I figured I'd start a new thread on this topic. The following was taken from the thread
Good Grief...
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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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I thought that the officiating was quite good and they did it two man!
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I thought so too. Labron James took about 5 steps before one dunk (apparently legal in the NBA) and they called a proper travel on him. Labron couldn't believe it.
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I assume your talking about Walton's comment that Labron made a legal move
. I replayed the tape in slow motion and counted 5 steps. He's so used to watching the NBA that he probably wouldn't call a travel on a star even if he picked up the ball at half court and took 10 steps to dunk it.
I do think that they were being a little harsh on the USA team with the traveling calls
(Even though I was loving the fact that NBA players had to play by the rules 
). There were a number of travels committed by the Italian team that were not called. One that stuck in my mind was when there center received a pass around mid court and his momentum caused him to travel a couple of times. I don't understand how they can miss that one but they called the USA team for lifting their pivot foot before starting their dribble (no advantage gained) a couple of times.
The travel calls made were no excuse for their lack of defense! They need a couple of pure shooters on the team that can hit the 3 which would open up the middle.
Did anyone see the time the ball went over the backboard and there was no whistle?
Overall I think the refs did a good job considering they were doing 2 man!