Shockingly, the Mavs Aren't Happy With The Refs

I did what NBA detractors say you should always do with Game 3 of the Mavs vs. Nuggets series -- turned it on at the end of the third quarter. (Blame it on Mother's Day prep, and the fact that watching Mark Cuban gives me hives.) So I tuned in at 80-79, just in time for the Lemur to tell me how the Nugs have ran the Mavs out of the building in the fourth in each of the earlier games, and it looked like more of the same as Carmelo Anthony exerted his will on both ends. But Melo giveth and Melo giveth away, and his bad turnover got the home team back in it. The Denver bigs were also in big foul trouble, with Birdman Anderson fouling out with nine minutes left, and Nene replacing him with five. I have to say, I'm relieved to have missed a lot of this one. When the game has 80+ free throws and the teams are never more than six points apart, that's old-time Pistons basketball, and when you add that to reaction shots of Mark Cuban, that's not exactly what I think of as an...