[excerpt] On Monday, the NBA assessed Bryant a flagrant foul 1 penalty for elbowing Philadelphia's Kyle Korver in the jaw during last Friday's game. Bryant has served two one-game suspensions recently for hitting players in the face while shooting.
"It shouldn't even have been a flagrant 1," Jackson told reporters at the Lakers' El Segundo practice facility. "That's crazy. That's a vendetta. They have a witch hunt going on. It's nuts. Guys riding somebody. Everybody does that in this league.
"It's just becoming a witch hunt now."
Jackson, who was fined $25,000 by the league earlier this season for criticizing officiating, could be penalized again for the remarks.
Bryant, who is double and triple-teamed by opponents most of the time, wasn't called for the flagrant foul during the game. It was called by the NBA several days later after officials reviewed tapes.
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