observations of men's championship game

[Hawks Coach]

There was a lot of contact that could have been but wasn't called. Battier didn't get all the charging calls he tried for either. As long as it is consistent, and from my seat it seemed to be, you have to be happy with the officiating. I thought that the defenders were flopping at the first sign of Williams' arm extending.

The one non-call I questioned was the Battier block and save, where he appeared to take out an arm along with the ball. It looked like a clear foul at speed, in a situation where officials will be more inclined to anticipate and go with the foul, and backed up by instant replay which showed more powerful contact than some other fouls that were called. Not that I want or could do that job, or that one missed call in a fast-paced game makes a bad officiating job!