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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 2426774, member: 1423"]
Thx for the write-up, G. You mentioned undercutting, a pet peeve of mine. Buffalo was one of the worst, but this has been going on way too much in CBB and guys are going to continue to get hurt. Undercutting is reckless and dirty when a player's off his feet and most vulnerable. I feel like strangling those guys who do it, especially when they throw up their hands as though the resulting fall is a total surprise (see Yukon/Moyer; Toledo/TB). This is begging for a rule change, IMO. I'm pretty sure Tyus agrees.

As to the rest, I thought Buffalo's defensive strategy (heavy ball pressure and hand-checking) was ugly but understandable. It used their strengths (quick, tough guards and a bench) to negate ours.  They couldn't shut down TB and, while they got into FH a little, he had one of his best games. Great that we could gut this game out, shooting as well as we did. We also defended them very well outside, not as well on penetration. Chukwu had a good game, although he got backed down by Perkins and failed to recognize that he's a lefty.

Some games you have to survive.  We got the W and no one was seriously hurt. But undercutting should be an automatic flagrant foul.
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