When the Jazz played the Blazers on Monday night, the missed-calls count — for both teams — went into double digits. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever is. League officials in many sports review this stuff on the reg, and they know it’s true.
So, when referees blow important calls in the course of important games, what is the solution?
The most obvious one is really two: 1) go on loving the games as though blown calls don’t happen, and 2) get better refs, so they happen less often.
If games have to be perfectly officiated for them to be enjoyable, we’re all screwed … because they never will be.