"We're looking for the obvious fouls on this one, " he added.
"It was a couple of fouls that I didn't feel like were fouls, personal fouls on me, but that's how the game goes sometimes, " James said.
Perhaps most important, New York drew two quick fouls on 7-foot-2 Indiana center Roy Hibbert, who had given the Knicks fits all series with his elite ability to defend the rim.
The same thing happens in other sports as well, such as basketball in which one study found refs are 7% more likely to call fouls on visiting teams than on home ones.
By that stage Cattermole had been given his marching orders for nasty-looking fouls on Dindane and Angelos Basinas but, in a rare attack, Sunderland almost doubled their lead when Kilgallon thundered a left-footed volley against the post.
"Unfortunately I get a lot of fouls called on me but I have to play through it, " Durant said.
Ultimately Wallace fouled out, but the aggression was mutual. 62 personals were called in the game while five players were disqualified on fouls.
Having an extra pair of eyes monitoring play in each area had a preventive effect and promoted better decision making on suspected fouls.
Amherst has had to play most of the first half without national player of the year Aaron Toomey, who picked up two fouls and earned a seat on the bench next to coach David Hixon.
All but the first basket in the Thunder's run came after Asik joined Parsons on the bench with three fouls apiece.
The Blue Samurai, unchanged for their fourth straight World Cup match, sat deep and attempted to snuff out the opposition, while their opponents conceded a series of niggling fouls every time Japan looked to strike on the counter.
The Grizzlies trailed by 12 points early in the fourth quarter before tying the game 89-all on a three-point play by Darrell Arthur, who was in because Zach Randolph was on the bench with five fouls for the second straight game.
Referee Dan Schachner is back Sunday for a second year of calling "personal fouls" and "unnecessary cuteness" penalties on the furry players.
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Boynton played only 8 minutes before halftime after two early fouls, but Florida kept going while he sat on the bench.
Coach Scott Brooks said he was about to stop ordering the fouls against Asik if his team had made a shot on one particular possession.
The initial purpose was for replays to be used to correct timing and scoring errors and was later expanded to look at whether a player was behind the line on a 3-point shot and flagrant fouls.
He's been called for four fouls in four of the past six games and has 43 on the season.
Fant and Aleksejs Rostov both picked up their fourth fouls midway through the half, taking seats next to Harper on the Western Kentucky bench.
They can influence it through choice of rules regarding eligibility, scoring, and fouls (to some extent), but the final combination on display on NBA courts mixes these choices with the unintended consequences of them along with team methods and with the long run evolution of player skills.
The 49ers stunned Richmond 68-63 on Thursday when the Spiders were called for three technical fouls in the last five seconds.
Few clear cut chances were on show in a second half punctuated by a string of scrappy fouls and free-kicks and the game eventually fizzled out despite the high-tempo efforts of both sides.
The referees were busy for much of the day, with the Clippers called for 26 fouls to the Thunder's 22 in a physical game that featured double technicals on Caron Butler and Kendrick Perkins for their verbal exchange and Ibaka's flagrant-1 foul on Griffin.
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