Mavs 127, Clippers 121

[omahen]

Luka has been acting like a major-league jerk with respect to the Clippers, in a way that we all love to watch. I adore seeing him talking smack to the likes of Pat Bev and Paul George. 

However, there is an argument to be made that he is baiting the Clips into retaliating physically. An that if it happens, the response will not be outrage, but a feeling that he asked for it. 

I don't think so. They acted like punks last year with all "dame time" teasing and all roughness against Mavs. And look at them again this year - Kawhi dunks on Kleber and half a team is flexing there like they actually contributed in any way. KP slips on PG crossover and again a bunch of bench scrubbs is making fun of him. No one likes that and certainly no one objects when Luka is giving them a taste of their own medicine.

I am 100 % sure the response on something unsportsmanlike would be league wide outrage that just couldn't go without consequences.