Mavs 127, Clippers 121

[SleepingHero]

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. And that if it happens, the response will not be outrage, but a feeling that he asked for it. 

I'm actually sort of hoping that the refs call the game tightly, so as to forestall that kind of antics, and that Luka maybe dials it back a tad, given that the Clips are now a bunch of cornered animals.

If a player's response to trash talk is to hurt the trash talker physically, its not the fault of the trash talker. In fact it solidifies that the attacker is mentally weak and a wussy (I have many other adjectives but I'm keeping it PG).

Can't take the talk so they try to be dirty? I think should the Clips respond in that way it'll only embolden Luka. It'd show that he's in their head so much they respond like a toddler. Larry Bird was the exact same way. Same with MJ. Teams said never reply to Jordan you'll only help him. 

Of course I want nothing to happen to Luka, but having Morris/Rondo/Bev get ejected for that wouldn't be a bad thing.