Mike-
Yours reflect my feelings precisely about the NBA. They say that refs swallow their whistles in the last minute. I am not a cynical, conspiracy theory sort, but the foul in favor of Wade in the waning seconds was preordained, and as ludicrous as the one game suspension on Stackhouse (no major loss in my book) for his foul of Shaq. For Christ's sake, Shaq is a walking (or standing) flagrant foul.
Ultimately, if Dirk and Howard had hit their foul shots and our soft German wunderkind played to his ability in any of the last three games, none of this would be an issue. As it is, Cuban is getting his comeuppance and the leisurely stroll to the championship is anything but and now at serious risk.
In regards to Phil, he did get some breaks, but a couple- the two plugged lies in the sand- were very bad. He lives by the sword, and in this case, he died by it. Personally, I enjoy watching his style of play to that of the plodders (Furyk, Goosen, Faldo) who generally went with the percentages. I also liked that Phil didn't offer excuses or transfered blame. Still, I wished he had wedged back to the fairway for his second shot instead of trying to cut a three iron around a tree out of the hairy sandy lie.