the league wants heat to win

 First of all, the game was over when Pittman went after Stevenson and the nothing would be different if Pittman was kick out of the NBA at this point, it isn’t going to affect the series. Wade’s hit was bad, but it was on Collison, not George Hill. The league had nothing to do with the way the Heat beat the Pacers the last two games. I could see an argument on Udonis, but it was right after Hansboroughs so I don’t think they wanted to start kicking players out.  

 Can’t you only go from a flagrant 2 to a flagrant 1 during a review? I could be completely wrong, but I am not sure if they can upgrade it even after review during a game. The announcers thought Pittman fell during the play since he was the one who fell down and not Lance. It was obviously a flagrant 2, but I am not sure if he rules permit them to upgrade the initial call during a game. I know you can make a flagrant 2 a 1, but I do not know about making a 1 a 2.  Again I could be completely wrong, but I think that might be how it works.

 The Pittman foul doesn’t prove that the league or the refs want the Heat to win. Pittman is completely irrelevant in what the Heat are trying to accomplish. Dude doesn’t get off the bench unless is garbage time. It’s not going to matter if they don’t suspend him or suspend him for the rest of the season. I agree with you though about the Haslem foul though, that should have been a flagrant 2 and a one game suspension for game 6.  

 The Pittman foul doesn’t prove that the league or the refs want the Heat to win. Pittman is completely irrelevant in what the Heat are trying to accomplish. Dude doesn’t get off the bench unless is garbage time. It’s not going to matter if they don’t suspend him or suspend him for the rest of the season. I agree with you though about the Haslem foul though, that should have been a flagrant 2 and a one game suspension for game 6.  

is an Ind v OKC series. Miami is at least on the East coast. Haslem will just get a fine, he’s too important to the Heat to suspend.

Did you just make this thread to collect down ranks?

The refs sucked, but that is not indicative of a broad NBA conspiracy.  The reality is that the ref cannot upgrade something they called a flagarant 1 to a flagarant 2 after review.  If they didn’t initially think it was a 2, they can’t later upgrade it.  Plus, that game was completely over by the time Pittman did that.  Regardless of the call at the time, the Heat could receive no benefit at that point from a favorable call.

More importantly, we’re still waiting on the league’s determination on the punishment.  It’s very likely Pittman will get 2-3 games and Haslem will get 1 game.  Quit being a conspiracy theorist and look at the world objectively.

I bet Stern wants them in the finals to draw ratings (along with OKC), but I don’t think he’s handing lesser suspensions to get them there.