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Old Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:02pm
rwest rwest is offline
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This still does not exonerate

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
The problem with that argument is that he was moving to a new position on the floor...and one to which he was not entitled by any rule. The only position he was entitled to (since he didn't have LGP) was the one he was vacating to cut off his opponent.
None of that gives the offensive player the right to elbow the defender out of the way, which is what happened. The elbow caused the player to go down.
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