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Did Joey Crawford Justly Eject Kenyon Martin?

Nov 14, 2008 – 2:45 PM
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Nate Jones

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Kenyon Martin has been known to be a (fake) tough and physical player. Part of that act is throwing random elbows and forearm shivers. Luckily, referees like Joey Crawford have been ordained by the basketball Gods above to protect women and children and make sure that that type of play stays off NBA courts. Let's see what happens when those two opposing powers collided in last night's Cavs v. Nuggets match up:



So just in case you missed it, Joey Crawford basically gave Kenyon Martin a flagrant two foul for that little shove he gave Anderson Varejao. Flagrant twos lead to automatic ejections, and of course Martin was not too happy with the call. And he definitely has reason to be upset. I mean, did that really look like a flagrant two to you? If anything it looked like more of Varejao's classic flopping. Of course, Martin did receive a deserved technical foul earlier in the quarter, but this looks like Joey Crawford was just overstepping his bounds again. You would think he would have learned his lesson from the Tim Duncan situation a few seasons back.

(via: Basketbawful)
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