Jeremy Lin Keeps Getting Fouled Hard in the Head, But Referees Refuse to Call Them Flagrant Fouls

This is a terrible look for the NBA, and yes, we’ll say it before you do: It reeks of a racial bias.

Don’t believe me?

Just watch. The video has over five minutes worth of plays where Jeremy Lin was clobbered, but not once was a flagrant foul called. Often Lin was fouled in the head (including one clothesline from Kobe that wasn’t even reviewed, and Kobe tried to act like it was a clean block).

There’s a Carmelo Anthony uppercut that would have got a fight started on many pickup basketball courts I’ve played on.

Don’t think this won’t be heavily scrutinized in the first round playoff series between the Hornets and Heat.

UPDATE: The NBA responded to the New York Times’ Andrew Keh, noting that both the number of fouls called and the flagrant foul rate are within normal statistical boundaries.

Though, the numbers don’t address the severity of the fouls shown in the video.