Pietrus Safe from Sanction
In the fourth game of LA Lakers against Orlando Magic, Pau Gasol received a two-handed shove from the Mickael Pietrus in the last seconds of Game four. The NBA has decided that no further action will be taken against the Magic swingman after reviewing the fourth game.
The shove that Pietrus did on Gasol could have caused a suspension of game 5 as its worst effect. The shove was more of a flagrant foul that is the first that happened in the NBA finals and the review resulted that the 14 other flagrant fouls will be reviewed as well.
The last seconds of the game four between Magic and Lakers, Pietrus chopped the back of Gasol hard enough with his both arms as the latter was throwing down his second dunk where the Lakers won over the Magic ending the game in 99-91 score.
The action of Pietrus angered Gasol that he reacted angrily that they both had technical fouls after they were separated. According to Pietrus, he did not have the intention of hurting Gasol and with the six years that he spent on NBA he never had the hard fouls and that he never had hard feelings over the other players. He also said that what happened is just something that happened and there had never been intended to happen.
Gasol was very angry with what happened because according to him, it felt more like a punch than it was like a push. He was angry because he was already in the air that would be too late for Pietrus to attempt a play.
However, with that flagrant being done and the decision to take no further actions against Pietrus has been made, the game continues until a champion is being awarded. This is something that the NBA needs to look into to explain well what a flagrant foul is and how it is being determined to prevent any player from getting hurt and let the offender get away with it.
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