Russell Westbrook has spoken out a few heated verbal altercation he had with a courtside fan on Monday night time.
The incident occurred in the course of the Clippers’ dwelling sport in opposition to the Denver Nuggets, which LA misplaced regardless of the Nuggets being with out Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.
A referee and gamers from each groups needed to intervene to chill tensions. Westbrook then spoke his thoughts after the sport.
“Fans kind of have the right of way to say whatever they want, but like I told you, any disrespect to me or my family, I won’t allow it,” Westbrook mentioned. “This is our job.”
Paul George additionally responded to the altercation.
“Nowhere else can people go to someone’s job and disrespect you at your job and it be okay,” he mentioned.
“When people come to work, they should be respected at their job.” 
It was an particularly unhealthy loss for the Clippers, contemplating the gamers Denver was lacking.
To make issues worse, they have been torched by former Clippers gamers Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan.
Jackson went off for 35 factors and 13 assists on 78.9 % taking pictures, whereas DeAndre Jordan put up 21 factors, 13 rebounds and 5 assists on 72.7 % from the sector, regardless of not often seeing court docket time in recent times.
Meanwhile, Paul George struggled mightily with six factors on 2-13 taking pictures, whereas James Harden had simply 11 factors on 3-7 taking pictures.
The loss got here proper as issues have been beginning to lookup for the Clippers barely, having received 4 of their earlier 5 video games.
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