Watch: Beal takes exception to Bazemore pushing him on dunk
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Things are getting chippy in Atlanta. Double T's assessed after Bazemore undercuts Beal—Those weren't the players given the T's though... pic.twitter.com/SqVQiBr7Uj
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 29, 2017
Making contact with a player while he's airborne can be extremely dangerous, and Friday night at Philips Arena, Atlanta Hawks swingman Kent Bazemore took an unnecessary risk by bumping Bradley Beal as he jammed it home for the Washington Wizards.
Beal was sent tumbling to the ground, got back up, and went right at Bazemore late in the first quarter of Game 6.
The two were assessed technical fouls, as were Atlanta's Taurean Prince and Wizards big man Jason Smith, who got into a shoving match of their own.