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Originally posted by lrpalmer3
The NBA already changed rules once. Did the TWolves make the game a farce or did Shaq make the game a farce by not making free throws?
To answer the first question, I usually make the call but it looked like that was something discussed in the pregame or at halftime. IMO, it backfired on them. They were tring to keep the game watchable by not calling the foul. That wasn't the first or last time an NBA ref ignored the rule for entertainment sake.
I used to get in a huff about it, but not anymore.
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This is not about ANY player making or missing free throws, it is about intentional fouls. Why should the last two minutes be different? That is when a team that is behind WILL be fouling on purpose, so let's penalize them more at the time they NEED to foul. It is stupid. It also hurts the entertainment value of the game.
The real reason that they did not change the rule was because it is called "hack-a-Shaq" and Stern does not want to make it look like a pro-Laker conspiracy.