Russell Westbrook And Steph Curry Had Different Takes On The Warriors-Thunder Scrap

The first half of Monday night’s Warriors-Thunder game ended with the two teams getting into a scuffle on the court prior to a jump ball, as Steph Curry, Semaj Christon, Russell Westbrook and Draymond Green all found themselves earning a technical for their roles in the scrap.

Curry and Christon were battling for position when Westbrook stepped between and then some pushing led to more pushing and everyone got together for some friendly “hold me back” NBA fight action. After the game, Curry and Westbrook both explained what they saw happening and what went down in the kerfuffle, with both downplaying the incident.

Curry said he was battling for position and felt a couple shoves so he retaliated and then there was “much ado about nothing,” which is a pretty good way to describe most NBA “fights.”

Westbrook said he simply saw his teammate in a battle and stepped in to stick up for Christon, and there wasn’t much more to it than that, explaining that when he sees something going down with a teammate, he’s “hopping in.”

Then there was Draymond Green, who got a technical despite not being at the very center of the scuffle. Green laughed it off after the game, saying that at this point he just expects to get T’d up if he is anywhere near a scrum, whether he really earned one or not.

All in all, it seems like everyone involved is happy to move forward and not escalate the situation anymore through words in the media. That said, if these two teams end up meeting in the playoffs the NBA will certainly have their referees prepared to try and take control early in the series.

(h/t Complex)