Do Refs Deserve Blame for Fever Loss?

The refs were not the reason that the Indiana Fever lost to the Las Vegas Aces, but they didn't make it harder for the Fever to win the game. Kelsey Mitchell, Kaitlyn Clark did not shoot well enough for the Fever to win. They need better performances from them. It was not Clark's best game. Mitchell really struggled all series, but there were a lot of instances where the call perhaps could have gone the other way. Lexi Hull was hit with the razor's edge and called for a foul. Asia Wilson is too great a player to be gifted free throws. It doesn't need to be a foul every time she shoots a jump shot. There was the play late where Kelsey was fighting for the ball with Chelsea Gray. Fever were down two. Instead, Gray is shooting free throws. Obviously, people will use the Clark bloodied photo to sort of sum up the mood around it because this is the only league where the questions go as to whether the most popular player and the most popular team are on the bad end of calls. But, you know, the refs, you know, special whistle, all that stuff. You understand that frustration. But at the same time, the Fever weren't good enough. And that's the way I would look at that entire situation and how it played out in accordance with the refs and all of that.