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Recent plays highlight how Tony Allen received unfair criticism for 2007 injury

Fifteen years ago Tony Allen received a lot of heat from Celtics nation for injuring himself on this dunk:

I always thought the criticism was unfair. Players dunk in practice, dunk in warm up lay-up lines, purposely jump to goal tend shots when an opponent takes a shot after a whistle (Shout out to the OG Kevin Garnett), and on and on and on. The only reason why Tony Allen was labeled a "knucklehead" and other derogatory terms is because he got injured. If he hadn't gotten injured it would have been no different than this Jayson Tatum dead ball dunk after Al Horford was fouled at half court.