Man I hope one day we get to a point where we stop blaming the refs for wins and losses. Officiating will ALWAYS be good or bad depending on who's benefitting or not benefitting from it.
Playing ball we were all coached to not let the refs control or be the reason for the outcome of the game. Unless the refs eject the other teams best player(s), then every team can win despite refs missing calls or calling ticky tack shit. My coach in college always told me to pay attention to how the ref is calling the game and play accordingly cuz it won't change. He also told us to "Take the game out of the ref's hands" I've heard that since I was 10.
Refs ain't out there blocking shots or causing turnovers. Execution is your best defense against terrible officiating. Never let that be the excuse you lost a game.
Tonight at 8pm MDT/10pm EDT you will see a team not allow the refs to control shit. Why because they will put the game out of reach early and not leave any doubt. Minnesota wasn't screwed, they're just badly coached young and dumb. They're the NBA version of the Atlanta Falcons that let Brady erase a 25 point lead.
And I'm talking about the Warriors of course. Refs won't be able to do shit to help Denver tonight. If a team executes the way they are supposed to, fuck a ref