Kevin Love Suspended For Tuesday's Kings-Wolves Game
by Tom Ziller on Feb 6, 2012 1:18 PM PST
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PrintKevin Love has been suspended by the NBA for two games after using Luis Scola's face as a stepping stone in the Minnesota Timberwolves' Saturday win over the Houston Rockets. That means that Love will miss the Sacramento Kings' Tuesday visit to Minneapolis, which is pretty irrelevant because Jason Thompson would dominate him regardless, and now will just be forced to dominate Michael Beasley instead.
Love's stomp on Scola's head came a week after the Argentine saved a ball off of Love's sensitive parts. Apparently both feel the need to be deemed the dirtiest scruffy player in the league. Sadly, neither will ever catch the quasi-bearded Tony Allen for the honor.
The Kings visit the 4-20 New Orleans Hornets on Monday, riding a two-game win streak. Should the Kings manage to beat the Hornets and a Loveless Minnesota (how sad does that sound?), they would enter TNT Night with a record of 10-15.
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Hoping the team doesn't get too cocky & complacent
But liking no Jack tonight and no Love tomorrow night.
Good opportunity for two more wins.
Figuratively speaking
Wouldn’t the lack of Love cause an increase in the usage rate of Jack?
by misterbrister on Feb 6, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 8 recs
No Gordon or Top Hat tonight either
All we gotta do is stop Kaman down low.
by thewaterispoison on Feb 6, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
So we can force it out of bounds like Scola did…That would stop him down low…
Too Soon???
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by Widowwolf on Feb 6, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This team isn't good enough to take the Wolves
lightly without Love. I hope Smart can keep them focused.
by StevenG on Feb 6, 2012 1:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Bealsey
.. I remember Beasley going off on us in a game last year for like 40 points. So, yeah. Let’s not take this lightly.
by henryclemente on Feb 6, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
Well, at the very least we should dominate on the boards.
Love accounts for 30.9% of their rebounding total, and are quite under-sized behind him in the PF position (Derrick Williams, Beasley)
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+1
Also, Darko may not play with his bicep injury.
"First we get jobs, then we get the khakis, then we get the chicks."
With Love out the Kings should fly to victory.
by DiegoKing on Feb 6, 2012 1:37 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I met these guys on the golf course and they asked me if I wanted to join them.
Big Mistake!. They said they couldn/t afford to bet which was okay with me but all they did was bump chests, slap faces and pinch noses which was a little annoying but the Yuck, Yucks got to me and it was really hard to concentrate on my golf game. Never again.
by Bill2 on Feb 6, 2012 1:40 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
I heard Scola say it was an accident to reporters after the game, lol.
Scola seems like a cool ass dude.
I found it hard to tell for sure
It wasn’t as obvious as Suh’s stomp, with cleats. But it did seem like Love could have avoided it if he tried.
ohhh so they both got hit in the 'head'?
just different ones…
by yaboyrafa on Feb 6, 2012 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Haha did you watch the video?
Play-by-play guy: “Scola hit him in the stomach”
Clyde Drexler: “… the love stomach”.
by henryclemente on Feb 6, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
The love stomach
Can’t…stop…laughing…oh it hurts. Call an ambulance. It’s funny on so many levels.
by Lotusprime on Feb 6, 2012 3:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 6 recs
I was fine until you started this, now I can't stop laughing.
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by HighTops on Feb 6, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
It looked like he could of skipped past Scola without having to step on him.
He looked down at Scola before he followed through with his left foot. It was like Love was thinking about stepping over him but his rage wouldn’t allow him to. Nothing as vicious as Ndamukong Suh’s incident though.
Agree, he saw him and could've hopped
35 and 31. I'm calling it now. Reke and Cousins 1-2 in most improved award both All-stars. Jimmer leads rookies in scoring, passing and Ole's. Make 2nd round of playoffs and Salmons is not here by seasons end.
Looked clean to me
In fact, Scola bringing his arms up to ‘protect his face’ also managed to stop Love’s foot from going anywhere else BUT his face. Love’s comments were pretty much ’yeah, I stepped on his face, but I had to step somewhere."
