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I feel that too many here have lost sight that this is a basketball game, played with officials, within a defined set of rules....which carry specific penalties.
If the official sees the first push and determines it intentional...the penalty is well prescribed by rule. We can expect players to get "upset" and push, elbow, shove, even grab. We do not -- and cannot -- expect players to grab someone around the neck, throw them to the ground and then pound them in the face with a fist. I am embarrassed that anyone here suggests in any way that is acceptable action on a basketball court, played in a game with officials.
So what if the Lawrence kid "started it" with a shove. The other player's actions are a disgrace and a crime.
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