NBA季後賽第一輪雷霆和火箭的比賽已經結束,雷霆以119-107戰勝火箭,賽後,後衛Chris Paul接受了記者採訪,談及了比賽末尾不小心擊到McLemore的襠部。
Paul對此說道:「我當時想嘗試過他,就意外發生了。我很久以前,在大學的時候有故意做這種事情。我向Ben McLemore核實了下情況,他說他還好。我很了解Mike(D'Antoni),他會生氣,他也會因此大喊大叫。」
在不小心擊到McLemore襠部之後,Mike D'Antoni顯得十分生氣,並得到了一次技術犯規。
全場比賽,Paul出場41分鐘,投籃20投11中,三分6投4中砍下26分6籃板5助攻。
Chris Paul hitting Ben McLemore uh...below the belt pic.twitter.com/rdtXtacaOI
— Ari Alexander (@KPRC2Ari) August 23, 2020
Chris Paul on hitting Ben McLemore below the belt: “I tried to get by him. It was incidental. I know when I did it on purpose, that was in college. That was a long time ago. I checked on Ben, he said he was fine. I know Mike. He's gonna get mad, he's gonna yell and scream."
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) August 23, 2020