re: “Rockets’ Game 1 ref rage rooted in extensive Warriors research”

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Now, Harden exaggerated it a lot late in the game when Draymond bumped him to try to get a call. 

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Harden goes out of his way to create contact. Refs have to have that in the back of their minds when he goes down.

He plays that game, and the downside is sometimes the breaks don't go your way. If his game wasn't predicated on getting a lot of those calls, they would matter less.

Live by the flail, die by the flail.