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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 2150301, member: 2350"]
There are a couple things going on. First, regarding the persistent banging in the lane: The football stadiums that are jerry-rigged into basketball arenas are just bullshyte. They provide a completely different backdrop for shooters which throws off the shots. Two things happen off that: a,) more rebounds, and b.) more post entries. Both create a LOT more opportunities for contact because there are at least 6 and sometimes 7 or 8 players in the lane. Shooting percentages were way down last night, because no one could really "find the basket," from the perimeter, and near the basket everyone had two bodies leaning on them. It was freaking God-awful.

The second thing is that players are coached to deny everything. Shot, entry pass, drive, rebound, put-back, outlet, everything. What nobody seems to be able to teach players is how to adjust when there are lots of fouls being called. Like dung beetles, they just keep doing what's been hammered into them every night in practice for however many years. Collins was a perfect example of that. Instead of trying to stay straight up, he kept "dropping his arms on the ball," reaching for the blocked shot. This I blame partly on what I call the NBA mindset, in which the stars get away with all that BS, so they just keep doing it.

Anyway, there's a huge disconnect between the players and the officials. But the first step is to get out of these goddam canyons with a couple of hoops somewhere in the middle. And don't get me started on the unstable footing because of Emmert's treacherous floors. I'd like to punch him right in the face for that.
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