[itsallrelative]

How often do you watch games? I think that instances of this are much closer to an outlier than the usual. By nature of their jobs, refs only get talked about when there’s a controversial call. Superstar calls included(which is something that is as much a skill as it is bias), it’s extremely easy to say “they’re not making even handed decisions” if that’s the perspective you chose to look at it from.

[pnw_hazor]

They only throw the games when it is important.

1993 Game 7 WC Finals Suns had 64 free throw attempts. But it was important for the Suns to win because Chicago had won the East the day before and Barkley v. Jordan just had to happen.

https://nextimpulsesports.com/2013/06/05/flashback-the-day-p...

[kodablah]

There are games, e.g. in the 2006 finals, where one player shoots more free throws than the entire other team.