The eternal poet

Phil Jackson made a diplomatic stand the other night, philosophizing about Banknorth Garden referee voodoo:

"I'm more struck at the fact that Leon Powe gets more foul shots than our whole team does in 14 minutes of play," Jackson said. "That's ridiculous."

"I have no question about the fact that my players got fouled but didn't get to the line," he said.

"It's the illusion that's created. The referees referee an illusion."

"Our guys look like maybe the ball was partially stripped when they were getting raked . . . but it was in the crowd, so the referees let that type of thing go," he said.


Great, right?