Alperen Sengun may have ended with a bloody lip after a block at the end of regulation, but it was all for naught for Houston. Despite being down 13 points in OT.
And after the buzzer sounded, a fan near the tunnel let all the Rockets players hear it, shouting directly at them in the most obnoxious way. He even flipped off Kevin Durant.
At the end, Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. was the only one who was angry at the fan’s mockery. When he tried to confront the Minnesota Timberwolves heckler.
While fans can celebrate their team’s win, this one’s a bit too harsh. Glad that most of the Rockets players ignored his antics because that could’ve turned ugly.
The NBA will add two teams in the next couple of years, and both new franchises could hail from the West. That basically means that one current Western Conference team will inevitably be moved to the East.
“When I talk to people around the league, it’s likely going to be Minnesota or Memphis. A little bit of a lean on Minnesota because there’s that cluster of MIN, IND, MIL, CHI. So I have heard a lot of Minnesota chatter,”
Should that happen, there’s no doubt that the Wolves would instantly become a top four team in the Eastern Conference. And new rivalries will be formed, too.
The Timberwolves pulled off a miracle comeback. A fan celebrated by flipping off Kevin Durant and taunting the Rockets. Jabari Smith Jr. had to be held back.
Sports bring out the best in us and sometimes, the worst. This was one of those nights. The Wolves won. The fan went viral. And the Rockets couldn’t wait to get out of the tunnel.