the issue is the fouls not called the same way on houston at the beginning of the half.
I do have to laugh at basketball in general. guys are hitting the deck every time down the court. even in the 80's/90's it took a pretty damn good shot to send a guy to the floor(Kurt Rambis says Hi). now you breathe on a guy shooting a jumper or driving to the bucket and he's hitting the floor. the hook and hold happens on almost every rebound but is only called when a guy flails his arms or they hit the deck. The hit to the head has every guy blinking his eyes like he just had sand thrown into it, rubbing his face like he just got slapped by his bitch across the jaw, or holding his head like he got jabbed by Ali.
it is getting close to soccer so I'm blaming the Euros. It is funny watching the refs trying to control the game. I'm not sure how Pancho did it for so long. Kudos to him. The women's game is arguably worse but it is slower so might be easier to see things real time better.