Less Enforcement: The NBA's delay of game call following a made bucket when then offensive team touches the ball. Houston got hit with this one on Sunday when after they made a shot, Dwight Howard slapped the ball to the ref who was on the baseline. He got called for it, and the Heat got a free point due to the free throw awarded to them. The score was 102-98 Houston at the time, 4:26 left in the game. As much as I appreciate the refs following the rule to the letter regardless of time and circumstance, it's an awful rule. If the goal is to shorten the game, then it really makes no sense since far more time was wasted walking down to the other end of the court, shooting a FT, and walking back to the other end to inbound it rather than just having the ref give the ball to the inbounder in the first place.