Wizards reserve suspended for smacking LeBron

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Stern-O With More Indefensible Actions
Published 5/2/2008 by CarlSpackler at perkisabeast.com Blog
... deserves a suspension than Zydrunas Ilgauskas should be joining him on the sidelines! Here’s how Songalia saw it: “We got tangled up, my arm got caught inside of his, and when he tried to free himself, it was just an accident. He lifted my arm and it him right in the face. It was caused by him,” Songaila said Thursday. “It wasn’t my intention or anything like that. If anything, it was an accident.” Of course Songalia will be suspended in in Game 6, Big Z will not. Yet when I fast forward to 30-35 ...

Feed the Zeast!
Published 5/2/2008 by Matt at Le Cavs! A Cleveland Cavaliers Blog
Okay, that doesn't sound quite right. What I'm trying to say is that tonight the Cavs need to stuff the ball down Z's throat until he defecates lumbering hooks onto Brendan Haywood's chest, Cleveland Steamer style. In a completely unanticipated turn, Darius Songalia was suspended for slapping Lebron. Video here, 10 seconds in. Of all the contact throughout this series, this is what draws a suspension? I'd guess this is the league feeling that some penalty needed to be levied against the Wizards for the constant unnecessary contact perpetuated throughout ...

Friday Bullets
Published 5/2/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Speaking of elbows the Wizards' Darius Songaila is suspended for that elbow to LeBron James' face. Wizard fans are outraged, especially as that was one of many cheap shots in that game. TrueHoop reader and DC fan Unsilent Majority writes: "I'm going to be needing Stu Jackson's home phone number." (Related, ...

Dear LeBron,
Published 5/2/2008 by Constable Echelon at Hotdog & Friends
Please stop acting like you’ve been shot every time someone touches you. If I wanted to watch wildly gesticulating pussies begging for protection from the referees, I would watch Christian Ronaldo. I don’t though. You are 6′8″ tall and weigh 250+ pounds. I’m supposed to believe that your natural reaction to being nicked by Darius Songaila’s chicken wing is to have your head recoil skyward like a pez dispenser? Bullshit. I realize it’s hard to play the game on its merits. You made the Finals last year and ran into those queens of ref baiting: the dynastic Spurs. The funny ...