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Message: [QUOTE="JustbrewitMan, post: 5175106, member: 7806"] What the refs let Telfort (and others) get away with on offense last night makes it nearly impossible to play any kind of effective defense. WWE-style elbowing and bumping to bull his way to the hoop. You're just cooked as a defender because if you bump back with equal force, you'll get whistled. If you try to draw a charge, the refs will ignore it since "don't call many offensive fouls" is one of their general points of emphasis now. So you have to just limit the penetration as much as possible and try to block the shot when off balance because you've been pushed back. Their P-n-R game was just as maddening. It's tough enough to fight through a good stationary screen, but when the guy setting the pick is also strongly hip-checking you as you try to fight through, it's almost always going to let the dribbler get downhill. Yes, I know we could have adapted via switching more, but it doesn't remove the fact that it's a foul and not calling it gives a huge advantage to the offense. [/QUOTE]