Things got a little heated between the Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz on Saturday night.
During the fourth quarter in Game 3 of the teams’ NBA Western Conference semifinal series at Vivint Smart Home Arena, Jazz center Rudy Gobert elbowed Warriors star Kevin Durant in the side while trying to get post position. Durant didn’t take kindly to the contact, responding with a double-forearm shove to Gobert’s back.
The two players had to be separated, and Durant was given a flagrant foul and a technical foul for the incident.
Warriors' Kevin Durant blasts Jazz's Rudy Gobert in the back pic.twitter.com/PMPVNmxCYW
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) May 7, 2017
Durant’s outburst had been brewing for some time, as the Warriors star had some NSFW language for Utah’s mascot earlier in the fourth quarter.
durant telling the jazz mascot to get the f*** off the court is better than anything else he's done tonight pic.twitter.com/bEVGa9xLei
— whitney medworth (@its_whitney) May 7, 2017
Golden State won Game 3 102-91 on the back of Durant’s 38-point, 13-rebound performance to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Thumbnail photo via Chris Nicoll/USA TODAY Sports Images
