*** Official 2015-16 NBA Playoff Thread ***
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I believe Hogue was given a flagrant foul and Kane was kicked out of the game so Green should have also been kicked out?
Lol Hogue's was absolutely intentional. I watch a lot of basketball and getting kicked in the chest is not something that's a typical play just because legs are flailing. This might actual be the first time I've seen somebody try to argue that Hogue's play was not intentional.
I think Green and Kerr's explanations are a load of horse crap. Yes, the game is fast and limbs are flying or flailing or whatever. Contact is going to occur. But there was nothing natural about Green's movement. It wasn't a basketball move. It was dirty, and a one game suspension would be totally justifiable. Credit for Adams for not retaliating later. I will say that his style of play lends itself to this kind of stuff. He plays right on the line and it pisses players off. But he understands that the first guy never gets caught; it's always the guy who retaliates.
It's only a natural basketball move if you're in a pickup game with a wrestler. Then all bets are off.
I think Green meant to kick him, I think hitting him squarely in the balls was somewhat luck though. And like you said, that's what Adams does. The Thunder won a series with the Grizzlies a couple years ago because Randolph got suspended for Game 7 after punching Adams.
Green trying to get in Adams' head is hilarious because Adams just doesn't give a ****. I think Adams has gotten into Green's head if anything.
I wasn't watching the game but saw some highlights and checked out the box score. Did Adams play much after that? I didn't see him in any highlights and he only played 18 minutes which seems pretty low. Injuries should come into play in determining a suspension.
I think it had more to do with foul trouble than anything else. If I remember right he had three at the half and picked up his fourth pretty early in the second half. By then the Thunder pretty much had things under control and there was no need to put him back on the floor.
Before the postseason started I thought that Harrison Barnes was going to get a max deal from someone in free agency. On paper, he's exactly what every team wants right now- a versatile swingman who can guard multiple positions and shoot the three. But he's been awful in the playoffs; damn near invisible.
At least the flagrant not only stood but got upgraded to a F2. Kerr wanted the flagrant rescinded altogether. LOL Kerr.
