Offensive Foul?
Early in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Heat and the Pistons, the announcers made a comment about the game being a game for men because the refs were letting the players play. Why, then, was Dwayne Wade going to the bench less than halfway through the 2nd quarter with 3 personal fouls? Apparently, because they didn't want to call two blocking fouls on Lindsay Hunter on the same Miami offensive possession. On the first play, Wade was driving to the basket and Hunter, essentially, ran into him. Wade didn't push him down. Wade's elbow/forearm made contact with Hunter, but that just happened to be where they met. Actually, Wade did push a little bit, but it wouldn't be enough to knock over a 5 year-old, much less an NBA player. It was obviously a block. Then, Hunter committed a block on the next move by Wade as well. Wade wasn't moving into Hunter, Hunter was sliding in front of Wade and didn't have the position to take a charge. If Hunter is going to commit fouls, call fouls on him or don't call anything if it's close. The refs shouldn't be baited into calling an offensive foul on the visiting team's best player because the fans boo'ed the previous call and the defender is trying to bait them. I'm just hoping the refs don't ruin this series. Well, that's not all, I hope David Stern doesn't blindly defend their hideous calls as well.

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