With four seconds in the fourth quarter, Tristan Thompson took the ball and immersed it with a slam with two hands. This piece generated a lot of displeasure around the Raptors team, because at that time the Cavaliers already won 21 points and Toronto did not really defend at that time.
As soon as the game was over, coach Darko Rajakovic labeled the piece as ‘disrespectful’ when Cleveland won 131-108 on Wednesday evening. While fans kept behind the last buzzer, players confronted Scottie Barnes and Jamal Shead Thompson, because they would not just let it slide.
“I think what Tristan did, there was no class and disrespectful,” said the Raptors tactician. ‘I will certainly not stand for that. I love it when my team stands up for itself. That was not a class. “
Even the Cavaliers coach was confused by the piece, as struggled to defend his student. “I’m not sure what he thought,” said Kenny Atkinson. “Sometimes you play the game and you just have a response. I know that with Tristan there is no bad intention there. I think you sometimes play sometimes, and the purpose of the game is to score. Unhappy.”
Although Barnes did not want to address this subject with the media, Shead had no problem following Rajakovic’s Take. “What he did at the end of the game was just a bit disrespectful for the basketball game, not just us,” he said. “We had a few choice words. We are adults, we are going further. “
Tristan is a 14-year-old NBA veteran who has represented Canada in different occasions, even eligible with the team to the Fiba World Cup 2019, before he became an American citizen the following year. Countryman RJ Barrett understood why his teammates were so upset.
“It is a kind of unwritten rule not to do that at the end. Jamal did what he should do, “shared the Young Canadian Postgame, while Cleveland won their 44th victory of the campaign, which is the most in this NBA season and the most because of the cavs for an all-star break.
