The officiating crew was the worst type - wildly inconsistent with how they called the game. Started off calling ticky tack stuff down low, then halfway through the 1st half - switched and let almost everything go. The shorter bald ref had 3-4 mind numbingly bad calls. The most egregious the foul on Walker you’re describing. We had basically shut the door before he called that & it resulted in all of us being in the Pit for about an extra half an hour to achieve the same end result.
It was a huge issue in the NBA for a bit so they came out and said an offensive player swinging their arms before a shot is not part of a natural shooting motion and therefore should not be considered a shooting foul. It seems to happen less now. I don't watch every game though.
https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/foul-not-in-the-act-of-shooting-foul-occurs-on-side-to-side-motion-during-rip-thru/
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