The Celtics

Their strategy for winning game 4 is literally to flop up the arena.  The Manu.  It's like Euro soccer.  Garnett had an arm brush the back of his head, and he doubled-over in fake pain, and got the call three seconds after the fact by wincing a whole lot.  Rondo's spent more time on the ground this quarter than on his feet.  I don't necessarily have anything against the Celtics aside from generic NY-BOS hate, so I don't think I'm being particularly biased in my observations.  Their defensive strategy is to fall on the ground every time they feel contact.  THIS is the reason the NBA can't seem to grow its brand (the league as a whole pulls in only about half of MLB, and slightly more than half of the NFL's total despite higher total attendance figures).  Entire team strategies can be built around either inducing bad officiating calls, or anticipating a lack of calls, dominantly due to home court pressure and favoritism towards superstars unlike anything seen in baseball.

If the NBA wonders why they're the only professional sports league that's constantly subjected to collusion conspiracy theories (the 1985 draft's "frozen envelope", 2002's Kings-Lakers series officiating, anything Tim Donaghy says) it's because of the way refs call fouls in Boston, and because of the 42-20 free throw differential in Lakers-Suns game 3.  It's virtually impossible to watch a single basketball game without griping about the officiating, and not just over isolated incidents.

Garnett, Pierce, and Davis have as many fouls combined as Dwight Howard and Vince Carter do individually.  Vince Carter has four fouls  The one player in the league that avoids contact at all costs has four fouls.  That tells you everything you need to know about this game and perhaps this series.  Hope you're looking forward to a 2008 Finals rematch.  I know David Stern is.