By Erin Semagin Damio
The Phoenix Mercury's Penny Taylor On the altercation in Game Three With the Detroit Shock's Plenette Pierson:
Taylor: “I think that they should look at it because I think it was definitely a cheap shot because it was after the whistle and away from the ball. I think they should look at it and make the decision based on what they’ve done in the past, and be done with it. It is bad for the game, it’s ugly, and you don’t want to see that sort of stuff.”
On allegations that it was a “punch”:
Taylor: “I felt some hands directed at my head, so I mean they have to look at it and decide what the intention is. That’s not my job, thankfully, so I just have to move on to the next game.”
On potentially suspending Plenette Pierson:
Taylor: “I don’t know what the rules are – I don’t know what they’ve done in the past with things like this, I don’t know if there’s been stuff like this in the past and what they’ve done. So, that’s up to them. But they should definitely look at it, because it’s not pretty and its not the sort of thing you want to see and whatever action that is in the rule book and take it.”
Mazzante Also Weighs In:
The Phoenix Mercury's Kelly Mazzante, the former Penn State scoring Sensation, gave Taylor obvious support:
Mazzante: “The bottom line is they have a tendency to give some cheap shots.
"Everyone in the league knows that. We just have to protect ourselves and not back down to it.
"We just have to play the game and not get caught up in what they are trying to do to us. If they are going to make themselves look like that and do those kinds of things, that’s fine. That’s not our team. That’s not how we want to play. That is not who we are.”
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