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nefansince75

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NBA officiating continues to smell of a choreography. Lowry turns into Robert Williams' elbow (despite Williams facing the opposite direction) and the refs give him the call. Why is that a foul? Because the refs are playing into Lowry's "caginess". Essentially, Williams' infraction was for owning an elbow.

In related news, Tatum gets run over while making a layup and gets a "no call". Later in the game Lowry holds his ground and picks up a charge (legit) on JBrown, then slides under KWalker and picks up that charge too. In my opinion Lowry is getting these calls as part of a marketing ploy selling his "caginess".
 

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It's common to see a defender jump anticipating a shot, then have the offensive player jump into him for a defensive foul. If the offensive player jumps he is allow an area to land and if contacted at all gets a foul call. Why can't the defender who jumps first be allowed the same courtesy? Clearly the offensive player is initiating the contact since they move second.

Now this isn't unique to any player or team though like all fouls, veterans tend to get more latitude. At one point Paul Piece would jump a little laterally to create contact and even would shuffle his feet in the direction of the defender (aka traveling), but eventually he started losing the benefit of these calls. In a similar situation, Koby would kick a leg out to ensure he would draw contact and the league eventually stopped allowing that too.

I know these call favor the offense because "offense sells", but wouldn't it be better to have an easier set of rules for everyone to understand.
 
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