The Warriors beat the Timberwolves 123-110 in yesterday's game, but there was a discordant scene in the game. During the timeout of the third quarter, Green and Poole quarreled on the bench, forcing teammates to intervene, and some fans filmed the scene and posted it to the social media to cause a heated discussion.
Neither of them attended the interview after the game, and Kerr said in today's interview: "They solved the problem later, which is great. This sometimes happens in 82 sessions. General Manager Miles also said: "This is a very 'healthy' thing. Some people have different opinions, but I think it's good. Green still takes good care of Poole, and has expressed encouragement for the young man in many previous interviews, but he has also pointed out some of Poole's problems, such as being impatient on the field and sometimes being too obsessed with individual attacks.
However, there are many incidents of disputes between teammates on the bench, the athletes themselves are more likely to be emotional, sometimes the game is glued, and the excitement of communication is inevitable, let's take a look at what are the more famous bench teammate conflicts.
1. Green's formula is established, chasing dreams and angrily spraying Durant
In the 2018-19 Warriors-Clippers game, during the final attack of the regular season, Green did not pass the ball to Durant, resulting in a wasted killing opportunity. Subsequently, Durant quarreled with The Dream, and Green reminded Durant: Before you came, we were already champions. This sentence deeply stimulated Durant, and directly led to the following summer, Durant joined the Nets after the expiration of his contract.
2. Anthony Davis nudges Howard
In the Lakers' game against the Suns, Lakers player Howard and Davis, who were resting on the bench, suddenly clashed, and the scene was very tense. After the game, Howard responded: "We just had a little disagreement on the pitch because we were all passionate about winning and we've worked it out!" He's my brother, my teammate and we're all right now! Although the two reconciled afterwards, the scene at that time was really shocking, the two seven-foot-long people tore apart, and the teammates could not hold back.
3. James wants to beat Up Chalmers
News on December 19, 2014, in the Heat's 97-94 reverse Pacers game, there was a discordant scene in the Heat game, LeBron James and teammate Mario Chalmers clashed over a defensive error, James calmly apologized for his impulsive behavior. At that time, James and Chalmers had communication problems in defense, causing the Pacers' Paul George to shoot a gap three-pointer, James valued the game too much, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with Charmos during the timeout, and Charmos did not spare James a few words, James was very angry and almost got up and was about to move, fortunately, his teammates pulled the two apart in time.
4. Little Morris locks his throat to Goodwin
In the 15-16 regular season, in a Game between the Suns and the Warriors, Suns players Morris and Goodwin, in a timeout, directly quarreled on the bench, looking at Booker who was sitting on the sidelines. Just because there was no good communication in the defense in the last game, the Warriors got an empty three-point opportunity. Morris and Goodwin quarreled, and began to push and shove, Morris also choked Goodwin's neck, fortunately, the other teammates pulled the two apart in time, avoiding further deterioration of the situation. After the game, the Suns owner also publicly criticized Morris's approach, which was not conducive to the unity of the team, and before the season was over, Morris was traded to the Wizards.
5. Garnett scolds Crying Baby Davis
In December 2008, during a game between the Celtics and the Blazers, the "big baby" cried and was on the bench. It wasn't his opponent who cried him, but Garnett, and after the game was in the trash, the "big baby" Davis had been replaced for four minutes, walked behind Rivers, symbolically listened to the tactical arrangement, turned around and prepared to walk back to his seat. Garnett stopped doing it, dragged Davis back, bent down with his head down, and yelled at his teammates. Bluntly saying "this is why others call you baby", "Big Baby" suddenly became excited, threw off the towel in his hand, scolded and ran back to the bench. Sitting back in his seat, he was still not relieved, and threw the towel handed by the staff to the ground. Just as he finished complaining to Pruitt next to him, tears of grievance actually flowed from his eyes.