Livingston's low hit on Dirk angers Mavericks
DALLAS — While Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki said he’d give Golden State Warriors guard Shaun Livingston “the benefit of the doubt” that a low blow in Saturday’s game was unintentional, not everyone on his team saw it that way.
The 7-foot Nowitzki was posting up the 6-foot-7 Livingston late in the third quarter when Livingston reached between Nowitzki’s legs and struck him in the groin. After a replay review, Livingston was assessed a flagrant foul 1.
After shouting in agony and bending over, Nowitzki reacted by turning around and briefly confronting Livingston, who insisted he did not mean to hit Nowitzki in that sensitive area.
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