So if a player sticks his face right next to your shoulder then you aren't allowed to move? Nah, have to give the dude a little room to have some movement. KO was doing KO stuff. It works a lot of the time but its often cheap and dirty and him just trying to manipulate the refs. Which is what he was doing there. He wasn't playing defense. He was putting his face in a spot where he hoped an elbow might come to so he could flop his way to a call. (good strategy in that game situation imo)
Hell, players have always been coached that when you grab a rebound you clear space (by raising up your elbows) so defenders cant swipe or poke the ball away. Right?
