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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5281883, member: 9864"] I wish they showed more and better angles of the so-called push in the back. After multiple slow motion replays on TV (with Rebecca and Ryan repeating concurrence with the flagrant call due to Caitlin's left arm), I still didn't see it. I think Caitlin purposefully came down hard on at Angel's arms to prevent the shot, and started to wrap her left arm around Angel's body to keep her from either elevating or falling to the floor, but when Angel went into theatrics, Caitlin dropped both arms, let Angel fall and walked away. Hopefully somebody in the crowd will post a video on social media with a reverse angle shot. I think Gulbeyan and the crew upgraded the foul to a flagrant to keep the mess under wraps. No issue with the upgrade, since Caitlin was simply trying to keep Angel from getting a shot off. Kind of like wrapping your arms around a player to keep them from blowing by you on a breakaway. Additionally, after multiple replays, I also didn't see any "physical taunt" from Boston. I see the double-technical as a preventative call so there wouldn't be free throws against Chicago. Then to top it off, an immediate (bogus) foul call on Kelsey Mitchell from Tiara Cruse on the ensuing play that ended up being successfully challenged. The technical on Boston, and the ensuing bogus call on Mitchell are pretty weak, IMO. As was Gulbeyan's explanation after the game. [/QUOTE]