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The NBA's Response to My E-Mail about Officiating

 
I decided to write an e-mail to the NBA about the officiating. NBA.com has a "contact us" section and I've used it before, but never had a response until now. To put it into context I was frustrated that the refs did nothing to fix a situation that happened in Utah. During the game a fan clearly blows a whistle. Nine players stop, thinking there was a foul call. The only one who did anything was Kyle Korver, who had an easy dunk. Here's a clip of the incident . My belief is that since the Warriors are a young team, they do not get the respect from the officials. If the Jazz were playing a upper-echelon team you can guarantee that the play wouldn't have gone on, and they would assess the Jazz fans a technical foul, plus find the loser who had the whistle and ban him from the building for the rest of the year.  Here's my e-mail to the league :   Here's a clip of something interesting basically I sent that same clip to the league. If you need someone to explain what ... (link)

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