John Harris's column in The (Toledo) Blade regarding officials in Pacers-Piston game.

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Originally posted by rotationslim
However.. I disagree about Artest's foul, I believe he should have been ejected, not for the roughness of the foul, but because the game was out of reach, 15 points, with just a few moments left in game. It was just meant to injure or send a message, not to gain competitive advantage, so I would have voted to toss him.

You cannot eject someone because they make a foul with the game out of reach. If that is the case there would be an ejection every game. I know I would have had an ejection last night. I had a player trying to make a basket and a defender not allowing him to just make a lay-up. The foul was not really hard but obvious. Both players were bench players and did not play much during the game. You cannot just eject someone that is playing the game until the end. We would be here talking about how much these guys make and why they are not playing until the end if Artest or Wallace did anything different than try to make a play. Wallace just overacted.

Peace