Twitter Reacts to Locker Room Altercation Between Clippers and Rockets
The Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets saved some drama for after Monday night's game. Following a 113-102 Clippers win in a testy battle, the bad blood reportedly carried into the locker room.
According to ESPN.com's Adrian Wojnarowski, Rockets players Chris Paul, James Harden, Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green stormed into the Clippers locker room through a back door to confront Blake Griffin and Austin Rivers. Clint Capela later knocked on the door to the front entrance. A staffer closed the door on the 23-year-old big man.
Per ABC Los Angeles' Ashley Brewer, police were called to settle the situation.
Still trying to process the late evening's chaotic events? Join the club:
"I THINK this is the ranking
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) January 16, 2018"
1. Using Capela as a diversion
2. Using a secret tunnel
3. It being about Austin Rivers
4. The cops being called
5. This being done by the president of the union
6. Austin didn’t even play.
I’m still working on it, though.
Griffin and Rivers both joked about the tense situation on Twitter, but teammate Patrick Beverley—who spent the last five years in Houston—did not seem to be laughing:
"Some of these memes and Gifs right now ....lol I didn’t even play tonight. I was the guy with the boot/cast on haha. 臘♂️
— Austin Rivers (@AustinRivers25) January 16, 2018"
Rockets general manager Daryl Morey also joined the fun by evoking Paul Pierce, who played his final two seasons with the Clippers.
Twitter users unsurprisingly had plenty to say about the fact Paul led players to confront his former teammates through a back door. They also interpreted Capela's direct approach as a Trojan horse:
"when the Clippers saw Clint Capela pic.twitter.com/OaZnOMmaBY
— Boogie Bousins (@bansky) January 16, 2018"
The Clippers have until Feb. 28 to blockade the Staples Center's locker room in preparation of their next encounter with the Rockets.
[Twitter]
