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VIDEO: Mirotic receives flagrant-1 for clotheslining Shumpert

Dennis Wierzbicki / USA TODAY Sport

The forecast for Game 6: chippy as ever.

Chicago Bulls power forward Nikola Mirotic received a flagrant-1 after using his arm to clothesline Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Iman Shumpert in the second quarter.

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Shumpert had a delayed reaction to the incident.

After sinking a 3-pointer from 26 feet out, he walked back to the bench, yelling "He's a bitch."

"I think the wrong guy to clothesline in his own hometown is Iman Shumpert," said coach David Blatt after the Cavs walloped Bulls.

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