NBA Twitter reacts to Grayson Allen’s flagrant-2 foul on Alex Caruso
Some things just never change.
That includes Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen making questionable, dirty plays on the basketball court.
In Friday night’s loss to the defending champs, Alex Caruso was rim-running on a fast break and as he got passed the ball to attempt a lay-up, Allen jumped up and hit Caruso’s arms but followed the first hit with swiping down at Caruso’s limbs with his left arm, shifting Caruso’s body horizontal in the air and landing hard on the surface.
Grayson Allen draws a flagrant 2 for a HARD foul on Alex Caruso pic.twitter.com/NjCJEzo7zu — Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) January 22, 2022
After review, Allen was assessed a flagrant-2 foul and was ejected. Caruso remained in the game after the hard foul.
During post game, Billy Donovan told the media that the foul ‘could’ve ended Caruso’s career.’
Check out NBA Twitter’s reaction to the flagrant-2 foul by Grayson Allen.
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Caruso says Grayson Allen foul was “bulls**t” pic.twitter.com/d9s0Z2VEVB — Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) January 22, 2022
Alex Caruso, asked if Grayson Allen came over to check on him after taking him out: “No.” — Rob Schaefer (@rob_schaef) January 22, 2022
Billy Donovan goes off on Grayson Allen: “It could’ve ended his [Caruso’s] career” pic.twitter.com/Mf2TJN0upn — Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) January 22, 2022
Where’s Grayson, we just wanna talk pic.twitter.com/HPUjEkFU73 — Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) January 22, 2022
Here is Billy Donovan’s full answer when asked about Grayson Allen’s flagrant-2 foul on Alex Caruso and ejection. It should be noted this is very uncharacteristic of Donovan to single out a player like this. pic.twitter.com/70UZFSMi85 — K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) January 22, 2022
nba twitter after grayson allen commits a hard foul on alex caruso pic.twitter.com/x7gIorCNLf — sean yoo (@SeanYoo) January 22, 2022
Grayson Allen giggling after receiving a flagrant 2 and being ejected seems pretty on brand for him. — Richard Jefferson (@Rjeff24) January 22, 2022
What a dirty foul by Grayson Allen on Alex Caruso. — Daniel Greenberg (@ChiSportUpdates) January 22, 2022
A young Grayson Allen “playing” with the neighbors. pic.twitter.com/1m68CG2dKw — Joe Cowley (@JCowleyHoops) January 22, 2022
Suspend Grayson Allen for the remainder of the regular season. His history and his obvious ability to not learn from prior incidents tells me he wants to harm. The game doesn’t need thugs like him — Anthony (Tony) Gill (@thetonygill) January 22, 2022
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Grayson Allen’s Status For Kings-Bucks Game
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The Milwaukee Bucks will be without one of their role players when they face off against the Sacramento Kings in Wisconsin on Saturday night.
Grayson Allen has been ruled out for the game due to a hip injury, and his status can be seen in the tweet that is embedded below from the Twitter account of Underdog NBA.
The game for the Bucks is coming directly after their win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night in Wisconsin.
On the season, they are 29-19, and currently the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.
Last season, they won the NBA Championship and they look like they will have another chance to get back to the NBA Finals this season.
As for the Kings, they are the 11th seed in the Western Conference with an 18-29 record.
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Bucks beat Bulls 94-90, Coach Donovan rips Grayson Allen
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Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo rises to shoot over Nikola Vucevic and Coby White in the Bulls regular season matchup against Milwaukee on January 21, 2022. | Photo: NBA.com
By STEVE MEGARGEE | AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks displayed a championship mentality by beating a quality opponent even when their shots didn’t fall.
Of course, it helped that the Chicago Bulls were also ice cold from the field.
Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 12 rebounds to help the Bucks overcome Grayson Allen’s ejection and beat the Bulls 94-90 on Friday night. Both teams shot below 40% overall and posted their worst 3-point percentages of the season.
“At the end of the day, a win is a win,” Antetokounmpo said. “We did the right things. We created good habits tonight.”
DeMar DeRozan scored 35 points but missed a 3-pointer that would have put the Bulls ahead with 23 seconds left. Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton made two free throws with 15.8 seconds remaining to close out the scoring.
Chicago shot 18.4% (7 of 38) from beyond the arc and the Bucks made 19.4% (6 of 31) of their attempts.
Bulls coach Billy Donovan appreciated the effort his team showed even on a poor-shooting night as they played without injured guards Lonzo Ball and Zach LaVine for a fourth straight game.
