Isaiah on Wizards: 'We don't like them and they don't like us'
The Washington Wizards got one back on the Boston Celtics on Thursday night with an 18-point victory. However, Game 3 will be best remembered for its shenanigans, mainly Kelly Oubre Jr.'s ejection for shoving Kelly Olynyk. There's a sense that the bad blood between the two teams escalated in the contest, after hints of it started in Game 2.
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Isaiah Thomas more or less confirmed as much Thursday.
"We don't like them and they don't like us," Thomas told reporters postgame. "That's just what it is."
Thomas admitted the Celtics probably got sidetracked, with the Wizards taking advantage of their home crowd.
"We've got to control ourselves a little better," he said. "The refs got to control the game as well. We can't do it all."
Game officials did keep a lid on proceedings after the Oubre/Olynyk incident, ejecting both Terry Rozier and Brandon Jennings with double technicals in the fourth quarter.
Olynyk didn't offer much afterward, only saying that any suspension on Oubre is up to the league.