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Udonis Haslem's agent, Henry Thomas, is not happy at all with client's 1-game suspension. "I thought it was a bad decision,'' he told FOX Sports Florida. "If you’re going to suspend Udonis, you should have suspended (Tyler) Hansbrough.’’ Thomas also represents Dwyane Wade, hit by Hansbrough on a flagrant foul. Sulia

Miami Heat, Udonis Haslem, Referees 

A third flagrant foul was called late in the game when Heat reserve Dexter Pittman threw a violent elbow at Lance Stephenson, the player who gave the choke sign to James in Game 3. Stephenson left for X-rays on his collarbone. Palm Beach Post

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees 

The Rock would be impressed but I'm sure the NBA is not. Pretty sure Dexter Pittman has a suspension coming after this foul. Miami Herald

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees 

Lance Stephenson: Pittman got me good. My shoulder feel like its broke but I'm ok everyone let's go Pacers game 6 Twitter

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees 

Lance Stephenson said he had no problem with Dexter Pittman’s hard foul: “We're just playing hard ball. That’s what happens when you’re playing hard and it’s the playoffs. So it’s a good foul.’’ Sulia

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees 

Brian Windhorst: Dexter Pittman did not speak to the media after the game. Twitter

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees 

Ken Berger: One Pacer on Pittman hit on Stephenson: Metta World Peace would be "suspended for life" if he did that. Twitter

Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees, Metta World Peace 

Chris Tomasson: Danny Granger on Haslem foul: “It was just as dangerous as what I think Metta World Peace did to James Harden.’’ Twitter

Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, Danny Granger, James Harden, Dexter Pittman, Referees, Metta World Peace 

Ken Berger: "It was bad," the anomymous Pacer said of the Pittman play. "And they were celebrating afterward. The tape don't lie." Twitter

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees 

Carl Landry: #DexterPittman just earned a spot on the #NBA all thug team. Hahahaha!!! Twitter

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson, Dexter Pittman, Referees, Carl Landry 

In the second quarter, referee Derrick Stafford wanted to call a Flagrant 2 on Haslem and an ejection for his foul on Hansbrough, but referee Jason Phillips sold the crew chief on a Flagrant 1, and Haslem stayed in the game. South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Tyler Hansbrough, Udonis Haslem, Referees 

Udonis Haslem was asked if he retaliated on Hansbrough: “No, man, check my rap sheet. Nine years in this game, I ain’t never played to hurt nobody. I play hard, and that’s it.’’ Sulia

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Tyler Hansbrough, Udonis Haslem, Referees 

Game 4’s foul disparity — the 76ers attempted 36 free throws to the Celtics [team stats]’ 19 — has found the Celtics on their best behavior, sort of. “Let’s not go there,” Keyon Dooling said. Rivers initially offered a verbal bouquet yesterday when he said, “I’m not mad at the officials. I love the officials. We had a big lead and all of a sudden they started going to the line, which allowed them to get back into the game. We have to stop fouling, or we have to get fouled — one of the two. Clearly it didn’t favor us.” . . . Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, Keyon Dooling, Referees 

As much as the Celtics would love to free up Ray Allen for shots, the fact that the Celtics guard has averaged 7.2 shots and 9.2 points in this series may be more than a trend. “Even the shots he’s had aren’t going in, but they’re not leaving him — they’re not leaving him,” Rivers said of the 76ers coverage. “That makes it difficult, and I don’t know if health-wise he’s able to get away from them either. That combination has made it very tough. Like I said, we’re very thin. You have Ray playing because it’s the playoffs — that’s probably the only reason he’s playing. We’d love to get him shots but it’s tough, because he can’t get away from guys. It’s a tough call.” Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, Ray Allen, Referees 

Pacers forward Danny Granger has picked up a technical foul in each of the past two games for taking exception to James throwing an elbow in his direction. James also received a technical for his actions in Game 2. "I'm not going to back down from anybody and he's not going to back down from anybody," Granger said. "And when you get that, you'll get some altercations. I think (Commissioner) David Stern has done a good job of making sure we know what the line is and what not to cross. "We won't cross that line. But we just want each other to know it's going to be an intense battle and it's going to be a fight." Indianapolis Star

Indiana Pacers, Danny Granger, Referees 

The NBA admitted Friday that a tardy foul call on the Celtics late in Game 6 cost the Hawks an extra free throw. With 3.1 seconds left in the game and the Hawks trailing 81-79, Boston’s Marquis Daniels was called for fouling Hawks center Al Horford as teammate Marvin Williams was about to inbound the ball. By rule, if a personal foul is assessed against the defense before the ball is released on a throw-in, the offense is awarded one free throw and possession of the ball. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Marvin Williams, Al Horford, Marquis Daniels, Referees 

Coach Larry Drew said officials told him Daniels fouled Horford after Williams released the ball. The league office, in a post on one of its official Twitter feeds Friday, agreed but said the replay showed “the foul on Daniels should have been called sooner than it was by the officials, in which case it would have met the requirements of an Away-From-The-Play Foul.” The Hawks protested the call during the game, to no avail. “That would have been a huge play, a huge turn of events,” Hawks forward Josh Smith said. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Marvin Williams, Al Horford, Marquis Daniels, Referees 

It's been well established that the Los Angeles Clippers seem to enjoy making the most out of the incidental contact that tends to happen about 97,000 times during an NBA game. The team takes plenty of licks with its banging, athletic style, but it also likes to magnify the impact of said licks by flopping, and losing a bit of credibility with the referees along the way. With that in place, it's still hard to understand why the 'Peter and the Wolf' syndrome would influence referee Marc Davis for whistling a technical foul on Clipper forward Reggie Evans for … high-fiving his teammate? Yahoo! Sports

Los Angeles Clippers, Reggie Evans, Referees 

KC Johnson: Thibs on Hawes foul: "I have to get more clarity on what a flagrant foul is because I don’t understand that." Twitter

Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, Referees, Spencer Hawes 

Though tempting, please don't dwell on asking what might have been if officials had swallowed their whistles with 2.2 seconds left instead of calling a foul on Omer Asik as he attempted to block Andre Iguodala's layup. Iguodala hit the two most clutch free throws of the Doug Collins era in Philadelphia, but to blame the end of the season on a bad call would be wrong. Good for Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau that he resisted that temptation, albeit reluctantly. "It looked like Omer had the ball, but I don't want to put it on the officials," Thibodeau said. "We didn't do what we should have done." Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, Andre Iguodala, Tom Thibodeau, Omer Asik, Referees