08-27-2020, 12:39 PM
I totally agree with the OP.
Being a ref is a tough job, esp. in a pro league full of professional actors. But the refs are highly paid professionals as well, so we can at least expect the same standards applied to all players, all situations and errors in judgement happening on both sides equally, maybe not in every single game, but over several games.
What we see in the Clippers-Mavs series are two teams playing to different rulebooks consistently and this just can not happen. The amount of tiny little mistakes sums up over the game and easily accounts for an 10+ point swing in the clippers direction. A travel call here, a wrong OOB decision there, an offensive foul turned into blocking foul (or vice versa on the other side), a missed and-one call ...
A ref has the job to make sure the game is played according to the rules and protect the players health and it is not happening.
Being a ref is a tough job, esp. in a pro league full of professional actors. But the refs are highly paid professionals as well, so we can at least expect the same standards applied to all players, all situations and errors in judgement happening on both sides equally, maybe not in every single game, but over several games.
What we see in the Clippers-Mavs series are two teams playing to different rulebooks consistently and this just can not happen. The amount of tiny little mistakes sums up over the game and easily accounts for an 10+ point swing in the clippers direction. A travel call here, a wrong OOB decision there, an offensive foul turned into blocking foul (or vice versa on the other side), a missed and-one call ...
A ref has the job to make sure the game is played according to the rules and protect the players health and it is not happening.