Many of us can’t relate to the intensity of an athletic competition at a very high level like, let’s say, an NBA playoff game. There are times players — in any sport at various levels — are so focused on the mission at hand, they don’t see the crowd.
Matt Barnes of the Clippers wasn’t in that zone earlier this week.
In the second quarter of the second game of the second-round NBA playoff game in Houston, Barnes exchanged barbs/words with fans, something he’s done previously this season.
This time, there were special factors involved. One, according to the NBA, was he used “inappropriate” language toward a fan during an exchange in the second quarter.