Why was Artest ejected 2 straight games?

Artest is a thug. How many guys are still playing after choking his coach?

The Lakers were up by 11 with 40 seconds left in the game when Artest was ejected. Maybe it was a bad call, but the game was already over, so there was no "rigging" involved.

sorry dude, while you are right in that it was an over reaction by the refs - THE GAME WAS ALREADY OVER!

It did nothing that changed things and I guess they were just wanting to make sure that the final seconds did not get out of control. I give Artest a LOT of credit in the way he handled it, he has really turned into a smart guy who is a hell of a player.

By the way, if you are going to be "rigging games" as you say, you would be doing it at the start of the quarters when it is not as obvious and the result will actually make a player have to sit to stay out of foul trouble. Not when there is no realistic way for the outcome to be changed.

It became excessively puzzling, he followed with the help of, yet no no longer a flagrant 2. Who provides a flying ****? It became meaningless. it is going to obviously get reversed, it had no result on the game, no longer something will take position to Artest. It would not even make up for the terrible call they made on Sasha, that turned right into a decision that particularly might want to've replaced the game. All i elect is for the refs to be consistant, yet no, they call a sprint foul on 2 7+ footers interior the submit yet even as someone almost loses a head they call no longer something. that is stupid. yet to make a deal of this call... that is even stupider. there are dissimilar extra calls that are a lengthy way worse.

Its because artest has a bad past, so they are nailing him. Like if a convict does a crime, they will recieve more time than someone normal guy doing a crime, because they are proven criminals. Much like artest being a proven hot head. Another example is Rasheed Wallace getting techinals for doing nothing.

Also you have to consider that the nba is getting soft. I believe with two ejections, they will stop it.

of course, Artest has a reputation for being too physical, so now days they just eject him for little things, he will probably get ejected next game too

NBA Refs getting paid to do this

They will make sure that Lakers and Cavaliers will have a easy road to the finals.

If thats to cheat and get rid of the hottest player of the opposing team so be it

lol thats why I don't watch the NBA anymore

its so set up, when its set up its not fun to watch

like the Cleveland vs Atlanta series

Watching blowouts isn't fun at all.... lols

They are living in the past, this is now

they ejected him, because they didnt want to see any fights of course

They are "player profiling"