tracey_nice wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
I agree somewhat, you can't give the sole blame of a loss for a foul, but you can blame a loss on a foul. As much as whether it's the first couple minutes of the 1st or last couple minutes of the 4th shouldn't be officiated differently; it is. The norm for the last couple minutes of the game is to let the players settle it, just the way things work. I am not insuiating that the officials should call nothing, the obvious should still be called; but , it was pretty obvious that Kirlenko flopped, which should have been a no call.
And none of this implies that Houston would of won the game if the call wasn't made.
I agree Kirlenko did flop, But there was also foul on the play. When ever a offensive player hooks a defensive player with there arm and hand it kind of forces the ref to make that call. There is certain fouls they need to call no matter how much contact is made. If an offensive player is allowed to hook a player with his arm then there is always going to be easy shots for the offense. Scola impeded Kirilenkos ability to get out and guard the 3 point shot. Now if he would have set a screen and Kirlenko ran into that I could see a no call.
