Terry Pluto's halftime scribbles from Game 5  Terry Pluto's
halftime scribbles from Game 5  by Terry Pluto
terrypluto2003@yahoo.com Wednesday April 30, 2008, 7:49 PM  The
Cavaliers' Anderson Varejao scowls at Washington's DeShawn
Stevenson during a first-quarter altercation sparked by Darius
Songaila's hard foul on LeBron James. Both Varejao and Stevenson
were issued technical fouls, as was Songaila.  Scribbles in my
notebook as the Cavs played Washington in Game 5  Turns out that
DeShawn Stevenson whacking LeBron James in the head during Game
4 really wasn't a big deal at all. The NBA did fine the
Washington self-promoter $25,000, but it was not for the
flagrant foul on James. It was because he made a throat-slashing
motion at the Cavs' bench. So that's more dangerous than the
actual foul? According to the NBA, it is, heaven help us all.
Apparently the league thinks throat-cutting gestures gives the
game a bad name. As for those pesky flagrant fouls, no problem,
no fine.  Point: Washington's Brendan Haywood