LA Intimidates REFS Again
Crucial non-calls kept Shaq and Kobe in the game. Marginal calls against Divac kept him on the bench for 1/3 of the game.
At one point Shaq slammed into Divac knocking him to the floor. The ref explained to Divac that Shaq stopped going in his direction after hitting him.
A first half non-call of a third foul on a key player keeps that player from going to the bench.
Had Shaq been properly tagged with one those "non-calls" in the first half of game 2 last year against the Sixers, they might have rode a 2-0 lead to the championship.