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I actually was flipping channels and saw the whole situation unfold. It was the longest portion of an NBA game I've watched in ten years, too bad it was like a trainwreck, I didn't want to watch, but couldn't turn away. My thoughts actually go to the foul. If you watch the foul that Wallace was upset about from the rear view (which hasn't been shown a lot on the highlights) Artest goes after the ball with one hand and his other hand grabs Wallace's shoulder pretty hard. I thought the officials would have been more than correct in calling the foul flagrant, but again, as we always say, I wasn't there. It looked to me like a little more than a "hard foul". That being said, the rest of the situation was horrible. the fans and players are both to blame. I'm glad the NBA is taking a hard stance on this incident. Hopefully some good can come out of this ugly incident and sportsmanship will get some press and it will help the rest of us out.
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