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Phil on provoking techs: That’s not fair play 06.11.10 at 1:19 pm ET
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Lakers coach Phil Jackson said he wouldn't feel comfortable encouraging his team to bait Rasheed Wallace and Kendrick Perkins into getting their seventh technical fouls. (AP)

Kendrick Perkins and Rasheed Wallace are both sitting on six technical fouls during the postseason. If either of them gets one more they are subject to a one-game suspension from the NBA.

Doc Rivers has expressed concern that they could be provoked into getting technicals, but Lakers coach Phil Jackson said that was not part of his team’s mindset. “That’s not fair play,” he said. “That’s not the way to play the games.”

Before the series began, Jackson agreed with Rivers that the NBA should revisit the seven technical foul rule for the playoffs. Both coaches feel that the number should be reduced the longer teams are alive in the postseason and that the league should look at whether double technical fouls should be counted against the number.

That’s the biggest concern for Rivers. He noted after Game 4 that he pulled Perkins out of the game after he and Pau Gasol spent several possessions getting physical in the post because he was afraid a double tech was about to happen.

“Yeah, you can be provocative and get out there and act kind of like they do if you want to and get in people’s faces and do that,” Jackson said. “But that’s not the way I like to coach a team. That’s not what I consider positive coaching, and that’s what I like to think is the right way to do things.”

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  • cuzzy

    Maybe he doesn’t LIKE

  • cuzzy

    Sorry, Maybe he doesn’t LIKE to coach that way and he doesn’t LIKE to think that way but the question remains, what will he ACTUALLY do…hmm.

  • PKM

    Gasol is without a doubt trying his hardest to provoke a technical on Perkins. Anyone watching can see that. Same thing is going on with Wallace. No doubt both he and Perkins got themselves into trouble a few times because they don’t walk away and keep their mouths shut when a foul is called on them. Watch Gasol closely is all I can say. He is doing all he can to provoke a tech.

  • RIP

    OR Perkins and Wallace cant stop complaining everytime after committing fouls. And yes there usually is a foul called on them they didnt commit. But that has happened to everyone in this series on both teams. But even more telling is how after they get called for fouls they did commit, they are very animated, so come on, puhleeeeeeeze with all the whining. If the Lakers wanted to provoke, it would have happened by now. Plenty of antics with Nate, Garnett, Wallace, Perkins. Both teams are getting away with the same crap, stop the violins.

  • Just curious

    Didn’t Phil Jackson have Dennis Rodman on his team?

  • Eric

    Gasol was certainly trying to provoke Perk last night. And as much as it would have pissed me off if it happened, it would have been a GREAT move by Gasol if Perk got tee’d up because of it. Think about it: Gasol was getting bumped around by him (12 points), so if Perk goes out, it neutralizes that effect, maybe the Lakers win Game 5, and they go back to LA with a chance to close it out and the C’s have to play a close-out game without their best low post defender (don’t give me KG – he’s a great defender but he can’t keep big bodies off the block). Don’t believe the “Guru” snake oil salesman – if he DIDN’T tell Gasol to incite a riot with Perk, he wasn’t doing his best coaching job.

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