NBA referees — please do your jobs correctly!
In the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Utah Jazz victory over the Dallas Mavericks, 99-93, in Game 1 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals, Dallas was (confusingly) rewarded an additional free throw after the Jazz were caught with six men on the court.
And we say “caught” tentatively because here’s the thing — there are often six players on the court when making routine substitutions — it’s what happens when the player entering the game and the one leaving the court cross paths in the second or two as they make their way in and out of the game. The refs should, and usually do, allow such things to happen before resuming play.
