I don't generally watch the regular season in the NBA (watch a couple games live and catch a couple on the TV), but holy crap if this isn't the worst officiated sports league. Phantom calls all over the place in every game. There was a call in the Hawks game yesterday where Pero Antic was literally not even within a foot of touching the guy and he got called for a foul, because the guy acted like he got fouled. Plus, I feel like the refs aren't letting even the softest contact go uncalled. The playoffs are where they are supposed to let the players play. The officiating combined with the 10 minute breaks to watch replays that I can tell what happened after 1 angle are hurting the games this year. At least with the officiating everyone is getting called on bs so it evens out.
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