Monday, May 25, 2009

Dwight Howard - Always Committing a Three Second Violation

I found a very interestingway to watch the basketball game last night. No matter whether you are a Cavs fan, a Lakers fan, a Celtics fan, a Knicks fan, or a Bulls fan... it's watching Dwight Howard commit defensive 3-second violation after 3-second violation!

"one one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand... four one-thousand... ten one-thousand"

Howard is literally camped out in the lane to prevent LeBron and the guards from driving the lane... and this is a direct violation of the rules. The actual language of the rule is quite lengthy, but I counted at least 10 violations for Howard last night, and I wasn't even trying to count his OFFENSIVE three seconds violations.

There was one possession when Howard sat in the lane for the entire possession of the Cavs without even coming withing 5 feet of any defenders. This is not the reason the Cavs lost, but I wish the refs would at least enforce this rule which really isn't that subjective (in comparison to blocking and charging fouls). I also wish they would call Howard for his moving picks, and dirty picks where he throws elbows.

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