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Not as impressed....
In general, I was not exceeding impressed with the officiating. Mainly this is because of the non-calls in the middle of the court. Normally when someone trips someone or pushes them down, a foul is called. I don't recall specific plays there, but that's my general impression.
You asked about the Dunleavy block. I don't know the player names, but if that's the one I think it is (multiple replays and considerable talk about no contact), it was a foul. Notice the L comes out and immediately shows all that the foul was on the fore-arm. In the replay from over the defender's back, at the bottom of the screen, you could see that the defender hit the shooter's fore-arm with his arm, before the ball contact. The arm contact resulted in pulling the shooter's hand/arm away from the ball. It was a great call.
I didn't catch the elbow hold on Baxter's 5th, but the play looked very mild compared to what was not being called. But then, Mark had a different angle than we did.
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