The LA Clippers and Phoenix Suns have played twice this season, and there have been controversial moments that have led to technical fouls, flagrant violations, ejections and a lot of “chirping”.
After Paul George scored 33 points to help the Clippers score a 113-103 victory over the Suns at Staples Center, in a play that had a play-off style, the Clippers’ All-Star guard for the second time this season noticed how the Suns do a lot of “chirping.”
George added this time that he can pay no less attention to the Suns (36-15).
“We focused on ourselves,” George said when asked about the Suns. “I do not know what that chirping is about. We focused on ourselves. I do not care what they do there. I do not care who they are or what they do.
“I’m locked up. They can tweet, I’m letting them do it tonight. I just stayed in my zone, stayed in my place, I do not know … I do not care what they are. We are focused on us here. We focus on getting better. Tonight was a fun match and we appreciate the challenge. “
The Clippers (35-18) won their third consecutive game by beating the Suns for the second time this season. And there were again extracurricular activities between both West candidates.
Suns All-Star Devin Booker had a technical foul and a blatant foul on a Kawhi Leonard drive to the basket. Clipper point guard Patrick Beverley was sent off in the fourth quarter for committing a felony while trying to stop Chris Paul from taking a break with an undercurrent he just broke. And Marcus Morris Sr., LA, was sent off late in the game after picking up his second technical foul in less than three minutes.
“I’m not worried,” Clippers coach Ty Lue said on Thursday about the controversy between the two teams. “I love it. If you compete at a high level against one of the best teams in the league, then do what you’re going to do to win. And I thought our guys were physical. We competed, we the battle. “
“There are going to be games like this where it’s going to be chippy,” Lue added. “They’re fighting for something, we’re fighting for something, so it’s going to happen and I’m OK with that.”
The new Clipper Rajon Rondo said the Suns started back and forth. The veteran had his best game with his new team with 15 points and nine assistants.
“I like to chat a little bit, and they started it in the first half,” Rondo said. “Other than that, I was just trying to play the game, but sometimes it’s a little chatty.”
During the Clippers’ 112-107 victory in Phoenix on January 3 in the first meeting of the season between the two teams, George had 39 points, but also exchanged words with Booker and Paul, which led to technical errors in the fourth quarter. between Booker and George.
After that game, George said the Suns were talking to him trash.
“For whatever reason, there was a lot of chirping,” George said after the game. “And people who only lived in the past.”