When the passionate guard walked through a lounge filled with fans at halftime in Phoenix, it was easy to predict what would happen next.
PHOENIX — Clippers coach Tyronn Lue, the king of playoff adjustments, surely has some shrewd moves planned for Game 2 on Tuesday in their first-round playoff series against the Phoenix Suns.“Yes, ma’am,” Lue said when I asked if he’d counsel his players to avoid the shortcut that snagged Russell Westbrook in an altercation with a fan at halftimeThe coach from Missouri gives a polite interview, but the fans who frequent sporting arenas can be rude and ruthless and players can be provoked.
Maybe the scene is the latest symptom of the ever-combative dialogue on social media eroding our sense of public decency? Maybe it’s something to do with the divided nature of the nation, overall? Maybe we lost a sense of civil decorum while we were social distancing during the pandemic.
B) Fans should have more respect? And C) some sense – both of time and place, and of the common variety?Because who could have called Sunday’s confrontation? Westbrook, who is more exploding balsam than shrinking violet, vs. a trash-talking member of an opposing fan base, all of whom seem to find joy in needling the famously touchy future Hall of Famer?It was as predictable as Westbrook going warp speed whenever there’s a basketball in his hands.
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