Clippers’ Marcus Morris Ejected vs. Mavericks After Flagrant Nasty on Luka Doncic
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Los Angeles Clippers ahead Marcus Morris became ejected Sunday after picking up a flagrant-2 atrocious on Luka Doncic:
The incident came within the first quarter of the Game 6 matchup between the Clippers and Dallas Mavericks, with Los Angeles main the first-spherical series 3-2.
After the recreation, Morris acknowledged he regarded as the play to be a “not easy atrocious”:
Doncic called it a “terrible atrocious” right via his postgame media session, noting Morris’ earlier historical past:
As well to the not easy atrocious Sunday, Morris had also stepped on Doncic’s injured ankle in Game 5, even supposing he denied (display mask: comprises language NSFW) after the recreation that he tried to wretchedness the All-Smartly-known particular person.
Both gamers discussed the earlier incident after the Clippers’ Game 5 assign shut:
Clippers coach Doc Rivers defended his player Sunday right via an interview with ESPN after the first quarter.
“He bought ejected because he’s Marcus to be upright,” Rivers acknowledged, via Mirjam Swanson of the Southern California News Neighborhood. “He made a play on the ball and his hand adopted via. Nevertheless we can’t danger about that, we indulge in to play greater.”
Morris completely has a reputation for questionable performs, and his work as an instigator has already helped the Clippers this series. The ahead bought correct into a scuffle with Kristaps Porzingis in Game 1, main to an ejection for the Mavericks well-known particular person.
With Porzingis out the rest of the series with a meniscus jog, Dallas must depend heavily on Doncic, who entered Game 6 averaging 29.6 capabilities, 10 rebounds and 8.6 assists per recreation within the playoffs. Taking the second-year player out of the recreation—either by wretchedness or ejection following a retaliation—would possibly perchance additionally nearly clinch a assign shut for the Clippers.
Whether this became Morris’ intent or not, he’s going to be unavailable the rest of the recreation.
It gets rid of a player who has started all six playoff video games for the Clippers and averaged 13.6 capabilities and 6.6 rebounds per recreation via the first 5 appearances.