Flagrant foul or not

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Originally Posted by northbendon

...defender is not in legal guarding position (right up in tight)offensive player turns and elbow caughts defender in the face

Sounds a lot like James Harden/Marcus Smart in the final 20 seconds of tonight's Celtics-Rockets game.

Officials ruled Flagrant 1 (after about the fourth tedious visit to the Replay Center in the final minute ... awful) and I definitely would've gone flagrant in a HS game too.