Kobe's foul on Okafor upgraded to flagrant-1

Post #1 » by **Slava** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:36 pm

Kobe Bryant’s foul on Emeka Okafor with 3:14 left in the Lakers’ Game 5 victory over New Orleans has been upgraded by the NBA to a type-one flagrant foul, according to an NBA spokesman.

Bryant now has one flagrant-foul point for the postseason, with possibly a long road still ahead for the Lakers. If a player’s playoff total exceeds three points, he receives a suspension for each point he is beyond the plateau. (Flagrant fouls can be worth two points for more egregious contact.)

Bryant swung his left arm from behind Okafor on Tuesday night in an attempt to block his shot, but Bryant made hard contact with his elbow to Okafor’s face. That prompted the further review and later classification of the flagrant foul.

http://lakers.ocregister.com/2011/04/28 ... oul/53613/

bruddahmanmatt · Post #2 » by **bruddahmanmatt** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:40 pm

It was a flagrant according to today's soft rules, but then if we wanna get real technical here, how about handing one out to Gray for shoving Bynum while he's in the air and also giving one to Paul for putting his hands around Kobe's neck in Game 4. Ahh...the Laker double standard, gotta love it.

Dr Aki · Post #3 » by **Dr Aki** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:49 am

lol i called it... ill go find my post

Aki wrote:kobe might get given a flagrant 1 in retrospect after that one

iamworthy · Post #4 » by **iamworthy** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:53 am

When Kobe fouled Okafor I pretty much said Kobe did it on purpose :lol:

. It was just a little love tap

Anklebreaker702 · Post #5 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:00 am

iamworthy wrote:When Kobe fouled Okafor I pretty much said Kobe did it on purpose . It was just a little love tap

Although that may be true, he sure made it look like he was playing the ball.

Imadogg · Post #6 » by **Imadogg** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:36 am

bruddahmanmatt wrote:It was a flagrant according to today's soft rules, but then if we wanna get real technical here, how about handing one out to Gray for shoving Bynum while he's in the air and also giving one to Paul for putting his hands around Kobe's neck in Game 4. Ahh...the Laker double standard, gotta love it.

That's not really the same at all. Kobe like... Only got Okafor's head

bruddahmanmatt · Post #7 » by **bruddahmanmatt** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:57 am

Imadogg wrote:
bruddahmanmatt wrote:It was a flagrant according to today's soft rules, but then if we wanna get real technical here, how about handing one out to Gray for shoving Bynum while he's in the air and also giving one to Paul for putting his hands around Kobe's neck in Game 4. Ahh...the Laker double standard, gotta love it.

That's not really the same at all. Kobe like... Only got Okafor's head

Keep in mind that it's a still shot before Paul's follow through. Both hits looked pretty similar in real time.