Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 1:20 pm  |  74 responses

NBA Suspends Kevin Love 2 Games for Stepping on Luis Scola’s Face


The NBA answered a question we posed this morning. Kevin Love has indeed been suspended for stepping on Luis Scola’s grill. From the Houston Chronicle: “The NBA struck back on Monday, hitting Timberwolves forward Kevin Love with a two-game suspension for ‘driving his foot into the upper body and face’ of Rockets forward Luis Scola Saturday in Minneapolis. Love will miss games Tuesday against the Kings at Target Center and Wednesday in Memphis.”

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  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Aye…I’m not defending Bynum’s actions and unlike you, not downplaying it. I wonder if you and most of the comments I’ve seen on the net would be defending love with such passion if the guy was from a different background.

  • http://www.t-mac.com/tmac/index unf*ckwitable

    When in doubt call racism.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Bynum got what, 5 for that forearm shiver on Barea? He ended up sitting out four. Love should have gotten at least 3, imo. But Bynum was a repeat offender–he had been doing that forearm cheapshot for a LONG time before he was finally suspended.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Anyone who thinks Kevin Love stepped on another man’s f*cking face by accident is seriously deluded.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    @ Lakeshow: Were you watching the game live when it happened? Youtube videos and subsequent replays don’t actually show the entire line of action. Love rips at Scola’s arms, throwing him to the ground, and then pauses, and then takes a step on his FACE. I mean seriously… If you’re gonna make a point do what Iverson did and step OVER him. And if you must stomp, do it away from the face. Have some stomping decency.

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Why not? It still plays a big role in today’s world.

  • burnt_chicken

    jtaylor: I think you are missing a big part of the equation here in terms of the majority of comments you are reacting to: It was an AMERICAN player stomping a NON-American player. Don’t underestimate the xenophobe-ish aspect to this act in order to focus on another form of equally heinous (and eminantly relateable) discrimination.

  • burnt_chicken

    most of the yahoos think Argentina is in Europe for f k’s sake.

  • burnt_chicken

    *eminently

  • http://www.t-mac.com/tmac/index unf*ckwitable

    It does Jtaylor but not in this case i dont think, not for me anyway, maybe for you it is though. I just dont see stepping on someone as that bad in terms of the potential for injury compared to say Bynum smashing JJ. Its not like he stomped the motherf*cker out, he stepped on him, and imo if you look at it he does pause and see Scola then Lifts his foot about the smae time Scola raises his arms a bit so its about 80/20 it was accidental for mine. 20percent chance its an accident.

  • shutup

    Ive seen dirty plays in many pick up games sh!t I used to have a move called the porkchop sorta like an elbow high drop step I learned from watchin Franchise (R.I.P.), sh!t i got my eyebrow split in a league game at the 4th, got that sh!t butterflied and still made the free throws, but stepping on someone is a bit much , I should know I once stepped on this dope fiend because he kept stumblin on the court. and once he referenced getting hit in the b@llz you gotta see he meant to do it. Other than that I hate flopping with a passion (the resaon I hate Ben Wallace soooo much) and Bynum is a dirty player and has been for a minute now. and no blood no foul is a creedo many people just dont understand anymore; I wasnt tryin to call you out by asking where you play I was just curious cause I’ve played on some rough courts never seen a stomp on a downed player, seen a bum get hit in the head with a milk crate over a rock, so I was just curious…. because since I moved out west “contact” is a foreign concept

  • shutup

    Ive seen dirty plays in many pick up games ;I used to have a move called the porkchop sorta like an elbow high drop step I learned from watchin Franchise (R.I.P.), i got my eyebrow split in a league game at the 4th, got it butterflied and still made the free throws, but stepping on someone is a bit much , I should know I once stepped on this dope fiend because he kept stumblin on the court. and once he referenced getting hit in the b@llz you gotta see he meant to do it. Other than that I h@te flopping with a passion (the resaon I h@te Ben Wallace soooo much) and Bynum is a dirty player and has been for a minute now. and no blood no foul is a creedo many people just dont understand anymore; I wasnt tryin to call you out by asking where you play I was just curious cause I’ve played on some rough courts never seen a stomp on a downed player, seen a bum get hit in the head with a milk crate over a rock, so I was just curious…. because since I moved out west “contact” is a foreign concept

  • shutup

    sorry for the double post, phone is actin stupid

  • jacuuli

    He should have never thrown the basketball at Love’s nuts the game before or so

  • Charles Breen

    I honestly think he did it in accident

  • http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=pawtucketymca Gametimeweezy

    He could of tried to avoid him. I’ve been caught up in the heat of battle, but I’d never do that to another man. It was wrong. What he did deserves 5 games minimum.

  • http://www.t-mac.com/tmac/index unf*ckwitable

    Linsanity!!!

  • R. Kelly

    Step in the name of Love. Step in the name of Lo-o-ove.
    STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE

  • EJ

    Everybody downplaying this just shut up. Since when has kicking somebody in the face when they’re down been considered a rough physical play? That’s just cheap.

  • Justin G.

    Wow Lakeshow, you are really looking like a fool here. The “Much worse, dirtier, plays are made by NBA players nightly” line is laughable. If that were true guys would be getting suspended every night. And @stlheatmaniac…I wonder if you realize how much of an idiot you come across as with your unreadable ebonics posts. Anyone who writes “dis” or “dat” or “wit dat” shouldn’t be allowed near a typewriter. As for the suspension, two games is enough I guess but I would have rather seen 3 or 4. That crap has no place in basketball no matter what someone has done to you during the game or in past games

  • JP7

    i was happy to see this happen, call me foul if u must. the way most deez new nba dudes always be actin soft sometimes makes me sick. get smoked in the face then look for the ref like a lil punk look for his moms or a teacher, hit back my dude lol or dudes wanna get real hyphy exactly when its a gang o dudes holdin em back hahaha classic softy behaviour. dudes be runnin up the middle tuff and nobody got the balls to knock dat man down, like how kobe get 81 on tdot and aint one raptor foul out, wheres the pride? charles oakley tell deez dudes man, its real serious out here, life bin rough boy

  • Nick

    well deserved.

  • Justin G.

    Uhhh…when they get smoked in the face and look to the ref it’s because it’s a foul idiot! You hit back and you get T’d up and thrown out of the game with an automatic one game suspension. Never mind. I have to stop wasting my time with this guy

  • JP7

    dis ninja. thats the whole point guy, forget the tech or suspension or wtvr, be a man bout ur biz and dudes wont wanna mess wid you. if ur at ur job and ur co worker punks you out super tuff or hits you, what u gonna do? look for the supervisor and rat him out? then go back the nex day wid a black eye meanwhile dudes still theyre cuz he got senority, knowin ur a rat punk squidbilly goof show? i hope not.

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