Egotastic
Somehow I missed this last night, but watching a team get blown out like the Lakers did leads to a lot of channel flipping and phone checking. Maybe I was out of the room, but either way I didn't see Metta World Peace getting tangled up with James Harden again.
Harden, who probably still has nightmares over the first time Metta Ron Artest attacked him, was boxing out World Peace. Shockingly, the play became more physical than it needed to be, thanks to Ron-Ron, and ended up with World Peace's arm and elbow near Harden's head and Harden ending up on the ground. It was nothing like the elbow from a few weeks ago, and it wasn't called anything more than a personal foul. Read More »
James Harden Can Give as Good as He Gets (VIDEO)
Metta World Peace/Ron Artest made news when he said he had no intention of reaching out to James Harden of the Oklahoma City Thunder prior to the start of the Western Conference Semi-finals between the Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers.
I think this video is evidence that James Harden wasn't concerned at all. He'll just reach out in a way that Ron Artest can understand well. On second thought, maybe Artest would not understand since Harden's elbow actually was unintentional.
The Thunder went on to win this game 77-75 and lead the best of seven series 2-0.
Article by Travis Pulver