, it's bad form! Of course it works for you, so I don't expect you to stop. I haven't forgotten how your team got the biggest gift ever from the refs in game six against the Kings six years ago. You're back on my list Phil, and this time you're not coming off.