Actually the Kobe artest thing has been going on for a long time.
Looking back at some of the previous videos artest has thrown his
share of elbows and his aggressive style of defense promotes
an aggressive response.

Basket ball is much more that just making baskets. It's a mind game
and if you can get into the mind of the opponent then all the better.
So trash talking is part of the game. Always has been always will be.
Even Artest admits that's the case and expects it. He also expects to continue his
defensive posture and has said on more than one occasion that he fully expects
Kobe not to back down and he wouldn't respect him if he did.

Shane Battier set a perfect example during the interview today regarding what?
He understands just like everybody else that it's deep in the playoffs
and the lakers needed to take a stand and demonstrate that unlike last
year they intend to compete.

What we are going to see in the next game is a tight game by the refs
which was a common complaint by the players as a whole.

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