Today in an NBA game, Lebron James was driving the lane. Detroit's Elden Campbell was shielded from James by a Cleveland teammate. Campbell pushed the teammate into James, causing contact on the shot attempt. Official called a foul on Campbell and sent James to the line for two shots.
Campbell never touched James. What's the deal here?
In a high school game, I would most likely give Campbell an intentional foul on the teammate, killing the play. Then give the teammate two shots, and give Cleveland back the ball.
Is there some strange rule in the NBA where you can commit a common foul when you don't even touch the guy? Or is this just another case of the NBA protecting a star player and making up the rules as they go?
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Sun Apr 17, 2005, 04:32pm
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