A Two-Game Snapshot of the Eagles

Eagles Unlimited March 07, 2024 Dan Rubin, BCEagles.com contributor CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Older generations hate when basketball teams go bombs away on 3-pointers. They prefer what they know from the years when physicality ruled the paint and three-pointers were a novelty over a requirement. They recognize when fouls weren't easily earned or called, and their years are built around how the Bad Boy Pistons regularly deployed body-to-body contact ahead of Michael Jordan's dynasties. Gradually, as basketball morphed into a defensive style during the championship runs of the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs, the people who remember seeing Larry Bird and Magic Johnson entrenched the idea of moving to the rim.

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