The Suns beat the Mavericks soundly in a crucial Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series on Tuesday. However, the end of the game still came with some controversy.Phoenix was leading 108-80 with le s than 10 seconds left and easily could have dribbled out the clock. Instead, Cameron Payne saw Bismack Biyombo breaking toward the hoop and lobbed the ball to the center. Biyombo went up for the dunk, but Dallas forward Marquese Chri s came over and fouled him with 2.3 seconds left.MORE:
Clayton Richard Jersey Chri s wasn't happy that Biyombo went up for the dunk, and he let his opponent know it. The two then got into a shouting match that included a couple of shoves, and they were thrown out of the game.The ejections didn't stop the argument between the two, however. Biyombo exited the floor and headed toward the Suns' locker room; he was followed down the tunnel by Chri s despite the
San Diego Padres Jersey Mavericks' locker room only being acce sible from a different exit.Chri s knows this, too. He spent the first two seasons of his career with the Suns after they selected him with the eighth overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, so he knows the Footprint Center well.NBA INJURY UPDATES: | Chri s seemingly just wanted to continue his confrontation with Biyombo; he was
Jose Pirela Jersey unable to do so, as no contact was made between the two players in the locker room area, per TNT's Allie LaForce.I was told by security in the team tunnel that Marquese Chri s and Bismack Biyombo were separated by the Suns security team before any physical punches or contact was made. Allie LaForce (@ALaForce) Nonethele s, Chri s was clearly irked by Biyombo's choice to dunk the ball late in the game. He was heard yelling, "that's bulls" repeatedly after the play, per 98.7 Arizona Sports.Bismack Biyombo and Marquese Chri s were ejected after Chri s appeared not too happy with Biyombo attempting a dunk with about 3 seconds remaining. heard Chri s say "That's bull (expletive)" multiple times before Biyombo got in his face. 98.7 Arizona Sports (@AZSports)
Allen Craig Jersey It's easy to understand why that would bother Chri s. After all, the Suns had the game wrapped up and didn'tneedto extend their lead to 30. Besides, the Mavericks had endured a rocky outing, so there was already frustration building for the visitors as they fell behind 3-2 in the series.NOH: Neither Biyombo nor Chri s spoke after the contest, but Suns coach Monty Williams was asked about
Rickey Henderson Jersey the incident in his postgame news conference. He didn't have much to say about Biyombo's antics, as he doesn't want the Suns to be distracted from winning."I get the competitivene s of the game, but we're just trying to win the game," Williams said, per . "All the stuff that happens that's extracurricular, I don't have anything to say about that. I understand how chippy it can be. We just want to win the game and that's it. We're trying to get one more win, and that's our focus right now."
