Yea this game (Dallas SA) is getting super violent. All fouls will now be considered flagrant I guess.
Its win or go home so teams are gonna play HARD, when you get situations like that its hard to keep your cool in high stress situations. I think last years seemed a little more intense mostly because the east had some really tough matchups that came down to the wire. This time around it seems like things are clear cut in the east while noone knows whats gonna happen in the west.
The only thing the NBA has succeeded in doing by trying to remove the physcality of the game is take out the intensity. Fans don't give a shit if there is a fight every once in a while. Fans want to see players celebrate excessively when they dunk like a crazy man! So get real NBA! It's the nature of the game.