I've always hated how charge happy collegiate refs are, but the call on Green in the 1st half & Smith late in the game, were just...I mean, this isn't a disgruntled homer complaining that his team got screwed. Those were truly brutal calls, just as incorrect as incorrect gets, by any measure. 1st of all, I've never understood how it's a defender's right to defend a "spot on the floor", you're not playing against a spot in the floor, players do this in lieu of playing actual defense, in a clear attempt to manipulate the rules. How is that practice in accordance with the spirit of good sportsmanship, & the spirit of competition? In addition, I've always thought too much emphasis is put on "feet being set, or not", a charge should be a player wrecklessly, aggressively charging into(imagine that)a defender, REGARDLESS of whether or not anyone's feet are set. These calls, though, were cases of refs looking to call charges, imo. In both cases, defenders threw themselves in front of the offensive player, neither time were their feet set, clearly in an attempt to con a charging call, & tragically it worked. Both times. This is as bad as anything the NBA gets wrong with it's officiating.
