Ballin: Artest to the Rescue as Scorer, Peacemaker
The Big Lead —
Houston 112, Dallas 102: Listen to Reggie Miller and Marv disagree on the Artest-Howard-Yao kerfuffle (Marv’s right). Clearly, Howard (28 points) delivered a hard foul to Yao, who took umbrage. Then Artest (29 points) shoved Howard in a “back-off” move, and attempted to play peacemaker by getting Yao (30) points away from Jason Kidd, who gave a weak push to Artest. Refs called a dumb tech on Artest for nothing. Also, Yao missed an easy dunk.
Cleveland 96, Charlotte 79: Daniel Gibson pumped in 25 points off the bench, LeBron added 22 and Mo Williams had seven assists vs. one ...
Ron Artest to the Rescue?
Intentional Foul —
Is this a kinder, gentler Ron Artest we are witnessing? Doubtful … but there is something to be said about last night’s technical foul business against the Mavericks. What we have is Yao getting tangled up with Josh Howard and Ron-Ron running in to actually pull Yao away — after making contact with Howard.
Let’s go to the video:
Where do you stand? Did Artest deserve the technical or was this a case of guilty until proven innocent? I’m thinking no, but does the fact his reputation does proceed him — directly or otherwise. ...
Ron Artest Was In Another Tussle, Playing Peacemaker During The Rockets Vs Mavericks Game. Huh?
FanIQ Blog —
Remember Ron Artest at the super-brawl between the Pistons, Pacers and several fans? Remember Ron Artest, one of the most prolific head cases in the NBA? It seems as though Ron-Ron is well on the way to reform, as he actually stepped in to STOP a fight between Yao Ming and Josh Howard.
Impressive, ...
If You Mess With the Rockets, You Mess With Ron Artest
FanHouse —
Filed under: Mavericks, Rockets, NBA VideosEarlier today, Nate Jones broke down the ways in which Ron Artest is already paying dividends for his new team. But there's another role Ron-Ron can play on the club besides being an all around contributor, and that's the one of enforcer. Check out Artest running in to make sure no one messes with his big man, Yao Ming. Reggie Miller goes on and on about how Artest wasn't doing anything but trying to pull Yao away from the confrontation, but I'm not so sure. Initially he goes straight to the middle of the huddle, ...
