Originally Posted by
Fire
Excuse me, I meant blantant as in "completely obvious" by definition not as in the NBA rulebook term. I should have worded that differently. Im goona go ahead and defer to the ESPN analysts opinion on this one BTW.
That's why they are analysts and not referee's. Regardless of the fact that the foul should have been called, the Mavs player should have done a better job of fouling him. The reason he was so tentative with the foul is because he thought he knocked it away, but Melo picked it up and put it in his face. He SHOULD NOT have had a open shot. Whistle or no whistle.
If you're playing with a lackadaisical attitude in the playoffs, you deserve to lose.