[Go Blazers Go]

As a neutral observer... Officiating effects the game. Always does. But the thing that always upsets me is when somebody gets made because one team shot more free throws or was called for more fouls than the other team. Of course there was a difference. Very rarely does one team foul the exact amount as the other team.

if one team plays a zone, odds are they foul less than a team playing aggressive man to man. If one team presses they're likely to foul more than a team that doesn't.

This isn't complicated. figuring out how a game is being called and adjusting the gameplan to that is important for any team.