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Re: NBA rule book on throwing an elbow

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:29:24 -0000

Let's face it. The NBA is a business, and they are not going to suspend KObe. It will hurt their rating. They don't want the Rockets to win. Their dream match-up in the Final is Kobe vs. LeBron.

Re: NBA rule book on throwing an elbow

grapplerke — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:19:03 -0000

Does Joey Crawford hate Texas or something? He's always calling ridiculous fouls and technicals on the Spurs, Mavs, and Rockets.

Re: NBA rule book on throwing an elbow

Staff — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:05:25 -0000

Love it.

Re: NBA rule book on throwing an elbow

Jeff — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:12:51 -0000

Fisher throws an elbow, gets suspended.
Dwight Howard elbows dalembert above the shoulders, gets suspended.
Bryant elbows Artest in the neck, flagrant foul after the fact.

I guess Artest the leading scorer of the night deserved getting ejected for fouling kobe's elbow with his throat.

Maybe he was it was because he was in the restricted area or something.

Joey Crawford keeps on adding his reputation of being one of the most biased refs in the history of sports.

Somebody check his account on sportsbetting.com and see how much he put on the lakers.

Re: NBA rule book on throwing an elbow

Fri, 08 May 2009 01:12:06 -0000

The intent to harm and premeditation was obvious in Fisher's case. That's what differentiated between the severity of the calls between Kobe and Fisher. Artest should not have been ejected; Stu's post-game flagrant 1 on Kobe is a make-up call. (better than nothing)

Re: NBA rule book on throwing an elbow

Xiao Chen — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:49:05 -0000

Wow, that must be the screenshot of the ESPN 360 cameras. So they are saying that's an elbow only to the upper chest? Man, some people are blind in New York.

Re: NBA rule book on throwing an elbow

Vince — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:04:54 -0000

Fisher is suspended 1 game, Kobe is given a Flagrant 1 for that elbow...

http://www.latimes.com/spor...

And a CLEAR screenshot of Kobe's elbow into Artest's throat...
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.ne...