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Markieff Morris on Caldwell-Pope: 'He doesn't have any heart'

Raj Mehta / USA Today Sports

There isn't traditionally any bad blood between the Phoenix Suns and Detroit Pistons - two teams that see each other just twice a year. 

But in the second quarter of their Wednesday night tilt, tensions between Suns power forward Markieff Morris and Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope bubbled to the surface. The two jawed angrily at each other before being separated by teammates and officials. 

The Suns eventually found themselves up two on the final possession of the game, and after Morris blocked a Brandon Jennings layup attempt the ball ended up in Caldwell-Pope's hands. The 21-year-old sophomore let fly a potential game-winner from 3-point range just ahead of the buzzer. 

Morris apparently wasn't concerned. 

"(Caldwell-Pope) got it and you know he doesn't have any heart so we knew he was going to miss it," he said after the game, according to Vincent Goodwill of the Detroit News

And Caldwell-Pope was like:

- With h/t to PBT

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