Not if you listen to his press conference. He said he was provoked by Howard. And he fails to mention when he was “attempting” to explain to Howard that he grabbed his arm. My favorite is how the AD for Wisconsin references “clear video” showing the “incident”. Apparently the video didn’t capture the #GardGrab and escaped Gards memory. These guys are pathetic. Zero accountability. Gard claims to have called the timeout to save his reserves from having a turnover due to only having 4 seconds to get it across the timeline and not have a turnover. Said he just can’t put his players in that position. In fact, Gard goes as far to say it was actually the ref who mentioned to him the timeout. Howard should have gone after the ref. It’s clearly his fault. Grown men here folks. Zero accountability and honesty. Screw both of them. Gard is a putz.