The Pool Report interview was conducted by Jack Maloney (CBS Sports) with Crew Chief Mitchell Ervin following tonight’s Pistons at Bucks game.  

November 13, 2024

QUESTION: What specifically made Stewart’s action a Flagrant 2 instead of a Flagrant 1?

ERVIN: Stewart makes unnecessary and excessive contact with an aggressive pulldown of the jersey of (Giannis) Antetokounmpo with follow through creating significant impact and potential for injury to a vulnerable airborne player.

QUESTION:  Did Antetokounmpo’s height in the air matter? Or was it simply the fact that he was airborne?

ERVIN: Height in the air does not matter but the fact that he is in the air as a vulnerable airborne player does matter.