Kendrick Perkins on Stephen Curry Incident: 'Might Want to Pick Another Battle'

Cleveland Cavaliers big man Kendrick Perkins has been inactive throughout his team's postseason run, but he continues to make headlines with dustups.

The latest came in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday when Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry took issue with Perkins not moving as he landed on a three-point attempt and got in the big man's face about it.

"I don't know why people keep wanting to pick battles this way," Perkins said, per Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe. "Might want to choose that [expletive] wisely, man, [rather] than [bleeping] with me. I don't think I'm the problem that they want, though, might want to pick another battle."

Things Getting Chippy in Oakland

Washburn noted Perkins also engaged the rapper Drake in a shouting match during Cleveland's second-round win over the Toronto Raptors and was the target of Draymond Green's mimicking when the Warriors forward picked up pompoms on the end of the bench during Game 1's conclusion.

"I was just sitting there and he landed on my leg," Perkins said of the Curry incident. "And he was standing over my leg and I don't understand what people want me to do. He was like, 'What you on?' and I'm like, 'What you mean what I'm on?' I'm sitting over here."

The Warriors were apparently displeased Perkins didn't make an effort to get out of the sharpshooter's way as he was slumped on the bench.

According to Chris Haynes of ESPN.com, "multiple" players were upset with Perkins and viewed it as a dangerous play that put Curry's health at risk. The two-time MVP already missed the first-round victory over the San Antonio Spurs with a knee injury.

If anything, the Perkins play fueled him to finish the 122-103 victory on a strong note considering he drilled five of his nine three-pointers in the fourth quarter following the incident. He finished with a game-high 33 points and has looked like the NBA Finals MVP through two contests.

Golden State will have the chance to move ahead 3-0 in Wednesday's Game 3 in Cleveland. While the Cavaliers overcame a 2-0 deficit to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, battling back against the defending champion Warriors with Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green figures to be a more challenging task even with the series shifting back home.