Chet Holmgren was incorrectly assessed a foul for the 1st foul of the game Daigneault clarifies that this mistake came from the NBA replay center I want to be clear that referee crew that's not their call That's replay center stuff that one's not on them they're taking direction on that

The refs would call a foul on Yao Ming for practically just breathing on the court yet stay silent even when an opponent smacked him in the head and avoid his angry stare Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often argued that Yao was being singled out by the officials

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

The opposing players are baffled as fouls get called just for making contact with Michael Jordan

In game 7 of the 2005 Eastern Conference Finals in a one possession game Hall of Fame ref Joey Crawford pushes Miami's Damon Jones out of bounds himself but calls a foul on Detroit's Chauncey Billups Jones would miss 12 free throws and the Pistons narrowly hung on to advance

Doc Rivers and Jim Boylen exchange words on the sidelines and get thrown out of the game right away with replays Clippers and Bulls commentary 3152019

Yao Ming could get called for a foul just for breathing on the court while refs would sometimes look the other way even when they saw an opponent smack him in the head right in front of them Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by the officials