The term 'playoff basketball' is a dime-a-dozen this time of the year. The competitiveness and physicality gets ramped up in the NBA postseason compared to the regular season - causing more scuffles and incidents through the opening games of the playoffs.
A scrum in Indianapolis on Tuesday night in game 2 of the Bucks and Pacers, Jayson Tatum injured after a hard foul by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in game 1 in the Magic vs Celtics series, and it all has been portrayed back to playoff basketball.
Brandon and I discussed the difference between playoff basketball, and simply taking advantage of the stage to execute non-basketball plays. Hear the full discussion from Wednesday on In The Zone at the podcast linked below.