NBA Refs Protest Colleague's Punishment

[oc]

Most here seems to agree that the ref was unfairly treated because he fixed the inadvertant whistle properly according to the rules. But did he? I didn't see the play but as I read it Carmelo Anthony was rebounding the ball as the inadvertant whistle went off. Why was there a jump ball instead of giving the ball to the Nuggets? As no one has brought this up I am assuming I am missing something. What? Was the whistle before the rebound?



Another question-according to one newspaper I read, Marcus Camby chased the refs down the hall yelling obsenities at them and even threw a towel at them from the door of the official's locker room. Even if the NBA did decide the ref made a mistake this shouldn't be tolerated. Has anyone heard if Camby was punished?

[Edited by oc on Mar 2nd, 2004 at 04:53 PM]