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NBA defenders learning the hard way they can’t stop progress

The game is going on and everything looks normal and as it usually does when some NBA officials blows his whistle, calls a foul and everyone thinks, “oh, no, here we go again.”

The calls are flow-killers; they happen away from the ball where nobody seems to be watching except a referee and it’s taking everyone involved some time to get used to.

Tangling up an offensive player, like Toronto guard C.J. Miles does to Cleveland centre Kevin Love in this scene from last seasonu2019s playoffs, is a whole lot harder now, thanks to an NBA-wide crackdown.
Tangling up an offensive player, like Toronto guard C.J. Miles does to Cleveland centre Kevin Love in this scene from last season’s playoffs, is a whole lot harder now, thanks to an NBA-wide crackdown.