pirate I must have been watching another game. He didn’t particularly ‘favour’ one side or t’other but IMO, he made quite a few poor calls.
One thing that worries me for the game in general are ball steals. It just makes no sense to attempt a ball steal at all so why do refs think every incident is a steal? Defenders have to wrap the ball to prevent off-loads but it seems to me the ball carrier can just let go and get a penalty.