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League also looking at Celtics-Magic

By Chris Sheridan
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 7, 2009

NEW YORK -- In NBA shorthand, it is known as the elbow rule: Strike an opposing player above the shoulders with an elbow foul, and it's an automatic ejection. It was the rule invoked to suspend Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard in Game 6 of the first round -- a rule that the NBA has to debate whether to apply Thursday on another busy day in the office of NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson. Several physical plays from Wednesday night's playoff games were under review, and one of the b ...

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