Coward or smart?

Video of the day! Purefoods versus Talk N Text basketball game turned into a fight. This would have been another one of those boring brawls were it not for James Yap!

Terrence Leather, import player of Talk N Text, threw a ball on the face of Purefoods player, Jondan Salvador. Upon seeing what Leather did to his teammate, James Yap kicked Leather on the rear while the guy was busy provoking Jondan to a fight. Of course Leather was engraged. When Yap saw that Leather's attention turned to him, he ran as fast as he could leading to a funny chase. Some people commented that James Yap's running only shows that he's coward, others commented that he's smart since he knows that he will be badly beaten if Leather gets to him.

Watch the whole video and tell me what you think of James Yap's act. Was he coward or was it a smart move?
Video uploaded by PBNKapamilya.