NBA referees have a tough job no doubt, but still, I think the game tonight between the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Mavericks was thrown Mark Cuban's way, courtesy of his blog posting about ref stats.....
Its time for my ref stat updates. As usual no names, no claims, just the facts and nothing more or less !This week holds lots of fun facts that you can inspire your friends with.
Total fouls called are still up over last year , with an average of 48.17 in total fouls being called per game. (compared to 42.73 last year)
The average number of calls by the 3 veteran officials who call the most total fouls is about 52, while the average of veteran officials who call the least fouls is about 44.
I'm only partially kidding, because the Bulls had several questionable calls go against them, and lost the game in the final 7 seconds after a phantom Bull player forced the ball out of bounds, giving the Mavs one last possesion, down by a point.
Bleh. Chicago played better than the Mavs, but still lost.
-update: this game seemed to have turned around the Bulls season.
