Great post man. NOt sure of rules. On tivo it appeared there was .05 or .04 when ball landed in Gallo's hands.
I would alter rule, and say if shooter is off the ground (in act of shooting) then it should count, not just ball leaving hands.
I actually feel the bad calls were the two strip jobs on Felton. First one, Allen raped him and grabbed his arm as he got in paint, we don't get call and then Allen drains a 3. 5-point swing.
ALSO, a little later on, with 1-minute left, Felton drives hard to the hoop. Goes strong. Has 24 & 16 on the night, at home, and he gets hammered and ends up on his back on the floor! BOS playing five on four. Allen drains another 3, and Celtics take first lead since early 1st quarter?
Add to this the 3 charge/blocking calls late in the 4th.... where all 3 went against us.
Pierce shoves Gallo and gets the call (and Pierce shoved him again while Gallo was going for off. rebound). Then, BOS draws 2 charges on us!
Suffice to say we got no respect from refs on our home court. Oh well. They are the Eastern chams and we're upstarts. It happens.