The game was called fairly, Miller should have been ejected in the first half and even Jefferson on tv admitted it was a clean block by Cody Riley. Nico cleaned out with his offhand all the contact that caused him to fall down was because of his offhand which is why they didn't call a foul. The ref bent over backwards to not throw out Miller, who's screaming at him with spit on his face.
Yes 38 to 16 is one sided in FTA's , and when I say fairly I say consistent with how the Pac 12 refs call games, the number of Times UCLA has been out freethrowed by 2 or 3 to 1 in McKale is pretty significant too. 8 of the FT's were in the last 30 seconds of the game on UA fouling, it was one sided yes but the final total is a bit misleading. 4 FT's for technicals that Miller CLEARLY deserved, and the 8 at the end. Still makes it 26-16 but not nearly as one sided. I would submit that's where losing Green hurt UA, other than Nnaji, you didn't go inside that much. Not just 3's but a bunch of jumpshots. UCLA made a concentrated effort to get inside because your bigs were in foul trouble.
Even the foul on Koloko which I assume is what led to Miller getting tossed, was an obvious foul. It wasn't intentional he was holding his hands up high and as Hill ran over to defend him he lowered his hand and hit Hill in the face with the left hand, unintentional but a foul. Miller went nuts I think that's ultimately why he got tossed.
I think the real concern if I were a UA fan is all the rumors out there now about Josh Green being so fed up with Miller that people aren't sure he even wants to come back and play after his injury. If true you hope that blows over it'll hurt his NBA draft stock if true. Apparently it's being openly discussed by people connected to the AAU program he played for.
