Look on the road you get a tougher whistle. That's just the reality of human psychology that is unavoidable for refs facing a loud home crowd.
That's not an excuse to lose. The C's need to play well enough for it to even matter, they didn't in game 3.
Yeah I agree. In the regular season I was a ST holder and thought we got terrible calls for a home team, but in the playoffs we have been treated more than fairly at home I think.
It's not about having an excuse to lose, it's a question of does having one of a few notorious refs make it more difficult? Foster 'extended' 4 of the 5 series in rounds 1 and 2 that went 5 games.
EDIT - Game 3 isn't pertinent here. I didn't mention it, and the C's played so badly that a team of 5 refs in Cavs jerseys would have beaten them. My focus is Game 4.