LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Aces coach Becky Hammon said before Tuesday\u2019s 90-68 victory over the Fever that evened the WNBA\u2026<\/p>\n
LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Aces coach Becky Hammon said before Tuesday\u2019s 90-68 victory<\/a> over the Fever that evened the WNBA playoffs semifinal series at a game apiece that Las Vegas couldn\u2019t \u201ctip-toe into a bar fight\u201d with Indiana.<\/p>\n The Aces made their presence literally felt, continuing what is becoming an early trend in this series that neither side is particularly happy about.<\/p>\n \u201cThe physicality\u2019s out of control for sure,\u201d Hammon said. \u201cYou can bump and grab a wide receiver in the NFL for those first five yards, but you can do it in the W for the whole half court. You put two hands on somebody, it should be an automatic foul. The freedom of movement? There\u2019s no freedom. I\u2019m not saying we\u2019re not fouling, too. I\u2019m not saying that. I\u2019m saying it\u2019s out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n Complaints about officiating has been a season-long issue with players and coaches throughout the league saying the referees let too much go.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not even just this season. Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve ripped the officials<\/a> after the Lynx lost the deciding Game 5 of last year\u2019s WNBA Finals to New York over a foul call that benefited the Liberty and helped force overtime.<\/p>\n \u201cMost of my assistants come from the NBA, and they\u2019re like this does not fly in the NBA,\u201d said Hammon, who also spent seven years in that league as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs. \u201cThere would be fights. We just have very well-mannered women that can get to the next play.\u201d<\/p>\n Fever coach Stephanie White also wasn\u2019t pleased with how Tuesday\u2019s game was called, though her complaint was a little different. She pointed to the 41 total fouls, 22 on Las Vegas and 19 on Indiana. But the Aces took 21 free throws compared to 15 for the Fever.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard for us to find flow when there\u2019s a foul called every 10 seconds,\u201d White said. \u201cI mean, it just really is. When they\u2019re at the free throw line, we can\u2019t get up and down the floor, and that\u2019s a challenge. They were much more aggressive and physical defensively, and we didn\u2019t counter that with our off-ball actions or our back cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n