Justice for the Machine

[LLcoleJ]

Balkman Suspended 1 game for his elbow on Sasha

New York Knicks forward Renaldo Balkman has been suspended for one game without pay and assessed a Flagrant Foul, Penalty Two for elbowing the Los Angeles Laker's Sasha Vujacic in the jaw, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations.

The incident occurred with 7:07 remaining in the second period of New York's 120-109 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at Staples Center. Balkman will serve the suspension tonight when the Knicks visit the Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena

[Slava]

Finally Stu is looking at someone other than Kobe.

[incontrol__]

Still annoyed that 'Melo didn't get a suspension for his choke of Sasha, but this is cool.

[J Rob]

Good call by Stu for once. It was a deliberate elbow to the face.

Lol, in that x-mo it looks like a boxing KO.

[kobynum show]

good. that was such a cheap shot. balkman deserves to get beat down for that along with the suspension..

[LLcoleJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EGl-MiD0J0

[DoctaJ]

Man, Sasha was pissed right off.

He's a good guy, though. He didn't put Balkman down on the fast break after that elbow. During the fast break, I really thought something was going to happen.

[The Laker Kid]

Sasha with a great acting job

That is how you sell it Sasha..

[Lake Dynasty]

Sasha with a great acting job

That is how you sell it Sasha..

There wasnt any selling needed. That was as clear as u can get for an elbow to the chin

one game was enough by the way

[8'sReverse]

oops, I posted this in the knicks thread thinking this was another
"Sasha appreciation"... oh well.

Congrats.... justice is served.

[dockingsched]

i have no idea how that wasn't called a flagrant right there and then. the ref was staring at the play like 5 feet away.

[Danny Darko]

Sasha seems to get a lot of "rage against the machine"

He's a good pest.

[J Rob]

^ Ya, I loved that the elbow didn't cause him to back down at all.

He stepped up and hit a ton of great shots and completely pestered Crawford the entire 4th quarter.

That was huge since Crawford lit us up in New York.

[8'sReverse]

It's time for Vlade to have a volume comeback game, much like Sasha's performance yesterday.

Vlade/Sasha gonna kill the Pistons?

[TyCobb]

Wow. That only got one game?

[TonyMontana]

Good , but the biggest B.S call was the Spurs game when Manu Ga webolles , was driving to the basket and Kobe came to block him and he extended his arms in Kobes face and Jaw.
The same foul that Kobe got supsended for one game ............. Same freaking foul , but yet they called a foul on Kobe .
Kobe played the rest of the game with a cut lip .
Personally the Lakers never ever get a Techs or flagrouant fouls called other teams .
Im surprised they didnt overlook this one just like they do all the other B.S ones .

[Lakers8]

^ They probably didnt overlook this cos there would be a lot of pissed of kobe fans watching.

Sasha really did sell this, he was already grabin his face before he fell over. If he was truly hurt he would have hit the deck.

[Teen Girl Squad]

Or it was just a knee jerk type reaction.

[djericho]

well considering how well he played Sasha needs to get angry more often, he's like the incredible hulk


SASHA SMASH!!!!

[TonyMontana]

well considering how well he played Sasha needs to get angry more often, he's like the incredible hulk


SASHA SMASH!!!!