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‘Baremo Lahoz’ we could baptize it. You have to look for a title, because it seems that it is something we are going to get tired of talking about this season and with which everyone seems to be amazed, except Harden, Doncic (a while ago he complained live about the marking of Davion Mitchell in the Mavs-Kings) and some fan of the isolation plus.
Mateu Lahoz is a Spanish soccer referee who achieved international fame, among other reasons, for his particular style of resorting to the whistle, reminding more of the British court referees where arbitration is more permissive and greater contact is allowed for the sake of benefit. the fluidity of the game.
In the NBA, directly, defending, or the mere act of trying, had become torture. ‘Contact’ and ‘foul’ had become almost synonymous, so much so that even the most astute attackers had automated and perfected certain movements that generated an almost artificial contact with the defender, using the personnel line too often.
This year, aware that this was increasingly distancing the fans, there has been a total change of criteria. Now he can defend himself in a similar way to how it happened in the 90s (maybe not so much, but here we go), and while La Barba still tries to find himself in this suddenly hostile cosmos, others, like Draymond Green, get on the happy new life car.
“Now enjoying basketball”
Can I say how satisfying it is to watch games without all those terrible fouls? The boys cheated, grabbed opponents and forced a foul. I’m really enjoying watching basketball this year.
“I stopped watching the NBA for a bit because I was fed up and tired of it all, with so many forced free kicks. So I think this is being great. Everything was turning into ‘Who can get more fouls? ‘ Nobody wanted to see that and you definitely don’t want to play a sport like that. Now you can feel the difference. It’s more pure basketball and that’s wonderful.
Steph, one more
Stephen Curry, a double MVP and a frequent target of foul thanks to his agility, penetration technique and shooting speed, agrees with his teammate’s assessment, saying that there are far fewer “atrocious plays”, which makes the games are more fun to watch.
“I’ve been watching the league and, for the most part, I would say that around 9 out of 10 fouls that used to go the other way are no longer given, and it’s for good reason. I know many love it. Defensive players love it, and we (attackers) should focus solely on scoring. I’ve done it like this my entire career, so I don’t think it’s a great fit, but I like it.
End bulging markers
Green believes that the Olympic Games also had a lot to do with this new direction, since there it is played under the regulatory umbrella of FIBA. On the other hand, he did not miss the opportunity to mention the alleged greatest victim of this change.
“James (Harden) was one of the best at it,” Green said. “Penetrating and forcing fouls, and taking fouls from the three-point line. I remember a game in which he made a 24 of 24 from the staff. He’s a very clever guy, and the moment you touch him they can hook you up and point out your fault; it was impossible to defend.
“Now the game flows better,” concluded the power forward. And basketball is thanking it. You no longer see the typical 147 to 139. I was watching the Celtics – Washington with double overtime and the final score was 104-102 or something like that. We played overtime the other day, and the final score was 104-101 and great basketball is developing. Congratulations to the NBA for that. He’s being great.
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