that's funny that he had to deliberately miss his chest (by an entire foot) on that second thump to make it seem like it was a "natural recoil" of his arm at that level.
Im tellin u the league is full of bitchass niggas and coaches... Immediately in the 3rd quarter I woulda told Collison or a bench player to bow Kobe in his head Karl Malone to Isiah style... Harden was their 3rd best player and talked shit to them when he was choppin Kobe last game. Shit was intentional