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Originally Posted by AnDrOiDKing4
Maybe he had it coming his way when he fouled Kenny Thomas twice then clocks in the cheeck swinging his elbows, Joel was frustrated the whole game and dont forget when he shoved Darius Songila in the back of the head and they T'ed him up...
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The Kenny Thomas play was incidental contact. Watching the replay, I highly doubt there was an intent behind that. That kind of stuff happens in every game in the NBA. Player A gets rebound. Player B crowds Player A. Player A creates space to prevent a steal. Your team does it. My team does it. The other 28 do it as well. It was unfortunate that Thomas took an elbow to the face, but it happens during the course of the game.
What doesn't happen during the course of the game, nor should it ever happen, is intentional punches/forearms thrown at the back of another player's head. I'm sure if one of the Blazer players would have tried that on a Kings' player, you'd be all up in arms about it.
It was a dirty play, which is exactly why the officials gave him a flagrant foul. Expect a fine or a suspension to be announced in the next day or two as well. But don't condone that ****. It just makes your fan base look bad.
That's just sinking to unnecessary lows as a fan. Your team played a good game to win in Portland for the first time in over 2 years. Acting like an *** and applauding a classless move by one of your own players taints it a little.
-Pop
Sacramento @ Portland Game Thread (4/8, 7:00 PT)
. Stats showed that we did not play bad but Portland had a good game.
