Uh.. Chris Paul threw in a cheap shot right before when he swung his legs around. They're both dirty - let them play on. Hopefully they'll take each other out.
To confirm CP3's lack of innocence, for those who have not seen it, check out the penis hit in his college days : http://fandome.com/watch.php?spid=3&tmid=160&vid=75847 That is awful.
Chris Paul had the first dirty move. Just two dirty players playing hard basketball, no need to single Bowen out.
Slow motions here: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hZNwSC_6H90&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hZNwSC_6H90&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> And you can see that CP3 did punch Bowen (00:44)
My thoughts exactly. But i think he intended to hit him with the knee anyway. Didn't know Paul was dirty like that.
What's funny is that Rafer called out CP3 on the spot, in that interview. He said he's got the "little man syndrome" where he only comes into a fight after he knows Chandler is already involved. I actually never liked Paul, even at Wake. He's damn talented though, I will give him that much.
Well... if you get an unexpected love tap on the nvts, your first reflex actions is to lift your knee and cover up.
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sc4yz__akIU&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sc4yz__akIU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> Tell me what this looks like...You show me a game Bruce Bowen has played, and I'll show you a dirty play...with the help of TIVO
Not just in this incident. Apart from the infamous kick on Szczerbiak's face, Nash, Ray Allen, Amare Stoudamire, T-Mac, Crawford have all been his victims. This guy has the heart to injure somebody intentionally so severely that could possibly end somebody's career. What he is doing is purely murder on the court but David Stern decides to turn a blind eye on it. What a shame.
I agree that Bruce Bowen is a dirty player, but in that play, it just looks like Chris Paul is flopping on the floor like a fish out of water. Scrums for loose balls can get a lot worse than that.
You have to love Bowen. This dude is in an arena with 17,000 fans watching live and millions watching on TV and he still thinks he can get away with kicking people in the achilles, putting his foot underneath guys who are in the air and karate kicking shooters in the face. Talk about brass balls. And to reiterate, Chris Paul deserves all he gets. Too bad he didn't get to play in the Karl Malone era where he could get one of those elbows like Isiah received. The guy is talented as hell but he is a punk. Too bad the Dictator has neutered the players to the point where they feel they can't retaliate against dirty players who never get caught by the refs (or the league officials).
Deke hasn't retired yet... <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JPA2_n-xsn0&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JPA2_n-xsn0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> (only the first couple of minutes is relevant)
