Video - Brendan Haywood Flagrant Foul On LeBron James 4/21/08

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I don't think that's fair. did you see the way he was holding his hands up afterwards?

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Bars & Stripes

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Brenda's had a lot of pent-up aggression ever since Etan Thomas was traded to SLAM.

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