PLAYOFFS ROUND 1: #4 DAL (4-2) vs #5 UTA (2-4) |

[Jommybone]

Much ado about nothing. It's the playoffs and won't be the last time Luka gets a hard foul. I shudder to think what the reaction would be if this game were played in the 80's.  Whiteside even tried to help him up. Nice theater that Bullock and  DFS came to his rescue.

Was it even a hard foul though? On replay, it looked like an offensive foul to me with the left arm warding off the block while the right hand tried to get the shot off. There was a throw-down shove from Whiteside while Luka was flailing his arms on the way to the floor. But it looked like the throw-down attempt failed to make contact. 

Listen, the first quarter was refs trying hard to keep Utah in the game. But thereafter, it was hometown cookin’ most of the way. Sure, we were owed some calls from the last two games. But no denying we made some of that up last night. And from my seat, this call was part of the makeup effort.