Question

It is well known and widely publicized that our holy rabbi watches NBA games with special love and deep devotion.
But it is clear to anyone with sense that in most NBA games—aside from the very latest stages of the season, and even there not always—they do not reach, in terms of what the viewer gets, the level of quality and self-sacrifice in team and individual defense reached by EuroLeague games between the top teams, especially in the final stages of the season, which the Rabbi does not watch (?).
In the NBA they play too many games, each game is too long, and the schedule is too crowded, which causes a looser style of play, and you do not treat every basket you give up as a disaster—just another day at work. Down by 8 with 15 seconds left, they will not even foul the other team, because enough already, it is only one game in a best-of-seven and there is another game tomorrow, all good.
I have heard all sorts of excuses for why this is supposedly not true and only appears that way, for various reasons having to do with defensive schemes and style of play, and the truth is that the defense in the NBA is much stronger than in the EuroLeague—but what can be done, all these excuses do not hold water. The proof is that in the more advanced stages of the playoffs, or at the end of really close games, you truly see a huge improvement in defensive motivation (and not only in technique and sharpness). In general too, there are teams where you consistently see that their defense treats every basket as a disaster, and a player who sees someone driving will never give up on jumping toward the layup (Miami and Denver, for example), as opposed to other teams where that is not the case (the Lakers).
I would be happy to know the Rabbi's view on this important topic.