NEWARK, Del. - The call didn't go the way Dionte Christmas wanted. He thought he'd gotten the clean block. Sure the refs say before games: You miss some shots, right? We miss some calls. His initial flurry of anger also was about letting his man get backdoor on him, forcing the ref to make a decision, block or foul.
Slideshow "It's the D League man," Christmas said later, riding away from the arena, the call already out of his mind. "You know one thing I noticed down here?