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On Wednesday, the NBA suspended Miami’s Udonis Haslem and Dexter Pittman for their actions against the Pacers in game 5. In particular, the Heat are move upset over Haslem’s one-game suspension and the league ignoring the Pacers “dirty fouls.” Erik Spoelstra says the Pacers have gone after Heat players before.
“The league does not have a problem with hard fouls on our two main guys,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Thursday before taking on the Pacers in Game 6.
“In nine games now there’s been over a dozen hard fouls to the face, some of the tomahawk variety, some have drawn blood. They don’t have a problem with it, so we don’t have a problem with it. We’ll focus on what we can control.”
LeBron chimed in and said Tyler Hasnbrough has gone after Heat players before:
“I mean, Hansbrough, it’s not the first time he’s gone after one of our players this year,” James said. “We have two guys suspended and basically they have no one suspended.”
Erick Spoelstra also spoke on Dexter Pittman’s foul on Lance Stephenson and denied he was told to go after Stephenson (-_-).
I’m not surprised that the Heat are upset about Haslem’s suspension because they feel Hansbrough should be suspended also.
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May 24, 2012
