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I thought Vince Carter caused the injury in a deliberate attempt to get Mildenhall away from him. With Carter's, obviously, superior peripheral vision, I am thinking that he knew that "little" official was there. I was saddened by that display and the results of that action.
I watched the play several times (I recorded it on my
TiVo - That instant replay button came in handy!) and I don't think that the collision was intensional.
However, Carter did definitely shove off once the collision took place. I'm not convinced that he knew it was the referee - my gut is that he thought it was an opposing player. If you take into consideration the altercation that had just occured, this makes even more sense.
I did think that Carter was a punk for not immediately going over to the referee to see if he was ok. He turned around, saw that he had collided with the referee, knocking him to the floor, and then just kind of watched the referee sit there as he walked away. Kind of like a "how dare you get in my way" attitude.
Disappointing, but not surprising.
All that being said - that clip is a great teaching tool to stay off the court when in transition/coming up the floor!
