Officiating to the score vs. officiating the game?

[JRutledge]

I cannot speak for this game, but time and score always matters. If the teams that are playing are mismatched and the outcome is decided, it is not the time to start calling very technical things either way. And if the team is losing big, you do not want to keep calling every little thing against them when the outcome is already decided and they already feel like they are getting the short end of the stick.

It seems like you are projecting something that might not have been happening as well. A lot of times that are winning big take their foot off the gas and play less aggressive which allows their opponents to make plays and even make a run. So they might get calls that they were not becasue the winning team is not playing as hard or has reserve in that are not as good.

And you said that the winning team won 10 but should have won by 20. So it sounds like a game where a team might have took their foot off the gas and made it closer. That is not always about what is called.

Peace