Donovan was more frustrated about the hard foul on Chicago’s Alex Caruso midway through the third quarter that resulted in Allen’s ejection. Allen was called for a flagrant foul 2 against Caruso as the Bulls guard was driving to the basket.
“For Alex to be in the air like that and for (Allen) to take him down like that, he could have ended his career,” Donovan said. “(Allen) has a history of this. That, to me, was really dangerous. I really hope the league takes a hard look at something like that because he could have really, really seriously hurt (Caruso).”
Caruso landed on his right side and remained on the floor under the basket for a couple of minutes before staying in the game.
“The dude just grabbed me out of the air,” Caruso said.
Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer had a different perspective.
“I think Grayson (did) nothing malicious, went to block the shot,” Budenholzer said. “I think it’s a close call, and they went with flagrant 2. I’m not going to disagree. It’s right on the border and that’s the direction they went.”
Allen served a one-game suspension during the 2016-17 season while at Duke after tripping an opposing player for the third time in a calendar year. He was ejected from an NBA Summer League game in 2019 after committing two flagrant fouls.
The first of four scheduled matchups this season between the defending NBA champion Bucks and the Central Division-leading Bulls was a down-to-the wire battle featuring 16 lead changes and 15 ties.
Neither team ever led by more than seven.
DeRozan, who went 17 of 18 on free-throw attempts, hit a jumper to put the Bulls ahead 67-66 in the last minute of the third quarter. The Bulls grabbed a four-point lead early in the final period, but the Bucks responded and moved ahead for good on Antetokounmpo’s free throw with 7:24 left.
“We talk about versatility in a lot of different ways,” Budenholzer said. “And I think you’ve got to be versatile in the kind of games you can win. I’m very proud of the guys, for them to find a way to win tonight. We had to earn that.”
Middleton had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks, while Bobby Portis added 12 points and 13 rebounds. Jrue Holiday scored 13 points.
Nikola Vucevic had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls. Matt Thomas added 11 points and went 3 of 5 on 3-point attempts.
TIP-INS
Bulls: Donovan said Ball is expected to undergo surgery sometime next week. The Bulls had announced Thursday that Ball’s injury would require surgery. Ball is expected to require 6 to 8 weeks of recovery after his surgery. … Donovan said LaVine has responded well to his treatment but doesn’t have an exact return date for him in mind.
Bucks: Holiday came off the bench for a second straight game as the Bucks continue to monitor his minutes. Holiday returned to action Wednesday against Memphis after missing five games with a sore left ankle. … The Bucks are 18-3 when they have Antetokounmpo, Holiday and Middleton all on the floor.
UP NEXT
Bulls: At Orlando on Sunday. The Bulls beat the Magic 123-88 in Orlando on Nov. 26 and 102-98 in Chicago on Jan. 3.
Bucks: Host the Sacramento Kings on Saturday. The Bucks have won their last 10 meetings with the Kings and haven’t lost to them since Feb. 1, 2016.
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Bulls outraged with Grayson Allen’s actions
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Eric Nehm: Wesley Matthews went down on a defensive possession. Managed to get himself back up and hobbled down the floor. And then the Bucks just continued to play. No take foul. No timeout. Budenholzer finally called a timeout with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.
Grayson Allen Needs To Be Suspended; Alex Caruso Responds To Foul
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If you know anything about Grayson Allen, you know that his time at Duke was rocky to say the least.
Allen was often in headlines for his dirty play and purposely tripping players on the court. On Friday night, he made it back in to NBA headlines after taking out fan-favorite Alex Caruso; leading to a flagrant 2 hard foul.
Grayson Allen draws a flagrant 2 for a HARD foul on Alex Caruso pic.twitter.com/NjCJEzo7zu — Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) January 22, 2022
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Allen has already been suspended. While at Duke he was suspended for being caught tripping a third time within the same month!
Caruso was grabbed and bodied mid-air which resulted in Allen being ejected from the game Friday night.
Caruso responded to the play by calling it “Bull—-” and is just glad that he didn’t have any major scary injuries right away.
Alex Caruso on Grayson Allen’s Flagrant 2 Foul against him tonight. pic.twitter.com/JW4TII6Jrv — Darnell Mayberry (@DarnellMayberry) January 22, 2022
Figure it out man. For a team who is a top contender like Milwaukee to have this sort of stuff going on, it’s disgusting. There’s just no place for it in the game.
The Bucks did defeat the Bulls 94-90 but the only thing people will remember from that game was how idiotic Grayson Allen is.
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