Posted this, then thought it’d make a good journal. So here it is.
Exhibit A: Perkins/Maxiell
Foul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ2k62jByuA
Result: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/02/02/kendrick-perkins-fined-but-not-suspended-for-foul-on-pistons-m/
Team: Celtics
Exhibit B: Bynum/Wallace
Foul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbcjL7AVxMA
Result: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/01/no-suspension-f.html
Team: Lakers
Exhibit C: West/Miller
Foul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySvY1QuWvw8&feature=related
Result: http://blog.nola.com/hornetsbeat/2009/02/new_orleans_hornets_david_west.html
Team: Hornets
Last years finals, Lakers vs Celtics.
Championships: Lakers 14 Celtics 17 Hornets 0
One of these things….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZIvgQ9ik48
Paranoia or Trend?
What’s worse, in two of those it was all contact, in one the player trips over their own foot making it look worse than it was. Guess which one.