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Saturday night's matchup between the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves was already heated, but Kevin Love took it to another level. Love stripped the ball from Luis Scola under the basket midway through the first quarter, and Scola seemed to flop in an effort to sell the foul. As Scola was on the ground and the action was headed the other way, Love stomped on Scola's face.
There's no way to know what was going through Love's head and whether or not it was intentional, but it looks bad. In fact, it looks real bad. Scola may have been in Love's way, but it sure looked like the Timberwolves' big man knew exactly what was going on.
Hit the jump and judge for yourself.
It's also worth noting, as the announcers did, that Love and Scola had been battling all night. It all seemed to come to a head when Scola went down, leading to the stomp. Just guessing, but the league will probably be taking a look at this closely.
Edit: Oh, right, forgot about Scola's perfectly placed nut shot a few days earlier.
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Pretty sure it was his chest...
by Llamaman on Feb 4, 2012 11:23 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
it was
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by Djax10 on Feb 4, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
chin/chest perhaps...
Yeah, looks like Love’s intention was to send a, shall we say, ‘pointed’ message to Scola – and probably a message Scola needs to appreciate- about Euro flops and the NBA.
Of course I remember no one flopped as well as Bill Lambeer, so it is wrong of me to call it a ‘euro flop’ – whatever. Want to fake-fall to the floor? You might get a Nike across your chest. All are forewarned.
by ConfofChamps on Feb 5, 2012 2:29 AM EST reply actions
You do know that Kevin Love flops a decent amount as well right?
by VBG on Feb 6, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
Defintely intentional...
Scola is a supreme flopper but that isn’t the issue here…
by jirohkanzaki on Feb 6, 2012 12:59 PM EST reply actions
Love got off light.
It should have been about 7 games.
Loud pipes save lives!
Bad knees break hearts!
Time for an exorcism.
by We-B-Dunkin on Feb 7, 2012 11:22 AM EST reply actions
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