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I think what Rondo did to Miller was MUCH worse than what Kobe did to Artest. I think Kobe deserved a flagrant 1, i dont think anyone besides Artest would get suspended for that play. It was during the battling for a board a time where it gets th emost physical in basketball. I actually got hurt going up for a board a couple days ago. It happens. But what Rondo did was a desperate swing at a player in the final seconds of a OT in order to stop him from scoring. He slapped someone in the face and it pulled them backwards. It definately deserved a suspension.
Carmelo's did deserve a suspension also, it was a punch, i'd even say it deserved 2 games it was quite a horrible reaction. but I'd say the series would still be 3-1 cause Denver would have come out like a card on fire in the fourth game if the foul on Carmelo had been called. They are jsut eh better team imo.
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Don't understand how you can say that...
One was an instinctive reaction (and not a "swing" at all) the other was a pre-determined elbow to the throat. Both dirty, but only one was a violent swing at the opponent, and it wasn't by Rondo.
Rondo got his hand in Miller's face, yes... But "pulled him back"? I don't think so, mate. Rondo, one handed, from the side, doesn't have the strength to pull back a moving Brad Miller.
