As Adrian Wojnarowski also reported today, it is expected that the NBA will change the clear path foul rules — along with a few others — to at least punish teams for taking transition scoring opportunities away. While the changes are needed, the impact on games will be minimal for the Indiana Pacers and the rest of the NBA.
More on specifically how that affects the Pacers here in a moment, but this news was expected as the Fastbreak Breakfast podcast talked with NBA referee Monty McCutchen earlier in the week and discussed a number of refereeing topics.