McMenamin Chris Finch on the Warriors in Game 1 They do a lot of fouling holding shoving pushing and tackling Rudy Gobert Finch said the Wolves have submitted clips to the league office to review the officiating and what was missed

The Minnesota Timberwolves smothering defense that held the Denver Nuggets to 35 points at half and a 26 point deficit without Rudy Gobert May 6 2024

39-year-old Kevin Garnett with the thunderous dunk on Blake Griffin with replays He also received a technical foul for tauntingRicky Rubio with the assist and Karl-Anthony Towns gets as hyped as KGThe local Wolves crowd is going wild 1272015

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

Andre Iguodala drops to the floor and humiliates Quincy Miller with a double crossover with replaysGolden State Warriors vs Denver Nuggets - 4102014

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

When Yao Ming was playing he could get called for a foul just for breathing while opponents could smack him in the head and the refs would look the other way Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by officials