At this point the refs and announcers are complicit

The opposing players are baffled as fouls get called just for making contact with Michael Jordan

The refs would call a foul on Yao Ming for practically just breathing on the court yet stay silent even when an opponent smacked him in the head and avoid his angry stare Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often argued that Yao was being singled out by the officials

PTFO The NBA was looking forward to settling and negotiating down the Clippers' punishment The Clippers fundamentally refused to settle and undercut the investigation at every turn giving the version of their defense to ESPN as the NBA's findings

Bulls announcers react in disgust as Denzel Valentine airballs a deep three pointer

Rafer Alston is whistled for a travelling violation 30 seconds after checking into Game 2 of the 2001 ECF A move that would be perfectly acceptable in todays game

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