You can blame the game on missed free throws or the horrible field goal percentage, and surely I would agree with you on most nights. Yet after watching last nights game as well as all the NBA nationally televised games I really can't tell the difference between the "real" refs and the hated replacement refs. Sure the refs have had a layoff and could be rusty, but 90 bleeping free throws between the two teams. Personally last nights game was in shambles because of the refs. I remember a sequence in the 4th quarter, the game was in it's final 3 minutes (2:00-3:00 is when this sequence happened) and there had to have been 6 consecutive trips down the floor that either team was called with a foul which resulted in free throws. Now what makes a game slow and stagnant? Fouls! The refs ruled the game, making calls just to hear their whistle hit it's high notes.

我在听我的草地st favorite sports radio personality, Canzano, and he brought up the point that a third party company should oversee the refs and their on court performance. Well for probably the first time in my life I agree with the man. The refs need to let the game unfold without their whistles stopping play. This league is becoming a league in which if a player "acts" like they were fouled then they were, and if their name is Anthony, James, or even Roy they get the call. No blood, no foul! I cannot stand watching a game that has no rhythm because the refs interrupt it.