
Illawarra coach Justin Tatum believes the referees "100 per cent" changed the way they officiated down the stretch as his side snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a 115-106 overtime loss to Melbourne in game one of their best-of-three play-off series.
The Hawks appeared impregnably placed, up 93-77 inside the last seven minutes of the fourth quarter at John Cain Arena on Thursday, before United unleashed a 38-13 rampage through the remainder of regulation and extra time.