Wow... these refs have been incredible.
I think I've figured out why we get the shaft on officiating so often. Good defensive teams actually do foul at a higher rate than worse defensive teams, because they're more active defensively. However, having "stars" mediates quite a few of those calls, because refs are more reluctant to call fouls on stars than non-stars. Thus, our team being physical defensively + being a good defense + having no stars = us getting the shaft in fouls.