It probably won’t mean anything negative for the duration of their playoff run, but the Los Angeles Lakers now need to be a little bit cognizant of flagrant foul points for their star big man and leading scorer Anthony Davis.
In a surprise to many, the NBA announced that upon a review of Game 2, Anthony Davis has been called for a Flagrant Foul 1 for an aggressive moe he made in the game against Houston’s Jeff Green. On a drive in the first half of Game 2, Davis drove hard against Green and accidentally hit him below the belt. Green was down for a few minutes and play had to be stopped.
LAL’s Anthony Davis assessed a Flagrant Foul 1 upon league review for his contact against HOU’s Jeff Green at 0:15 of 2nd qtr on 9/6/20. pic.twitter.com/NAYSyyugoL
— NBA Official (@NBAOfficial) September 8, 2020
A Flagrant Foul 1 has everything to do with the result of the play and nothing to do with intent. Had intent been clear, that would have been a Flagrant 2. With Davis earning a Flagrant 1, he now has 1 flagrant point in the playoffs. If a player accumulates 3 flagrant points throughout the playoffs, that will warrant a “Draymond Green” automatic 1-game suspension.
