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Old Thu Mar 05, 2009, 05:57am
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
His partner, Mike Patrick, corrected him by saying that intentional fouls should be called when players don't make a play for the ball. Bilas did agree with that comment.
The "bear hug" is one of those "end of game" fouls that is quite common, arguably NOT a play for the ball, an accepted practice, and many times not called intentional.

The two-handed push from behind and uniform grab are more common intentional fouls that are called more consistently.
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