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Message: [QUOTE="Basingstoke, post: 5340959, member: 13809"] I agree that, on the play in question, Thomas' steal was clean. I would also say that the Mercury have been the better and more clutch team in this series. But.....I would also say that Reeve's meltdown was understandable as a cumulative reaction to the mugging that her team withstood for 40 minutes (& was forced to try replicate in their own play) without significant policing by the refs. The officiating is beyond horrible, and, IMO, results in a product more akin to rugby than basketball. The Mercury deserved to win (to begin with, they made more clutch baskets), but benign neglect by the refs is really a gift to them as it rewards their style of play. To me, Reeve's temporary insanity was understandable in the heat of that particular moment, even though Thomas made a clean play. [/QUOTE]