You can find the video on Google Video or ESPN.com. Anyways, I could swear to you it looks like Smith shoved Collins intentionally with his right shoulder just before Collins wrapped in arm around Smith's neck. At least, it looks intentional because of the way he lands after he shoves him but before he's caught by the neck. Anyone else see that?
2006-12-16 20:53:22 · 2 answers · asked by Lilywhite 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
WRONG - COLLINS COMMITTED A FLAGRANT FOUL.
2006-12-20 13:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, that is not what happened. The bottom line is of the unfortunate methods of two coaching styles. The Knicks coach has had problems of teams running up the score and the Nuggets coach has problems of blowing large leads and loosing those games at the end. The Knicks coach did not throw up the white flag when down by 19. The Nuggets coach insisted that the game was not over at that time. The players were frustrated and all that was needed to spark the fuel was any little push which always happens in the pros.
The refs could have taken more control and handed out more fouls than they did, but they let the physical contact go throughout the game. For you to blame the fight on one shove when there were shoves from the start of the game on both sides is incorrect analogy. It is really to bad it happened as the fines and suspensions will hurt both teams, yet the refs let this go on and they will still be out there and nothing done about their poor job.
2006-12-19 10:04:12 · answer #2 · answered by JamesB@CL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