Tyler Hansbrough Calls Kevin Garnett’s Flagrant Foul ‘Cheap,’ Says ‘That’s How He Plays’

Posted Jan 6, 2013
The Celtics will shrug their shoulders over the flagrant foul called against Kevin Garnett in Friday night’s win over the Pacers. They won, after all, whether Garnett was trying to teach Tyler Hansbrough‘s face a lesson or not. But Hansbrough wasn’t too thrilled with the forearm to his snout, going so far as to reopen the discussion of whether the tough and scrappy Garnett is a dirty player. (NESN)

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