Kick to rival player's jingle bells earns Dwyane Wade a suspension

12/28/2012

Dwyane Wade isn't embracing the sentiment that he's one of the NBA's dirtiest players, but the video evidence rarely lies. The Miami Heat star's reaction to an intentional, but by no means hard, foul from Charlotte's Ramon Sessions was swift and terrible: a smartly placed kick to the, uh, boys in the basement. The NBA's justice wasn't so swift, but after the refs ignored the kick, the league suspended Wade for a game, even as he tweeted his innocence. "I just reacted to the contact that I got from him." Imagine what precautions the doctor must take when tapping Wade with the reflex hammer.

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