Smith scored nine points before he was ejected in the third quarter for a flagrant foul.
Their frustrations boiled over, leading to three technical fouls, a flagrant foul and an ejection.
New York was called for three individual technical fouls and a flagrant foul, and J.
Nick Collison was called for a flagrant foul after leveling Prince on a baseline drive in the second quarter.
"I thought it was (a flagrant foul) right away but I think it looked worse than it was, " Pointer said.
Referees reviewed the Gibson hit, but did not award a flagrant foul.
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Raymond Felton was called for a flagrant foul for elbowing Jeff Pendergraph.
It correctly handed Horry a two-game suspension for his flagrant foul.
Miami's superstar did all he could to keep the run going, scoring 32 points and even collecting a flagrant foul during a physical final few minutes.
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Smith, who inexplicably threw an elbow right into Jason Terry's face with 7:06 left and was thrown out of the game with a flagrant foul 2, an automatic ejection.
Stephenson, who made a choke sign at the Heat during last year's playoffs, then was the subject of a flagrant foul from now-former Heat backup Dexter Pittman later in that series, drove the lane with 3:05 left in the third period and drew a hard foul from Battier.
Looking to see if the clock is right, a shot was a 3-pointer or if an elbow to the head warrants a flagrant foul, they watch the replays from all angles as coaches and players huddle, fans in the stands and TV wait for the action to start again.
Smith, who started the second half, capped Golden State's run with a flagrant-2 foul for coming down hard with two hands on Harrison Barnes' layup attempt, swiping the rookie's head.
The referees were busy for much of the day, with the Clippers called for 26 fouls to the Thunder's 22 in a physical game that featured double technicals on Caron Butler and Kendrick Perkins for their verbal exchange and Ibaka's flagrant-1 foul on Griffin.
Referees originally called a flagrant-1 against Gibson, though after review downgraded it to only a common foul.
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