It took five games, but the first real kerfuffle of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cavs and Celtics came early in the second quarter of Game 5 in Boston.
Marcus Morris’ involvement comes as little surprise from the Boston side, but Cleveland’s participant being Larry Nance Jr. probably wasn’t very high on the props board. Anyway, those were the two who found themselves going toe-to-toe after Morris blocked an alley-oop attempt from Nance.
Morris then proceeded to stand over Nance and yell something at him, which made him upset, and led Nance to popping up and shoving Morris, leading to a bit of a scrum before others stepped in cooler heads prevailed.
What did Morris say to Nance?! 👀 https://t.co/uHqcpvv2kR
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) May 24, 2018
Nance and Morris both received technicals for their actions, which was expected, but the Cavs got a free throw out of the incident as Terry Rozier also got t’d up for his part in the melee. These types of moments are fairly common in the playoffs, and I certainly wouldn’t expect this to have any real lingering effect.
In any case, the whole ordeal seemed to wake up the Cavs a bit as they had come out extremely lethargic to start the game, LeBron James and Kevin Love aside.
