It's disgusting how much of an impact the refs can have on these games. Look at this Lakers game so far, MIN is playing with similar intensity and pace as Game 2, yet in Game 2 they were getting called for fouls early to let LAL tie a series, but so far today the refs are letting them play and MIN has a nice early lead so far. Not much is different in terms of physicality, the refs are actually letting them play and not sending LAL to the line every other play.