Cavaliers-Bulls game 5
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First there is a blatant shove in the back by the player in red. This pushing foul makes the ball dead. Now while on the ground, the player in gold pinches his legs together to clamp the opponent's leg. That has to be a technical foul, perhaps a FF1, but then the player in red greatly escalated the situation by deliberately kicking his opponent. That is clearly worthy of an ejection, plus likely a fine and suspension.
I just watched the highlight clip from the game and believe that the officials called the pushing foul and FF2 on the player in red, but failed to assess a T to the one in gold. |
I think it all stops if the illegal screen is called at the start of the play, but that's just me.
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I didn't think it was an ejection-worthy offense, at least not after replay showing it was more of a reaction to throw off a leg lock. T's for both or downgrade to FF1, but not an FF2. And kinda shocked there wasn't a T issued for whoever the Bulls player (Butler?) that came flying in afterwards to push the pile.
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The fact he finished the play by shoving him to the floor, which may have been a common foul (you'd really have to watch a replay to determine whether the ball was dead), and then kicking him is just the icing on the cake. |
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Marginal also means to me that if it is not obvious, it probably should not be called.
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http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...ock-on-gibson/
After review, NBA assigns Cavaliers’ Matthew Dellavedova technical foul for leg lock on Gibson Kurt Helin updated 3:59 pm. EDT May. 13, 2015 This is the right call. It’s what the officials at the game should have done. We can debate the Flagrant 2 foul and ejection given to Chicago’s Taj Gibson — I thought it should have been a foul plus a Flagrant 1, not an ejection; however Brett from PBT disagrees, as does J.R. Smith — but the fact is the Cavaliers’ Matthew Dellavedova got away with a leg lock that helped escalate what happened. The NBA didn’t let him get away with it and assessed a technical foul on Wednesday. This comes well after the fact and doesn’t change the outcome of the game (nor likely would it had it been assessed at the time). Still, it’s good to have the NBA come in and admit that things should have been handled differently. Transparency is a good first step in improving the trust of NBA officiating. |
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