Fisher and Alston suspended

[stevsta]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4150159

Orlando Magic guard Rafer Alston and Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher have each been suspended one game without pay for their roles in separate incidents on Wednesday night, Stu Jackson, NBA executive vice president of basketball operations announced on Thursday.

Alston has been suspended for swinging and making contact with the head of the Celtics' Eddie House with 48.6 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the Magic's 112-94 loss to the Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Fisher has been suspended for striking Houston's Luis Scola with his shoulder and head in the third quarter of the Lakers' 111-98 win last night over the Rockets in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Fisher received a flagrant foul two and was ejected.

Jackson also announced that the Lakers' Kobe Bryant has been assessed a flagrant foul one for elbowing Houston's Ron Artest in the chest area in the fourth quarter.

Alston will serve his suspension on Friday when the Magic host the Celtics. Fisher also will serve his suspension on Friday when the Lakers visit the Rockets.

 

[Steel Mamba]

Nope, that's bullshit to suspend Fisher. It's the playoffs, let these guys play. Emotions are high in the playoffs and there's too much on the line for them to be suspending people for running through picks. That's just BS I might as well be watching little league basketball if they're going to treat NBA pros like little kids.

If they start reffing the game the way they did at the end of game 2 I'm not going to be able to bear watching such a pussified version of the sport.

 

[Houston]

Fisher has been suspended

 

[Splugeon]

Alston's little slap on the head gets a suspension.

Kobe's elbow to Ron Artest's throat not only doesn't get him ejected (as it states in the rulebook - any elbow that lands above the shoulders is an immediate ejection), but it isn't as bad as Alston slapping the back of House's head?!?

God, I hate Kobe more and more everyday. Fuck the NBA.

 

[Steel Mamba]

lol what a puss. You should want to play and beat a team at full strength instead of celebrating that the league is trying to give you guys a gift.

 

[Steel Mamba]

give me a break... that was a punk move by fisher, he knows better, and he deserves to sit

Getting ejected wasn't enough already? It was a shoulder to the chest, big deal. If anyone should be suspended it should be Scola for allowing a PG to put him on his ass like that in the first place.

 

[stevsta]

Alston's little slap on the head gets a suspension.

Kobe's elbow to Ron Artest's throat not only doesn't get him ejected (as it states in the rulebook - any elbow that lands above the shoulders is an immediate ejection), but it isn't as bad as Alston slapping the back of House's head?!?

God, I hate Kobe more and more everyday. Fuck the NBA.

lmao splug did you watch the elbow or have you just been listening to everyone else take ron's word for it

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is that definitive proof that he hit him in the chest or throat hmmmmmmmmm

 

[LC AAU]

Lol at new Laker fanboy coming in here and dick grinding Kobe and Fisher. Fishers incident was obviously intentional LOL

 

[Steel Mamba]

Lol at new Laker fanboy coming in here and dick grinding Kobe and Fisher. Fishers incident was obviously intentional LOL

who said it wasnt intentional?

 

[Primetime]

It wasn't in the act of a basketball move. He elbowed him in the face for no reason. He's lucky he only got a one game suspension. Alston deserved his 1 game suspension too. They probably wouldn't suspend Kobe if he did that because of the hit they'd take in ratings.

 

[Bear Pand]

lol at Eddie House's headband vibrating

smh at the NBA having no consistency or logical basis for how/why they suspend people

 

[Point Blank]

Nope, that's bullshit to suspend Fisher. It's the playoffs, let these guys play. Emotions are high in the playoffs and there's too much on the line for them to be suspending people for running through picks. That's just BS I might as well be watching little league basketball if they're going to treat NBA pros like little kids.

If they start reffing the game the way they did at the end of game 2 I'm not going to be able to bear watching such a pussified version of the sport.

Are you serious? If the shit Fisher did was allowed, there would be fights left and right. :slap:

 

[stevsta]

here you go splug

looks like the chest to me

as for this one..............

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[zack54attack]

I really dont get how Alston was suspended for a slap...but Rondo can throw Hinrich into the scorers table and not get suspended.

I dont even want to hear that Rondo's wasnt bad. it def. wasnt a basketball move,and it was obvious he was trying to hurt Kirk.

 

[Whatupdoe44]

I can understand alston getting suspended, dude did slap him in the head, but still boggles rondo never even got a fine for all of his antics, NBA is so inconsistent with everything it really makes games difficult to watch

 

[Whatupdoe44]

Alston knew that a suspension was coming, slaping someone in the head. I'm just upset that Johnson is gonna have to be our starting PG. The guy can't get an offense started if there weren't any defenders on the court. Stan better just tell Johnson to let Turk run everything so we can get the ball moving.

turk running everything honestly isnt that much better

 

[cynismus]

I'm a Rockets fan, and I'm going to be objective as possible.

Fisher deserved to get suspended, and Kobe did not. However, I'm 95% sure that Kobe will not get away with the same bullshit again, at least for the next 2 games in the hood.

 

[FirstTimer]

Nope, that's bullshit to suspend Fisher. It's the playoffs, let these guys play. Emotions are high in the playoffs and there's too much on the line for them to be suspending people for running through picks. That's just BS I might as well be watching little league basketball if they're going to treat NBA pros like little kids.

If they start reffing the game the way they did at the end of game 2 I'm not going to be able to bear watching such a pussified version of the sport.

Honestly. For someone that spends so much time commenting on basektball I honestly question if you even watch the games. "running through picks"? Fisher turned his body didn't even attempt to run(why would he Brooks wasn't even taking him off the dribble yet) and threw a forearm at Scola before the pick was even set. Fisher wasn't attempting to do anything but lay out Scola. LOL that Fisher was attempting to "run" through anything.

Alston's little slap on the head gets a suspension.

Kobe's elbow to Ron Artest's throat not only doesn't get him ejected (as it states in the rulebook - any elbow that lands above the shoulders is an immediate ejection), but it isn't as bad as Alston slapping the back of House's head?!?

God, I hate Kobe more and more everyday. Fuck the NBA.

What saved Kobe's ass IMO was that even though he hit Artest above the shoulders he did it with his back to him. Tough for the NBA to say Kobe should get suspended for hitting Artest in the throat with the elbow when Kobe would have no clue where it would land. Murky territory but they at least issued him a flagrant 1 so anything more and he's toast. They erred on the side of caution here. Can't say I agree 100% with it but also can't say I disagree.

 

[stevsta]

Honestly. For someone that spends so much time commenting on basektball I honestly question if you even watch the games. "running through picks"? Fisher turned his body didn't even attempt to run(why would he Brooks wasn't even taking him off the dribble yet) and threw a forearm at Scola before the pick was even set. Fisher wasn't attempting to do anything but lay out Scola. LOL that Fisher was attempting to "run" through anything.


What saved Kobe's ass IMO was that even though he hit Artest above the shoulders he did it with his back to him. Tough for the NBA to say Kobe should get suspended for hitting Artest in the throat with the elbow when Kobe would have no clue where it would land. Murky territory but they at least issued him a flagrant 1 so anything more and he's toast. They erred on the side of caution here. Can't say I agree 100% with it but also can't say I disagree.

refer to pictures above

 

[FirstTimer]

refer to pictures above

Pictures don't mean shit. Post the video. You can clearly see it getting Artest in the throat. Pictures are literally snap shots in time of the incident. It doesn't show where the elbow was before or after the photo. The elbow caught Artest in the throat. No one, not even Kobe dick riders, are even disputing that.