After the foul, he pushed the guy in the back. Easy flagrant call. Have you no eyes? Watch it again. The league has to protect players from being hurt. Bynum (elbow to Perkins' head in 1st qtr) and Artest are out to hurt people and they must be controlled. Remember what happened in Game 4 of Mavs/Lakers? We can't have players hurting other players. There have been enough injuries. Good call.
Reputation call, nothing more or less. Any other player wouldn't have that foul called on him. I can't blame the ref, though. Ron earned that call by his actions throughout the series.
That is ridiculous. Kobe committed his third foul and called it on another guy to protect Kobe. That was the worst call of the game.
A foul was still called and it's hard to tell in that situation. Artest call was clearly a terrible call. Ron got mostly ball and there wasn't anything about the play that was flagrant. A flagrant foul is only called on non basketball plays, and Ron made a great play on the ball. Joke call. It makes the league look bad.
Do you have eyes?? After the play on the ball you are referring to, whether that was a foul or not, he pushed the guy in the back! What happened up to that point doesn't matter. You need to watch it again. He pushes the guy with an extended arm.
A flagrant foul is issued on non basketball plays. Ron Artest clearly made a basketball play. Learn the game, then post.
He made a basketball play and THEN made a push into the guy's back, a NON basketball play. Game learned.
As a Blazer fan, you get used to disappointment. You let it roll off your back or it will destroy you. You can only hope that all the pain, all the anguish, all the heartache will make the eventual return to glory for the Blazers and a future title all that much sweeter.
I wonder how awkward it is for KP to watch Durant and the Thunder. The "will win scoring titles, not NBA titles" guy and his team are legit contenders.
