Will KG be suspended from game 2?

[PosImpos]

If they suspend KG, they will be blatantly disregarding the circumstances.  

What makes jerking your arm backwards that much worse than what Haslem and half of the Heat team did (pushing, shoving, hitting)?  If somebody grabs hard at KG's arm and he reflexively moved it to break free, whose fault is it if somebody gets injured by his elbow?

[EJPLAYA]

There wasn't any that were so bad that he should see a suspension. In fact that last one wasn't even an elbow rather him flailing his arms to get someone off him contrary to Hubie's saying it was. Had he connected with a head you'd see a suspension. Fine should be it.

[RebusRankin]

QRich has a history with Pierce and of being a thug. If they refs had stepped in immediatley there is no issue. Of course, Stern and the NBA will not see that.

[celticinorlando]

richardson HATES paul pierce. i know exactly what he said...i can bet it was you are faking like you did vs the lakers....richardson has always made comments about this group of celtics...even when he was a knick.

[celticinorlando]

but i like KG showing some toughness. this team needs to find that...be the bad boy pistons if you have to

[CelticSooner]

but i like KG showing some toughness. this team needs to find that...be the bad boy pistons if you have to

What KG did shows me they haven't folded. They showed great intensity in the second half. That bolds well for the rest of the series.

[DinTN]

When will NBA announce (yes or no)?

[Change]

I'll Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline. with Stern or Stu Jack if they suspend KG. In fact they should rescind a technical. Bunch of BS that was.

[celticinorlando]

that scrum made me long for the days of the celtics vs the pistons in the 80's

[MaxwellSmart86]

I've watched this altercation about 5 times now----they guy who Instigates ALL the trouble is actually Udonis Haslem---he had NO business sticking his mug in there and also pushing Glen Davis down....as well as gesturing towards KG afterwards.

Hopefully, the league realizes this---but with Stern's boys, anything is possible-!

[CelticSooner]

that scrum made me long for the days of the celtics vs the pistons in the 80's

The NBA needs more of that. The refs have coddled the players for too long.

[celticinorlando]

just watch the howard elbow....that was a direct blow to the head...watched the KG elbow again...that looked like he was trying to break free and it landed low...

the difference to me is one landed to the head the other to the torso

[barefacedmonk]

Doc said the same stuff as KG....Q'Rich instigated the whole thing....stood over PP and started mouthing off.

[Roy Hobbs]

I'll say no, since he was ejected from the game.  

I will say yes, he gets a game 2 suspension. And he deserves it by the rulebook... I mean, there is the Dwight Howard's example and also, if the slap Alston made to Eddie last year is worthy of a suspension, KG's elbow clearly deserves an ejection + a suspension.

Well, the rulebook only says that an intentional elbow above the shoulders is an automatic ejection.  Anything beyond that is discretionary.

Since he was ejected, the minimum required by the rulebook has been met.  Howard was suspended because he wasn't ejected from the game he threw it in, so the league was forced to act.  Here, they're not compelled to, but they may if they wish.

I don't think the league will do anything further; I think they want their stars to be playing in big games, and when they can avoid discipline, they will.

[PosImpos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lz0-HvMNyM

For those saying KG's "thrown elbow" was similar to what Howard got suspended for.

Howard's elbow is clearly intentional and far worse.