Looked clean to me
Yeah, he was off balance and trying to get moving and had to put the foot down somewhere. This officiating after the game sets a bad precedent, when it’s trying to say a guy should be able to avoid something on the floor while concentrating on following the ball.If the refs thought it was a foul they would have called it at the time. The NBA league office looks impartial and meddlesome when they call a player a liar and try to decipher his intent by looking at tape of a completed game and then overruling their own refs who were there on the scene.If I was love i’d be very pissed by their action.
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Feb 6, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
You're joking right?
The NBA league office looks impartial and meddlesome when they call a player a liar and try to decipher his intent by looking at tape of a completed game and then overruling their own refs who were there on the scene.
Most nights, the referees are simply awful. I’m not sure Love deserved two games, but it’s not too much to ask to have the NBA review some of these issues.
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The whole fact that he didn't run back to see if Scola was okay or not,
and give any kind of indication that it was simple mistake tells me he did it on purpose.
You mean while the play was going on at the other end?
There was no stoppage of play, you know that right?
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Not mine
You’re a professional basketball player, play to the whistle.
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I could be wrong though
I mean, Scola was pretty severely injured. Oh, wait…
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Maybe
I think you’re applying rec league morality to a professional sport though.
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Sorry it bothers you
But I’d be pissed if one of our players didn’t get downcourt when something like that happened.
Now I’d probably agree with you if you were upset that Love didn’t check on Scola AFTER the play ended. But before then? Shit, if it’s accidental, not accidental, act of god, whatever – play to the whistle.
Scola gets compensated just fine to play professional basketball, as does Love. Make nicey nice after the whistle or after the game.
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As a ref,
I don’t even stop a live ball for hurt players.
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by caseycheesecake on Feb 6, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
You're joking right?
no not at all, I’ve been watching sports since before instant replay and I don’t like the second guessin slo mo of what happens in real time. The game flow gets stopped and usually the refs got it right and if they don’t it always balances out. If you never inadvertently stepped on someone who’s fallen on the court or field you’ve haven’t played much.
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Feb 6, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I agree it's hard to second guess the officials on calls in the moment.
For example, it’s much easier to spot a travel in real time from a certain spot on the court, than it is watching the play in slow motion from 3 different angles. I used to officiate basketball games to earn money in college (beats doing porn… barely).
However, in terms of reviewing a play like this, there is no reason why the league should not watch the play from all conceivable angles and make a decision. It is standard practice. The officials in this case would be racing up the court to see the rest of the play and likely did not see what Love did in real time.
However, while your opinion differs, most analysts (ESPN, Yahoo, etc.) and people on this board seem to agree the move was intentional. Love deserved to be punished and it certainly hasn’t hurt the credibility of the league.
Yeah, probably not going to argue this with you
I’ll just disagree with this and move along:
The game flow gets stopped and usually the refs got it right and if they don’t it always balances out.
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Brutal.
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by caseycheesecake on Feb 6, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Let's get 5 in a ROW!!!
Thunder will wish they never played in a BLACK OUT.
by F3RRi3R on Feb 6, 2012 2:03 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
Even though the thunder are a great team
I like our chances Thursday. With the way we’ve been playing, at home (sellout most likely), BLACKOUT, and nat’l tv? We’l bring our A game in sure and give a good run, and hopefully pull the W
by Letsgokings13 on Feb 6, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Well I admire your optimism, but your definitely drinking some of this
by SPTSJUNKIE on Feb 6, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My advice: bring your own straw
by betweentheeyes on Feb 6, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Hell yeah!! Let’s make it be known to all teams that when you go to ARCO to play in a blackout the chances of you winning are 1 in 100!!!!
by CousinsEvansDUO on Feb 6, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
If the Wizards can beat them
So can we!
by thewaterispoison on Feb 6, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
good point
Maybe Durant will get injured before the game on TNT…lol
Im sensing
a Travis Outlaw triple double
by Slowstuff on Feb 6, 2012 2:06 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
10 minutes played, 0-10 from the field, 10 turnovers
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by Aykis16 on Feb 6, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 12 recs
And this comment has 10 recs
How ironic
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by LightningStrike5 on Feb 6, 2012 2:24 PM PST reply actions
I'm curious to see how the TNT crew talks about the Kings.
It seems like in the past Barkley gets grumpy and kills them. I know he supports KJ so perhaps he’ll be a little more positive.
It would be great to get a national shout out for all the hard work everyone’s been doing.
by Crocoduck on Feb 6, 2012 2:28 PM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Less K-Love could mean more B-Love
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