The NBA elected not to punish Rajon Rondo for his foul on Brad Miller near the end of Game 5 on Tuesday.

“We felt Rondo was making a basketball play and going for the ball after a blown defensive assignment by the Celtic team,” NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson said. “In terms of the criteria that we use to evaluate a flagrant foul penalty one, generally we like to consider whether or not there was a windup, an appropriate level of impact and a follow-through. And with this foul, we didn’t see a windup, nor did he follow through. So for that reason we’re not going to upgrade this foul to a flagrant foul penalty one.”

Via Boston Herald

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