It would have been easy, maybe forgivable, to chalk up the previous night's loss to faulty officiating and move on. Justified or not, the box score provided ample evidence of that, what with those 42 foul shots Charlotte attempted and the mere seven the Pacers got, not to mention the controversial call in overtime that allowed the Hornets to win the game at the foul line.
Nate McMillan, however, didn't take the bait in the video review before the Pacers met Washington Wednesday. There were some questionable calls, certainly, but they were a mere subplot to the overriding theme: The Pacers did foul too often, and they didn't play the kind of offense that tends to draw fouls.