Dwyane Wade Fouls Kobe Bryant and he gets a Broken Nose - 2012 NBA All Stars Game

[ellisonz]

This sparked a 15 point comeback by the East in a game that they would eventually lose 152-149. Kevin Durant was the MVP.

It's West by a nose as Kobe Bryant breaks nose
By John Cherwa

February 26, 2012, 11:15 p.m.
Reporting from Orlando, Fla. -- Kobe Bryant added another milestone to his career Sunday as he passed Michael Jordan to become the all-time-leading NBA All-Star game scorer.

But did it come at a price?

Bryant skipped a postgame media session after his 27-point performance, and was taken for further evaluation after he said he was "experiencing headaches." The Lakers announced later that Bryant had suffered a nasal fracture and would be reevaluated Monday after he returned to Los Angeles by an ear, nose and throat specialist.

It's believed Bryant was injured with 8 minutes 48 seconds to play in the third quarter when he received a hard foul from Dwyane Wade. Bryant sank the first free throw then went to the bench to have a trainer look at his bloody nose. He returned and made the second free throw.

More: http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-nba-all-star-game-20120227,0,5568162.story

[joeybee12]

1. Looks intentional to me...

And that doesn't surprise me. And people wonder why everyone roots against the Heat.

[trumad]

2. Of course that looks intentional to your normal jealous douchebag.

How those Celtics working out for you?

[joeybee12]

4. Another information-filled post by trumad...

Full of keen analytical thinking!

[trumad]

9. And another douchebag post by the

Jealous douchebag brigade.

[Renew Deal]

3. Looks intentional to me too

Guys were going out of their way to let each other score. What was that about?

[joeybee12]

5. I know...the all-star game has always been about scoring...

Not grudges...until now, I guess.

[Renew Deal]

6. Wade admitted it was intentional

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“Obviously, I didn’t try to draw blood. Kobe fouled me two times in a row, so he’s still got one up on me. But I am glad that everything was cool and we got back to being competitive and having fun.”

The Lakers and Heat play Sunday in L.A.
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http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2012-02-27/lakers-rumors-kobe-bryant-concussion-dwyane-wade-foul-nba-all-star-game

What a jerk.

[joeybee12]

7. Jerk is putting it mildly...nt

[Scurrilous]

8. Triple Double Jerk.

[JonLP24]

11. Of course it's intentional

He is trying to stop an easy basket--send him to the line. Happens all the time and every team does it at some point. I don't think it's intentional in the sense of trying to cause an injury.

[trumad]

12. He wasn't trying to hit him in the face...

but he did send a nice signal that the old guy is getting long in the tooth.

[Scurrilous]

10. All-Star controversy involving D-Wade, LeBron James reinforce Heat as league’s most interesting team

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"Dwyane Wade broke an NBA code. LeBron James passed on a last-second shot. Thank you both, gentlemen. It was getting a little too quiet in this Heat season. Welcome back, controversy. We missed you.

Wade and James combined for 60 points in Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game in Orlando and nobody cares. The national conversation a day later was that Wade had revealed his inner-assassin behind that engaging smile, and James had done something of the opposite, inviting – unfairly or not – recollections of the player who shrank from opportunity in last season’s Finals.

I’m only half-kidding in thanking both men. Year 1 of the Big 3 was a nonstop circus, a chaotic delight from a media standpoint, but this season has been pretty tranquil. That can happen in this league. If your team is really good the regular seasons tend to drone on uneventfully, serving as what they are: simply the perfunctory bridge that gets you to the playoffs, when everything that matters begins.

That’s why you revel in the small spikes of interest along the way, such as when LeBron misguidedly spoke aloud a desire to maybe play again in Cleveland someday. Or last week when the Knicks visited and Miami shrunk the galloping phenomena of Jeremy Lin to the size of a Bobblehead doll."

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/27/2664141/all-star-controversy-involving.html#storylink=cpy