On January 13, Beijing time, the Wizards defeated the Magic 112-106. According to Shams, in the last wizard's victory over the Thunder, Harrell and Pope clashed physically at the end of the half, and the two once swung their fists at each other, and were finally pulled apart by their teammates in time.
Shams also revealed a lot of details, when the two walked back to the dressing room began to argue, the two fists in conversation, but did not touch each other, and then the two entangled, and finally separated by teammates. By the time they entered the dressing room, the quarrel was over and security was added to the scene to ensure tensions did not escalate.
What's going on? It is reported that the conflict between the two is because of the last attack in the first half, when the Thunder shot was blocked by Harrell, Pop intercepted the ball and did not pass to Harrell in front of the front court at the first time, but dribbled to advance and chose to shoot ultra-far three points, Harrell was very dissatisfied with this! Apparently he thought Pop should pass it on to himself to end.
Harrell can be seen raising his hands to ask for the ball, but Pop insisted on going his own way, the ball was just shot and still in the air Harrell has gone back, and the referee also made the time to the end of the field gesture when Pop shot.
Some netizens said that at that time, Pop intercepted the ball time should be 2.5 seconds, if it is passed out, wait until the ball falls into Harrell's hands, it may be too late to shoot, Harrell does not need to be so angry, after all, they are all Lakers veterans.
Some netizens also said that even if the time is too late, the ball is going to be passed anyway, obviously Harrell's position and shot choice will be better, the probability of shooting may be greater, and it is Harrell's sealing credit, obviously Pop is not right to do this.
The Sect Leader was thinking that at that time, Qi was lagging behind, so Harrell was more anxious. The two still had a game in the second half, and in the end it was Pope who shot the three-pointer that sealed the win! Harrell had 12 points and seven rebounds, and Pope had 16 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Today's Wizards coach Unseld said in an interview with the media about the conflict between Pop and Harrell, saying: "This situation is more common in the NBA, in my opinion, it is not very serious, it is not even worth commenting on. "The previous Lakers, Warriors, Rockets and now wizards, there have been a lot of these kinds of events in the league this season.
Obviously, as soon as the Wizards came out, most of the fans were still more supportive of Pop, after all, Harrell is also a well-known "thorn head" in the league, which is itself a tough guy image, and the conflict with the opponent is not to say, and the conflict with teammates Is not the first time for Harrell. Whether it is in the Rockets during the rookie period, or the next Clippers and Lakers, Harrell has been at odds with the team.
Most impressively on the Clippers, in the 2019-20 season, there were reports that Harrell was unhappy with Leonard's preferential treatment by the team's management, missing several regular season games due to physical maintenance. Not only the little card, Harrell also had a verbal altercation with George. The Clippers and Nuggets scored a steal of seven that year, remember Harrell whistling after the G6 loss? G7 Harrell scored 20 points, but the team still lost the series, a big reason is that the team is not united enough!
Harrell and the Clippers soon broke up and switched to the Lakers, another big los Angeles team, on a 2-year, $19 million contract! At the time, everyone thought Harrell was deliberate, and Clippers fans hated him at one point. As a result, when it came to the Lakers, Harrell still did not change his "cancerous attributes", he had posted a hint that head coach Vogel would not use people, and the result was that the Lakers lost to the Suns in the first round of the season, and Harrell was hidden in the snow.
In today's victory over the Magic, Harrell scored 16 points and 8 rebounds, and there is no doubt that he is still extremely important to the team. Having previously been isolated and missing seven games, Harrell, who only returned yesterday against the Thunder, looked in good shape, and dressed up very interesting before the game, wearing a high-tech mask that showed "I'm back!" ”
Can only say that Harrell is such a person, distinctive characteristics, what to say is not convinced, in fact, there are not many players like the league, if it is good to say with the opponent, and teammates are really unnecessary, I hope Harrell can control his temper.