As the final buzzer sounded in the Rockets' win Sunday, Beverley tossed the ball towards the rafters at Chesapeake Energy Arena and immediately turned to the crowd behind the scorer's table, yelling "Get the f*** outta here" three times.
"I felt like I didn't do anything out of the ordinary", Beverley said.
Before Game 4, the Rockets guard said he believed the fine to be excessive and didn't stop there. I'm a professional. You're a man. "It's probably the guys that don't play - probably the ones over there laughing, if I had to guess".
HOUSTON (AP) - James Harden had 34 points and his supporting cast helped the Houston Rockets overcome a 47-point game by Russell Westbrook to get a 105-99 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night to advance to the Western Conference semifinals. I'm a man.' That's it, and I left it at that. "We have to start the games better, we haven't done that yet, so there's a lot of things we can improve on and do, but we also know that we're going to take their best shot tomorrow, and we have to be ready to respond". There's no need for blatant disrespect.
"He shrugged his shoulder, then his wife puts her finger in my face". It turns out the fan is the son of an owner.
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Hours later he told employees that Dao had been "disruptive and belligerent", based on early reports. He was filmed by fellow passengers being dragged off the flight at Chicago O'Hare airport on Sunday.
"Say 'Russell, the team hasn't played well, '" he said.
"I accept the 25 [thousand dollar National Basketball Association fine]".
The Rockets pulled ahead of the Thunder late in Sunday's Game 4 and kept them at just enough of a distance throughout the end of the game on their way to a 113-109 win. Don't try to make us go against each other or make it 'Russell and the rest of the guys, Russell against Houston.' I don't want to hear that. "So I wanted to get that out and stay focused, on-track". The moral of the situation survives, though: the league needs to better protect players from fans and fans from themselves. Oklahoma City Thunder's Alex Abrines (8) goes up for a shot as Houston Rockets' James Harden (13) watches during the first half in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Houston. It's not just one guy. Again, not exactly peak Harden efficiency, but for what the Thunder ask of him, about as good as you can expect, given the playoff intensity.
In the third quarter Russ took six shots, missing each one. He was just relentless in getting to the line because the shots weren't falling. "He is like the Wolverine out there". You can't do that to me.
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