The final word from Alonzo

["Ravi Singh" <kelticsfan@attbi.com>]

``First and foremost, I've been hit all upside the head, stitches and
breaks, and broken noses -- two of them -- so I know,'' Mourning said.
``There isn't but so much room under that basket. So if you have a
330-pound 7-footer out there with a bunch of other 6-10, 250-, 260-pound
guys all in the paint at one time, there's going to be a lot of bumping
and hitting.''

In short, O'Neal should have taken his beating in stride, Mourning said.

``Sometimes it gets frustrating,'' he said. ``Last game we played
[Golden State], they were beating the hell out of me. You just grin and
bear it. You accept it and keep moving, hope the referees see it and
call the foul. There's nothing you can do. It's out of respect, to tell
you truth. If you couldn't play, they wouldn't foul you. If you weren't
that effective as a player, they wouldn't even waste the time.''

http://www.miami.com/herald/content/sports/basketball/heat/digdocs/10008
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com] On Behalf
Of Kestutis Kveraga
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:11 PM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: NBA "justice"


--- You wrote:
Pretty arrogant of you to assume you're the ONLY one on a
basketball-related list who HAS.
--- end of quote ---

I'm not assuming that: 'some' =/= 'all'. Moreover, others may need a
'refresher course'. Whatever. If you have been in these situations and
still think that, this argument can't be resolved. You think Shaq had no
reason for doing what he did, and should be punished much more severely.
I don't. Let's leave it at that. 

Kestas