1. Yeah. He's struggling. And I'm afraid it may be more than a slump and more that teams have figured out how to force him into bad shots and shut him down.A few thoughts:
Hubbard needs a slump buster in a bad, bad way.
The flagrant foul rule seems idiotic. Wouldn't that mean every time a team intentionally fouls at the end to force free throws it should be throw freebies and the ball?
Instant replay remains an exceptionally obnoxious tool and this crew relied way too heavily on it. Yes, we benefitted from some of it, but it should be either used incredibly sparingly or not at all.
2. It should be called much more often when teams intentionally foul. But you've got to at least make it look like you're trying to play the ball. That was as blatant as it gets. And needless. Just let him drive for the dunk and we get the ball on the inbound.
3. These refs were horrible. There's a place for review, but you can't just review every single 17ing possession. Last 7 minutes of the 2nd half and OT took a freaking hour. For 12 minutes of basketball. They're making a joke of the game.