Jazz guard Dante Exum was called for a foul on James Harden after his face collided with the basketball.
Dante Exum was called for fouling Harden on this 👀 pic.twitter.com/CJJ5yAM1zG
— ESPN (@espn) May 7, 2018
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James Harden has no regard for Dante Exum's face. pic.twitter.com/O85b3ME3Li
— Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) May 7, 2018
Here's how Twitter reacted:
Dante Exum gets his first career block with his face and gets called for the foul
— Daggins (@Daggins24) May 7, 2018
wow. That was perfect defense by Dante Exum and Harden still got a whistle
— Tony Jones (@tribjazz) May 7, 2018
Imagine you're Dante Exum.
— Mark M (@Mmueller88) May 7, 2018
You are having the game of your life.
You have good defensive position and the guy locks your arm up and hits you in the face with the ball.
Foul on you.
You continue to destroy the other teams defense. You get your hand on the ball and... 3rd foul.
Dante Exum reaches in on Harden, gets ball slammed into his face pic.twitter.com/ZI3m7dQbin
— The Render (@TheRenderNBA) May 7, 2018