Bryant's elbow to Bell occurred in Bell's space, as Bryant was leaping towards the defender to make a cross-court pass to get himself out of trouble (my recollection of the play). I wondered if a player like Bryant, who has a fair number of "incidental elbows", doesn't train himself to make certain moves with elbows extended where the normal motion would not be with any extension. I liked
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[if] the ball handler's elbow enter's B1's vertical plane and hits him square on the face causing so much as a recoil, I've got PC.
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because then you cover the player who has become good at making the elbows appear incidental.