From the playback video clips of Artest talking to Kobe, it looks like Artest's tongue had a red cut on the left side, and he was showing Kobe that. Did Kobe hit him or sth? how could you possibly hurt your tongue on a basketball court? lol~ Someone gets a pic?
Artest took a head butt from Kobe when he made that move into him. I don't think it was intentional, and I agree that the "T" wasn't necessary. But since they called a foul on Artest I guess they reacted to it.