Saturday night's game between the Clippers and the Bulls was a game of flagrant fouls, with three flagrant fouls being called, all involving the Bulls' Andres Nocioni.

Ruben Patterson, jostling for position with Nocioni, bumped hard into the Bulls' defender. Nocioni retaliated by collaring Patterson around his neck, picking up a flagrant foul.

"He should have got kicked out the game for that," Patterson said. "He went straight for my face. He's known as a dirty player."

Patterson approached Nocioni afterward, earning a technical foul, but was restrained by Kaman.

"I made a hard foul because he hit me with his elbow twice," Nocioni said.

Less than a minute later, Thomas picked up his own flagrant foul when he forearmed a driving Nocioni.

"I was always taught, you get hit, you hit back," Thomas said.

Dunleavy said there were better ways to respond, such as aggressive boxing out.

"It was a cheap flagrant foul if there is such a thing," he said. "It was like, 'Why even bother?' "

In the third, Kaman picked up his own flagrant on Nocioni, fouling him from behind. Kaman said he would protest the foul with the league.

Via L.A. Times

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