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Originally Posted by ~XxPornxX~
it was a turn around fade away where did you expect his natural leg swinging motion supposed to go? the other direction? jones barely jumped a few inches and didnt even straighten his arm to contest? he clearly kick his left knee out.
Its an unwritten rule player to player thing that you should never walk under the landing space, its a damaging to ones career. hes known to be dirty and basically all the commentators agreed that should of been a foul.
"With 3.9 seconds remaining in the Atlanta Hawks' 96-92 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on March 13, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant attempted a jump shot over the Hawks' Dahntay Jones. After review at the league office, video replay confirmed that referees missed a foul call on Jones as he challenged Bryant's shot and did not give him the opportunity to land cleanly back on the floor. Bryant should have been granted two free throws."
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I still don't see how this is consider a dirty play. All Jones wanted to do was to contest the fadeaway shot. I don't see any other possible way for Jones to contest the fadeaway other than jumping towards Kobe Bryant. It was just unfortunate that Kobe clipped the heel of Dahntay Jones shoe but injury happens. At least it wasnt a season ending injury, torn ACL Kobe caused Rubio last season
Compare Dahntay Jones' vs Bruce Bowen. Look at how far Bruce Bowen extend his leg.
There is some double standard in the NBA. Bruce Bowen has been sticking his leg out to purposely injure people but foul is rarely or never called. Last year in the playoffs, Lebron's heel clipped Granger when he was going for a jump shot similar to what happened to Kobe. No foul was ever called and the league never reviewed it. Something similar happened to Westbrook this season and no fouls was ever called either.