The refs were atrocious tonight, but that is normal in a Pistons game. The Pistons clutch and grab all game long until the refs are just worn down from their constant hacking. When the opponent does the same thing once in a while, it's called a foul every time. That is "Dee-troit Basketball" in a nutshell, and has been since the late '80s. The Spurs are not far behind in this category. They play the refs' game, and they get the refs' calls. To say the refs were a non-factor in tonight's game is just blind. Yeah, we could have played better, but we shouldn't have to outplay the other team by 20 points to win by 1, know what I mean?
you hit the nail on the head, TP for you.
-lindsey hunter grabs ral allen's arm, takes the ball, starts to dribble, falls, they nail allen for the foul.
-mcdyess scores on a nice give and go. abotu 2 seconds after the ball goes in, he hits the ground. glen davis is given a foul even though he never touhced anyone.
-billups sticks out his leg on a three pointer, kicks eddie house in the groin, gets rewarded with three shots. van gundy calls this a skill.
-hamilton puts the ball in allen's chest, jumps up, semi-heaves the ball towards the rim, gets out on the line. (this was right after sheed's T, an absolute joke).
-hamilton, in the final minutes, gets a 30 foot running start, runs over pierce, throws it in. game over.
two of allen's 5 fouls were bad calls, causing him to miss a lot of the third quarter. we climbed back into the game, then with allen on the bench, the pistons are able to push their leab back to 9 at the end of three.
i thought the refs stunk last night, but that is typical for a pistons game. that is what they have been doing for 20 years, the refs were fine until sheed got the T. after that, they might as well have let dumars, thomas, and mahorn ref the game.