Chris Paul got off easy.
The Los Angeles Clippers point guard should be thankful he was only slapped with a technical foul late in Monday's game for shoving Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert.
Replay Review (Game Crew): player altercation in Q4 of #LACatUTA. Ruling: Paul was assessed a technical foul for a physical taunt. pic.twitter.com/K9054osOST
— NBA Official (@NBAOfficial) March 14, 2017
The NBA's last-two-minute report revealed Tuesday that CP3 got away with not one, not two, but three fouls leading up to that skirmish. He apparently should've been whistled for being overly physical with George Hill, and for pushing Gobert on two other occasions in the final minute of play.
Following the Clippers' 114-108 loss, Paul tried to justify roughing up Gobert.
"He talks a lot. He can play, but he just talks a lot," the veteran guard told reporters, as quoted by the OC Register's Bill Oram.
