Thread: Rebounding Play
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Old Tue Jun 29, 2010, 01:52pm
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Originally Posted by GoodwillRef View Post
We are going to agree to disagree on this play.
I would agree to disagree if this were a borderline call. If Garnett were in Howard's space, if they were closer together, I could agree to disagree about an elbow to the head. I CAN agree to disagree about whether the elbow is moving faster than the pivot, which is close.

As it stands, I don't see much room for reasonable disagreement here. Howard's got long arms, and his elbow is way outside the limit of his protected space when he makes contact. Garnett's head is not in that space or even very near it. All that's true regardless of whether one judges that the elbow was moving faster than the pivot, and it independently warrants the foul.
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