re: Battle of I-45 series thread, (Rockets win series 4-1). Plays winner of SAS-LAC

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Manu was the progenitor of the upward head jerk that Harden and the clippers perfected.

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Yeah, that's true.

Funny thing is I see nearly every guard do that little head jerk now LeBron is good at it, too, as is Westbrook. It's so effective at drawing the ref's attention, and even if you don't get the foul call, the defender immediately gets tentative for fear of actually getting tagged with the foul, thus creating space.

As long as NBA refs are calling the game they way they have for the past decade plus, it's a brilliant tactic.