No NBA fans are particularly fond of late-game intentional fouls, but we’re willing to give Chris Paul a pass on this one.
As the fourth quarter wound down Sunday in the Los Angeles Clippers’ eventual season-ending loss to the Houston Rockets, Paul, desperate to send the poor-shooting Howard to the free-throw line, jumped all over the Rockets big man in one of the more enthusiastic fouls you’ll ever see.
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Despite CP3’s best efforts, the Clippers fell to the Rockets 113-100 in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series, sending Houston to the Western Conference finals.
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