He had no intent to get the ball, clearly. And, as you mentioned, it was a concious decision to hack down Lee. It's that selfishness and lack of regard of a fellow professional's health that pissed me off. Nothing to do with the outcome of the title or anything else.
Tiote fouls due to bad judgements, poor technique, tactical fouls (not same as OGS) etc. I don't think I've ever seen him, or any of our own players, hacking down other players deliberately.