The law says if you are physically attack, you have the right to defend yourself. So why? When someone on the basketball court hits you on purpose you can not return in kind. Especially when the person or persons laugh about it and no referee calls the foul. So? Where is there to an end! NONE ! We need to change the rules to be able to defend yourself to coincide with the law. Watching these bully’s getting off beating players up for having more talent should be stop! But! It keeps continuing, if the league don’t step in and the referees don’t do their jobs then what keep getting abused,