April 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors
This flagrant foul call on Russell Westbrook in last night’s Thunder-Heat game will certainly be highly scrutinized over the coming day or two. Main reason why? The flagrant was on the NBA’s prized superstar, Lebron James. No one wants any player to be put in a position that they could be at risk for injury when fouled while airborn. But with that said, IMO Westbrook made an attempt with his left at the ball but unfortunately grabbed Lebron’s jersey a bit at the waist making the foul look worse than it really was. In fact he may have even been trying to brace Lebron to avoid him taking a fall by grabbing his waist. But you decide, that’s why we have the replay for you from a few angles:
