there are a few camera angles of the foul. the one from the baseline directly under the hoop shows two things...
1. Wallace is heading to the rim, and a foul there is intended for him to miss the basket completely. We see this all the time, and reply when a player makes the basket, "if you\'re gonna foul, FOUL him!" The act of fouling i dont have a problem with... but...
2. he fouls with an intent, not just to stop him from scoring, but to take him out completely, with no regard for safety.
Walton was whistled for a flagrant in the Spurs game where he pulled down PArker, but it was changed as there was no maliciousness involved. This was a "AAU" mentality foul, in that he\'s sayin get the fuck outta my lane.
plain and simple it was dirty
go celts