NBA playoffs (NBA haters stay away)

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I see that Boston employed their previously discussed strategy of "wrapping up" the opponent in fouling near the end of the game. They did this with under ten seconds remaining while ahead by three in order to prevent an Orlando player from attempting a game-tying three point shot.

Did the NBA officials call anything other than a normal foul? Nope.

Boston is allowed to cheat and benefit from it.

It's not cheating when by rule, they couldn't have called anything else. There is is no intentional foul in the NBA. How many times have we seen Shaq wrapped up like that for a common foul? I really think it would improve their game to add an intentional foul to the book. I'll never understand why it's not there. They want the most entertaining product and yet players are allowed to do that within the rules with no additional penalty. It makes for far too many plays where the defender doesn't even try to play defense legally. It could be such a beautiful game more often and more continuously. Instead, it's - oops, my man just beat me, let me wrap him up. Ridiculous.