A cynical gambler friend of mine is a big believer in refs swinging games for a variety of reasons. He’s been eerily correct with his predictions so far this season, like before the Clips played the wolves he told me “Wolves will win because Ken Mauer is reffing that game, he’s from Minnesota. Watch him make bad calls on Clips the whole night”. Sure enough, Mauer had some pretty awful calls against Clips, not sure if he was the one who kicked Mo out, but still.

That same friend also said Lakers would win last night for a similar reason, whoever the refs were, can’t remember his reasoning. Im not one to say refs control the outcome, but i do believe that their personal bias can influence games.