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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
3.8mThe 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
2.4mThe absolutely electric OKC crowd during the Young OKC's playoff run Steve Kerr in commentary talking about how they had been on their feet for 20 minutes straight and the energy in the building was so high that it would wear out some of the players before the games even began
2.0mYao Ming could get called for a foul just for breathing on the court while refs would sometimes look the other way even when they saw an opponent smack him in the head right in front of them Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by the officials
2.4mNicolas Batum hits the game-tying buzzer-beater 3 over Isaiah Hartenstein to send the game to overtime vs the New York Knicks at MSG with replays Clippers commentary 242023
1.6mYao Ming would get called for a foul just for breathing on the court yet he couldn't get a call even when an opponent smacked him in the head His coaches Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often said that Yao was being singled out for unfavorable officiating
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