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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3792942, member: 1131"] What this tells me is that this is not the first time that Aaliyah has dealt with physical play in the paint, and she has learned to play in a way which discourages the opponent from persisting with it. I'm guessing that was a skill which she honed in international play, where the refs have (at least in their own minds) bigger fish to fry. Stef was known to do similar things, especially against "The Bruiser" (Becca Bruszewski from Notre Dame). Or it may be a hockey mentality that is sometimes evident in players from the Province of Ontario, despite all the well-known civilizing influences of the Connecticut countryside. [/QUOTE]