Powell on the Dee Davis hit: "It was incidental contact, in my opinion. She's smaller than me, and that's what the crowd really jumped on, a small person against a big person.''

Davis: "She tried to take me out."

Both players are exaggerating. Davis had clear possession of the ball, and an almost-clear path to the basket. Powell laid a hard foul on her -- it wasn't "incidental." It was a bit of a frustration foul, but also a clean foul with no intent to injure (and a smart "strategic" foul to prevent an easy bucket). Davis's fell pretty hard, but that was largely because she and Borchardt got tangled on the way down.