Minnesota's Kevin Love seems well on his way toward a first-team All-NBA selection, and all the requisite perks that go with it. Five-year contract extensions, fan selection to the starting slot on the All-Star team, and whistles for foul calls for when he's actually fouled in the process of shooting.
In the span of a week and a half, though, Love missed out on all three of those things. No dice on the deal, Blake Griffin got the nod for Orlando, and the Houston Rockets got away with a few hacks on Kevin on Saturday night. It doesn't excuse the stupid and suspension-worthy act, on Love's part, that followed:
Not cool. We're surprised, with the sporting nation's eyes turned elsewhere on Super Bowl Sunday, that the NBA didn't come down with a suspension that would have been page 13-fodder in the sports section. The Timberwolves won't play again until Wednesday, an eternity of a lay-off in this compressed 66-game season, but that doesn't mean you take care of what's right later when you can handle it now.
Scola, the stompee, was not amused. And after the incident, he seemed more upset at Love's personal foul that wasn't called (the hack on the hook Scola was attempting) than the stomp:
(HT: ClutchFans.net.)
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