FOH with this. The refs are a huge part of the story of the game, particularly at the end with them moving Grant off Giannis. If you want to post some examples of bad calls that went the other way or make a point that's not just complaining about other posts that DID back up their points, go ahead.
They pretty clearly missed a goaltend on Giannis so that's literally the game right there.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGagg93IyDA
I think that there were some bad calls both ways, and the Celtics went to the line a lot so the refs can probably say it was more or less fair. I don't think the Giannis on Tatum play was a flagrant myself. But Milwaukee did foul a whole lot, particularly off-ball, and I think it's fair to say that Giannis is treated differently, particularly on the offensive side.
I would say that it's unlikely that a ref is going to give an important player their 6th foul in the 4th unless it's something very obvious, so I would have kept Grant on Giannis down the stretch but I can see why Ime didn't.
I think that Giannis isn't quite dirty but he's happy to play the way he does and be treated how he is. It's hard to ref a guy with his size and ability but the really big problem I see is that he's going to get someone hurt. There's a difference between someone being super-strong and using their speed and size to get and hold position, and with lowering ones shoulder recklessly into others' bodies to knock them out of position or making a foul on Tatum like he did with very little chance to block the shot. It also fucking sucks to watch.
Anyway, outside of officiating, Tatum was obviously pretty bad. He said after the game he was indecisive and he's right -- there were a number of plays where he seemed like he was in good position and passed, and was a little out of rhythm. If he's that bad 3 of 4 remaining games oh well, but otherwise I was pretty encouraged by the team fighting back. Grant had a poor shooting night too which is rare. Taking a step back, they've now lost a coinflip game where their best player laid an egg, but I do wish they had been better prepared coming into game 1 because that game was winnable if they had executed on offense, and now they don't have much margin for error.