Found February 08, 2012 on Dime:
PLAYERS: Luis Scola
TEAMS: Houston Rockets

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Tuesday morning, during an appearance I made on a West Coast sports radio station, I was asked by the host if I thought Kevin Love‘s “stomping” of Luis Scola on Saturday night was intentional. I had to pause for a second, because it never crossed my mind that it wasn’t intentional. Now that’s nothing against [...]
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