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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I only saw the end of the game, and haven't seen the clip. My son said he watched Sport's Center and they replayed it over and over and felt there wasn't anything dirty about it.
Of course, after the fight, I reached the conclusion ESPN was full of shit, so I don't see how I can rely on it now. Did you see the clip on the internet or TV?
edit- this was from a game several weeks ago, I thought it was last night's game.
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It was from weeks ago. I saw it on tv and they showed it from three different angles. Billups did it on purpose. I would say it wasn't malicious in that he didn't use his arms to push Jefferson the way Artest did, but he clearly did it on purpose. And as I said before, anybody who plays basketball knows what can and often does happen when you hit someone when they're vulnerable like that. It was a breakaway dunk. Billups had nothing to gain by not slowing down (other than having Jefferson shoot two instead of making the dunk). He had plenty of opportunity to slow up and avoid contact, but he purposefully sought it. Cheap shot.
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