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Consider this hypothetical game scenario.

Each team gets 100 possessions.

Each possession has 1 of 3 outcomes:

1) made lay up (2 points)
2) defensive foul (2 points. For simplicity)
3) defensive foul doesn't get called. Turnover.

Team A commits 70 fouls, and 30 are called.

Team B commits 35 fouls, and 20 are called.

Who wins?

The team that gets away with more, even though they had more fouls called on them.

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Now obviously not a realistic description of a game. But it illustrates the idea.