Taylor Jenkins was furious after Ja Morant got into a brief altercation.
Keyonte George takes ball control very seriously. For proof, look no further than the scuffle that errupted during the second quarter of the Utah Jazz's game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.
George was called for a travel, which is a turnover, but still didn't want to give the ball up. As he started walking up the court Scottiy Pippen Jr. tried to take the ball, but George wouldn't let him. Then Ja Morant came in from behind and slapped the ball away.You'll notice Jaren Jackson and Zach Edey both reacted quickly to protect their point guard, but coach Taylor Jenkins was absolutely furious. It's unclear what really bothered him here, but he was not happy.
In the end there was a double-technical on Morant and George and nothing else to really speak of except that the NBA should tell players to stop trying to take dead balls from opponents. Probably 95% of all NBA scuffles are started by a player trying to annoyingly take a basketball from an opponent after the whistle has blown.Stephen Douglas is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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