[martyup]

I found the video clip from the baseline camera.  You can judge for yourself.  The sequence starts at :41 into the clip.  Watch as they go down Battey slaps his right arm down onto Oscar, turns his head towards Oscar, moves his elbow/forearm into position on the side of Oscar's head, and drives his head into the hardwood.  Then, in a classic move that many basketball players do when they are on defense and commit a foul, Battey raises his arms and holds them up as if to say "I didn't do it.  It wasn't me."  Battey was on offense, so why the arms up move?

I was an NCAA wrestler, a HS wrestling coach, and a wrestling referee.  This would have been penalized for unnecessary roughness.  

I get that Battey was upset with himself after the mugging.  I revise my description of "croc tears" to tears of regret.  I believe that in the heat of the moment he acted aggressively.  I believe that his aggression was to punish Oscar for getting in his way under the basket.  Call it competitive instinct or split second reaction, it was still conscious action.  His emotional meltdown through the rest of game bolsters my belief that he felt deep guilt for what he did to Oscar.  That is good.  It means that he is not a sociopath.  But it also means that he needs help controlling his aggression on the court.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=28661548

[martyup]

I found the video clip from the baseline camera.  You can judge for yourself.  The sequence starts at :41 into the clip.  Watch as they go down Battey slaps his right arm down onto Oscar, turns his head towards Oscar, moves his elbow/forearm into position on the side of Oscar's head, and drives his head into the hardwood.  Then, in a classic move that many basketball players do when they are on defense and commit a foul, Battey raises his arms and holds them up as if to say "I didn't do it.  It wasn't me."  Battey was on offense, so why the arms up move?

I was an NCAA wrestler, a HS wrestling coach, and a wrestling referee.  This would have been penalized for unnecessary roughness.  

I get that Battey was upset with himself after the mugging.  I revise my description of "croc tears" to tears of regret.  I believe that in the heat of the moment he acted aggressively.  I believe that his aggression was to punish Oscar for getting in his way under the basket.  Call it competitive instinct or split second reaction, it was still conscious action.  His emotional meltdown through the rest of game bolsters my belief that he felt deep guilt for what he did to Oscar.  That is good.  It means that he is not a sociopath.  But it also means that he needs help controlling his aggression on the court.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=28661548