First things first — referees don’t decide basketball games. I just want to establish it up front that Oklahoma City is not down 0-2 because of bad calls
But it’s impossible to talk about this series without talking about fouls. There have plenty. The teams have combined for 114 total free throws in the two games, slightly more than their averages for the season. Averages which had the Rockets leading the NBA in free throw attempts per game at 26.5 and the Thunder close behind at 25.8, also top five in the league.
Exactly half of those FT attempts have come from the teams’ preeminent stars James Harden and Russell Westbrook.