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Message: [QUOTE="REB1094, post: 4867385, member: 12147"] I think the BE needs to figure out its identity. It wants to be the gritty physical league (preferable for the tradition) but then gave 50 fouls and 60 free throws to the guys who played that style, mostly in the second half If it wants to be more modern and free flowing basketball (preferable for the business), they need to set that tone in the first half. Call the contact you don’t want to see, and when the players and coaches come crying to you about it, explain why they can’t get away with it The worst case scenario is to set the tone in the first half that excess contact is okay, and then call it every possession in the second half. That happened last night But at least it was consistent. Both fan bases have very fair complaints about officiating. Clingan’s 1st was iffy, next 4 were legit. Only issue with his 5th was that they waited until the ball was off the rim and in Newton’s hands before calling it [/QUOTE]