Pau Gasol Didn't Push Off to Get That Last Rebound, Okur Flopped

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 Pau Gasol Didn't Push Off to Get That Last Rebound, Okur Flopped
Excellent post from Henry over at TrueHoop regarding the late game put-back from Pau Gasol that clinched the Game 5 victory for the Lakers. Like Henry, while watching it happen live, I thought Gasol pushed off, and was shocked there was no foul called. Not "angry" shocked, mind you, just "relieved" shocked, because I was rooting for the Lakers. But shocked nonetheless, because it appeared ... [link]

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Gasol Boozers the Jazz to a W
Published 5/15/2008 by theassociation at The Association
... By Craig Kwasniewski Pau Gasol may or may not have pushed Memo Okur in the back for a gave saving put-back dunk as the Laker won a very critical Game 5 last night. Here are a few thoughts from last night's game from what I saw from my seat high up in Section 316: The Gasol Rebound: I was at the game and from my seat it completely looked like he pushed off. Call it a push off, call it a flop... I call it a case of the Jazz getting a taste of their own medicine. Carlos Boozer literally pushes ...

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