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Justice for the Machine
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:56 pm
by 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
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:01 pm
by Slava
Finally Stu is looking at someone other than Kobe.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:02 pm
by incontrol__
Still annoyed that 'Melo didn't get a suspension for his choke of Sasha, but this is cool.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:05 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:13 pm
by kobynum show
good. that was such a cheap shot. balkman deserves to get beat down for that along with the suspension..
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:47 pm
by LLcoleJ
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:04 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:18 pm
by The Laker Kid
Sasha with a great acting job
That is how you sell it Sasha..
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:29 pm
by Lake Dynasty
The Laker Kid wrote: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
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:39 pm
by 8'sReverse
oops, I posted this in the knicks thread thinking this was another
"Sasha appreciation"... oh well.
Congrats.... justice is served.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:49 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:55 pm
by Danny Darko
Sasha seems to get a lot of "rage against the machine"
He's a good pest.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:58 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:58 pm
by 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?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:58 pm
by TyCobb
Wow. That only got one game?
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:00 am
by 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 .
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:53 am
by 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.
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:12 am
by Teen Girl Squad
Or it was just a knee jerk type reaction.
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:17 am
by djericho
well considering how well he played Sasha needs to get angry more often, he's like the incredible hulk
SASHA SMASH!!!!
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:24 am
by TonyMontana
djericho wrote:well considering how well he played Sasha needs to get angry more often, he's like the incredible hulk
SASHA SMASH!!!!
